Kelly McGonigal
Health psychologist and science writer
Kelly McGonigal is a health psychologist and Stanford University lecturer who writes about the mind-body connection, stress and willpower.
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American Born 1977 in Philadelphia, United States
Influenced by Robert M. Sapolsky, Pema Chödrön
About Kelly McGonigal
Kelly McGonigal is an award-winning science writer and a lecturer at Stanford University. Her research looks at the link between mind and body, and at how people can build resilience and compassion. The Willpower Instinct is an international bestseller. She has worked as a teacher of dance, yoga and group exercise around the San Francisco Bay Area since the year 2000. Her other books include The Upside of Stress and The Joy of Movement. In a talk at TEDGlobal 2013, she argued that believing you can cope with stress plays a major part in how you actually respond to it.