Dr Elissa Epel is a Professor, and Vice Chair, in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a renowned health psychologist who has conducted pioneering research into how stress can compromise our health, all the way down to the cellular level, and how to improve wellbeing and slow ageing. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, is the past President of the Academy of Behavioural Medicine Research, and a leader of mental health initiatives at the University of California Center for Climate Health and Equity. She studied psychology and psychobiology at Stanford University and clinical and health psychology at Yale University. Her research has been featured in TEDMED, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Her first book, The Telomere Effect, was a New York Times bestseller and was translated into over 30 languages. She loves the excitement of discovery research, the satisfaction of collaboration and mentoring, and the deep rest states and joy that come from nature and retreats.
'A preeminent expert sheds light on how to handle the daily hassles
of life. It's not just a manual for managing stress-it's a toolkit
for preventing it'
*Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author
of Think Again*
'Elissa Epel, one of our foremost stress researchers, presents a
richly researched yet practical and straightforward program for
abating and preventing the many deleterious impacts of stress, a
modern epidemic in our daily lives. In today's highly stressed and
fractured society, this book is salve for mind and body'
*Gabor Maté, MD, author of The Myth of Normal*
'Elissa Epel reveals a welcomed truth: to master stress is not to
avoid it but to move through it. With simplicity and wisdom, Epel
teaches readers how to navigate stress with vibrancy, vitality, and
joy'
*Esther Perel, psychotherapist, author and host of Where
Should We Begin*
'A powerhouse of science and practical, clear and feasible wisdom
that applies to us all'
*Psychology Today*
'Elissa Epel is the authority on stress and it's machinations-how
it can damage our health but more importantly, how we can use it
for good'
*Daniel Siegel, MD, Clinical Professor, UCLA, New York Times best
selling author, Whole Brain Child, Brainstorm, No Drama
Discipline*
'The Stress Prescription is an incredibly wise guide with simple,
powerful advice. If you incorporate even one of these daily
practices it will lower your stress and boost your emotional
well-being and health'
*Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global*
'Elissa Epel is the authority on stress and how we can transform it
for good. She is a gifted teacher and translator of the mind-body
mechanisms, making them accessible and useful'
*Daniel J. Siegel, MD, New York Times bestselling author
of Intraconnected*
'The perfect prescription for this moment in time and outside of
time'
*—Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of MBSR (mindfulness-based stress
reduction) and author of The Healing Power of
Mindfulness and Mindfulness for All*
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