49 min

How To Stop Stress From Developing Into Anxiety Part 1 of #7 of 7 S's A Higher Branch

    • Self-Improvement

When stress is left unchecked the impact on our physical and emotional health can be debilitating. It can develop into anxiety and depression.

Most of us ignore the early signs of stress thinking we can reverse it at any time. For others they are in denial. They tell themselves i can stop my stress at any time. The reality is that once stress takes a hold in your system the effects of adrenaline and cortisol can become addictive.

In today's episode Sam Makhoul and Dr Scott Wustenberg discuss how to identify the early signs, the two biggest causes and how to stop stress before it takes hold.

You will learn:


The main causes of stress

How stress can effect you

The different responses to stress

How to use stress positively

and how to stop stress from turning into anxiety and depression



Short for time? Skip ahead using the below timestamps:

02:34 - How you should view stress

03:44 - How connection plays a positive role in stress

04:31 - We have to reframe stress

07:04 - Resource management

12:07 - The challenges in the 8 areas of life

16:18 - Hope, things can be better

18:50 - People who live stress free lives

25:16 - The threat from disconnectedness

27:03 - Isolation is the most dangerous stress

29:39 - Marketing fear to sell a product

35:53 - The four responses to stress

46:45 - The impact stress has on our body

44:17 - Isolation will breed fear in you


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When stress is left unchecked the impact on our physical and emotional health can be debilitating. It can develop into anxiety and depression.

Most of us ignore the early signs of stress thinking we can reverse it at any time. For others they are in denial. They tell themselves i can stop my stress at any time. The reality is that once stress takes a hold in your system the effects of adrenaline and cortisol can become addictive.

In today's episode Sam Makhoul and Dr Scott Wustenberg discuss how to identify the early signs, the two biggest causes and how to stop stress before it takes hold.

You will learn:


The main causes of stress

How stress can effect you

The different responses to stress

How to use stress positively

and how to stop stress from turning into anxiety and depression



Short for time? Skip ahead using the below timestamps:

02:34 - How you should view stress

03:44 - How connection plays a positive role in stress

04:31 - We have to reframe stress

07:04 - Resource management

12:07 - The challenges in the 8 areas of life

16:18 - Hope, things can be better

18:50 - People who live stress free lives

25:16 - The threat from disconnectedness

27:03 - Isolation is the most dangerous stress

29:39 - Marketing fear to sell a product

35:53 - The four responses to stress

46:45 - The impact stress has on our body

44:17 - Isolation will breed fear in you


Make sure you subscribe to our mailing list to receive our newly released podcasts straight to your inbox. Sign up here.

49 min