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Feb 2023
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Dr. Samantha Boardman on Turning Stress ...

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Ryan speaks with Dr. Samantha Boardman about her book Everyday Vitality: Turning Stress into Strength, how you can improve your life by changing small daily habits, why feeling stressed is not necessarily a bad thing, how to deal with catastrophizing, and more.

Samantha Boardman is a Positive Psychologist based in New York. She received a B.S. from B.A. from Harvard University, an M.D. from Cornell University Medical College, and completed a 4-year residency program in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. Her work focuses on the promotion of wellbeing and the creation of health using Positive Psychiatry. You can learn more about Susan, her book, her blog, and her practice at positiveprescription.com.

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