How to manage stress in ways that boost YOUR vitality! BONUS Episode 205 with Dr. Samantha Boardman

<p><b>SHOW Notes </b></p> <p><b>EPISODE TITLE: How to manage stress in ways that boost YOUR vitality! </b></p> <p>BONUS EPISODE 205</p> <p><b>GUEST: Dr. Samantha Boardman – author “Everyday Vitality: Turning Stress Into Strength”</b></p> <p><b>Episode 205 [repackaged from Episode 167</b><b>] </b></p> <p>We can’t be as influential, or have the impact we hope to have when we allow stress to overwhelm us. When not managed, it mushrooms and interferes with how we feel, how we relate to others, our problem-solving abilities, our creativity, and ultimately how INFLUENTIAL we can be. Yet, stress is all around us and is constant, especially these days. </p> <p>So what can we do?</p> <p>Vitality isn’t a word we often think about when we think of how we manage or cope with stress, but learning to build vitality holds important benefits to living happier and healthier.  Turns out, the secret to tackling stress and building vitality may be less about looking inward, and more about looking outward and beyond ourselves.    </p> <p>THIS WEEK’S GUEST:</p> <p>Dr. Samantha Boardman is a clinical psychiatrist with a master’s degree in applied positive psychology. Her practice combines her medical training in psychiatry with her studies in the field of positive psychology. She helps clients and patients “find strength within stress,” and “wellness within illness.” She shares her straight-forward, practical, scientifically-backed philosophy and approach as the founder of PositivePerscription.com and in her terrific new book “Everyday Vitality: Turning Stress Into Strength.” She provides an empowering approach for understanding and managing stress, and living a happier, healthier life.  </p> <p>KEY TOPICS:</p> <p>CAREER PIVOT: Samantha recognized that what she learned in medical school wasn’t enough to effectively treat her patients. By embracing a field of study that is often discounted by traditional medicine, she broadened her perspective in a way that enables her to add more value to her patients and to see their problems differen