Have We Gotten the Stress Question Wrong?

I was asked to write a blog piece for the forthcoming CamExpo in London, where I’m speaking.  They posed a question for us to respond to thus; “In 2015 the top five causes of stress internationally, are said to be; money, self-pressure, lack of sleep, work-load and health. What do you think is the best treatment that practitioners can offer their clients suffering with stress?”

Having pondered the question, I wondered if we are approaching stress from the wrong angle, so I wrote….

Stress is so often treated as a problem, as though it’s an illness that we can treat. It’s a natural response, it’s part of us and how we work. Without it, no species can compete and Darwin’s theory falls flat on its face. Without it, no Olympic Golds, no iPhone, no ‘better’ anything.

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