Managing Stress with Laura Pole, RN, MSN, OCNS

In this short video, CancerChoices senior clinical consultant Laura Pole, RN, MSN, OCNS, discusses the effects of stress on the body and how to manage stress. A breathing technique to lower anxiety by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, is included.

“So we’re designed to deal with a certain amount of stress. We couldn’t survive without the stress response. What can hurt us though is the sustained stress response, when those hormones that are released by stress, so you have cortisol and you have things like epinephrine, go up and if the stress stays constant then you have this constant level of these hormones and chemicals that really are supposed to go back down again in a short period of time.” Watch the video to hear more:

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