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Books like The Upside of Stress
The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal is about stress, mindset, resilience. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
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Robert M. Sapolsky · Health
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers is Robert Sapolsky's definitive popular account of the biology of stress.
Read the summary → - The Willpower Instinct
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Kelly McGonigal · Self-help
The Willpower Instinct is based on Kelly McGonigal's popular ten-week science of willpower course at Stanford University's Continuing Studies program.
Read the summary → - Lost Connections
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Johann Hari · Health
Lost Connections is Johann Hari's argument that depression and anxiety are not primarily chemical imbalances in the brain but responses to social and environmental conditions — disconnection from meaningful work, close relationships, the natural world, a secure future, and status that feels deserved.
Read the summary → - Daring Greatly
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Brené Brown · Health
Daring Greatly is Brené Brown's argument, drawn from twelve years of qualitative research on shame and vulnerability, that the willingness to show up without guarantees — to be seen, to risk failure, to remain open in the presence of uncertainty — is not weakness but the foundation of courage, connection, and meaningful achievement.
Read the summary → - Full Catastrophe Living
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Jon Kabat-Zinn · Health
Full Catastrophe Living is Jon Kabat-Zinn's foundational text on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), the eight-week clinical program he developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 1979.
Read the summary → - 80/20 Running
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Matt Fitzgerald · Health
80/20 Running is Matt Fitzgerald's evidence-based argument that the most common mistake recreational runners make is training too hard, too often.
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