The Stress Prescription

Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

By: Elissa Epel PhD

Narrated by: Elissa Epel PhD

“A preeminent expert sheds light on how to handle the daily hassles of life. It’s not just a manual for managing stress—it’s a toolkit for preventing it.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again

From world-renowned psychologist and New York Times-bestselling author Dr. Elissa Epel, a simple yet powerful plan to turn your stress into your strength in just seven days

We can’t avoid stress. But we can embrace it and transform it.

Whether we’re facing deadlines, difficulties with family or friends, personal crises, or just the uncertainty of the world—stress is the ocean we swim in. Even our negative thoughts can trigger our body’s stress response so we rarely experience periods of ease and deep restoration.

In The Stress Prescription, Dr. Epel distills decades of research, infused with wisdom, into a practical yet transformative seven-day plan of science-based techniques that can help you harness stress through more positive challenge and purpose.

The seven-day prescription will lead you through these exercises:

Day 1: Things Will Go Wrong . . . And That’s All Right

Day 2: Control What You Can . . . And Put Down the Rest

Day 3: Be the Lion

Day 4: Train for Resilience

Day 5: Let Nature Do the Work

Day 6: Don’t Just Relax . . . Restore

Day 7: Start Full, End Full

Dr. Epel shows us how we can “stress better”—by training our minds and bodies to shift towards a flexible, beneficial stress response that can actually enhance health. You will develop a more robust mindset, build the resources you need to turn stress into strength, and fill your days with more joy, connection, and ease.

* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF which contains all the Today's Practice exercises, the Mind States graph, the Your Stress Mindset test, the My Core Values list, the Stress Prescription chart, and the Further Reading and Resources list from the book.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Elissa Epel (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Data- based recommendations to lower stress

I’ve listened to the book twice and loved it each time. Dr.Eppel’s work is inspiring and hearing the recommendations in her own uplifting voice is a treat. I have not tried them all but can attest to the benefits of many of her recommendations.

Great book

Great book for building resilience and managing stress. Loved the practical tips and strategies provide.

Very helpful

Simple and helpful ways to help manage stress. I would highly recommend this book to others.

Rx Delivers

Epel’s interview on the Huberman Lab podcast made me want more, and the book was even better. Outlined in a way where it can be read and worked into your own behavior practices in a week, she breaks the work down in manageable and understandable ways. Her reading is approachable & engaging, yet holds the inflection and weight of an expert in her field of stress science. Really excellent!

Came straight from Huberman’s podcast

Dr. Peel brings so many practical everyday tools, it’s greatly narrated and very informative. The thing that I loved the most about this book was that it made me so aware of stressors that I was holding in my body throughout the day without even realizing it. It’s the kind of book you want to share with everyone you love, because it’ll make their lives better.

Practical Approach

I will be re listening to this for months. A great perspective shift on stress with tools and practices.

Excellent 7 day protocol for managing stress

Highly recommend. I will be revisiting this 7 day stress prescription often. The evidence informed approach is appreciated.

Life changing book ❤️🫶🏽

Most most books you can read for entertainment and knowledge, but this book I read it, and it truly changed my life. After listening to this book for one to two weeks I finally woke up refreshed and able to handle my stress and healthy and beautiful way.

Excellent, based on science, practical

What an amazing book providing knowledge based on science with plenty of practical tools. The book is so easily readable and enjoyable! Thank you Elisa for this great book!

A must have to reduce and handle your stress.

1. This book is fantastic. Very informative and easy to listen to.
2. Dr. Elissa Epel has an excellent voice. It is very relaxing.
3. I originally listened to Dr. Epel on a podcast and then bought the book. It didn’t disappoint.