What's taking place during stress is actually much simpler than a transaction between stressful life events and you. There aren't two parties involved in stress. There is only one - your own mind.

You might think that shifting your thoughts is as easy as setting your mind to it. But stressful thoughts aren't held in place through choice or will power. They're held in place through perceived truth value.

Stress is not the spice of life any more than arsenic is. And without it, you won't feel bored.

Remember that stress doesn't come from what's going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what's going on in your life.

If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it.

To believe that your husband, wife, parents, kids, boss, job, bank account, or body is even partly responsible for your emotions, to think that there are bullets 'out there' that you have to contend with, that there are stressful life events to overcome, is to miss something vital.