Stress Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 2:30pm EST Past Event Watch the video » A testament to its ubiquity, STRESS is woven into our very words, our thoughts and our emotions. We stress words to give them emphasis. We stress wood to make it stronger rather than splinter. And we feel distress, both when overwhelmed with dread, but also sometimes in joyous anticipation. The chase creates stress. Loss and failure create stress. Even attaining the prize, whether chosen or befallen, can also deliver stress, and plenty, along with its winnings. Change often means stress. Stress is the white noise of life, whether we perceive it or somehow manage to habituate to it. Of late our culture has grown more attuned to the semiotics of stress, as it expresses itself in our brains and guts, our minds and bodies, our spirit and imagination. When it derives from a goal achieved, it may serve as fuel. But, with a pain inflicted, when choice is not possible, when we are the object rather the subject, stress corrosively imprints identity and erodes our resilience and potential for realization. Current research reveals the severe effects of stress on the brain. It halts development, hinders plasticity, and entangles and ensnares the inner workings of our cells. Stress is tantamount to aging, and in excess it hastens the aging of our bodies and minds. At the level of society, persecution and bullying, neglect and injustice, scarcity and want, all inflict both individual and collective stress. As a response to its presence, as individuals we move our bodies, amuse our minds, contain our impulses in meditation, create and enjoy music and art, arrange social engagements, and seek the sublime muse that Nature can be. We strive to redress sources of communal stress – through activism, a commitment to justice, and the lifting of noisome prejudices. We invite you to relieve yourself of weekend stress by joining inspiring researchers and seekers as they describe the problems and seek solutions to stress. Participants: Allison Avery Vice President of Inclusion and Community, Dow Jones Allison Avery is the Vice President of Inclusion and Community at Dow Jones, leading global diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts. She has expertise, as both a practitioner and strategist, in DE&I, organizational culture, learning and development. She has held senior DE&I and People Team roles at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, LLP, NYU… read more » Ben Bernstein Psychologist, Educator, & Author Ben Bernstein, Ph.D., is a psychologist, educator,and author, with an expertise on performance and test stress . An honors graduate of Bowdoin College, Bernstein received his doctorate in Applied Psychology from the University of Toronto and later a master’s degree in Music Composition from Mills College. An educator for the last fifty years, Bernstein has… read more » Charles Marmar Lucius N. Littauer Professor & Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, NYU Langone Health Director of the NYU Langone Center for Precision Medicine in Alcohol Use Disorder and PTSD Charles R. Marmar, MD is Lucius N. Littauer Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health, and Director of the NYU Langone Center for Precision Medicine in Alcohol Use Disorder and PTSD. Dr. Marmar’s major research interests are Posttraumatic stress disorder, peritraumatic dissociation, peritraumatic distress, Vietnam Veterans, police officers, Iraq and… read more » Ralph Wharton Professor, Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Attending Psychiatrist, New York Presbyterian Medical Center Ralph Wharton is Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. His work is focused on the clinical use of psychotropic medicines alone and in conjunction with psychotherapy or psychoanalysis. His clinical research on the use of lithium carbonate in the affective psychoses was noted in the Special Sesquicentennial Issue of the American Journal of… read more »
Allison Avery Vice President of Inclusion and Community, Dow Jones Allison Avery is the Vice President of Inclusion and Community at Dow Jones, leading global diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts. She has expertise, as both a practitioner and strategist, in DE&I, organizational culture, learning and development. She has held senior DE&I and People Team roles at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, LLP, NYU… read more »
Ben Bernstein Psychologist, Educator, & Author Ben Bernstein, Ph.D., is a psychologist, educator,and author, with an expertise on performance and test stress . An honors graduate of Bowdoin College, Bernstein received his doctorate in Applied Psychology from the University of Toronto and later a master’s degree in Music Composition from Mills College. An educator for the last fifty years, Bernstein has… read more »
Charles Marmar Lucius N. Littauer Professor & Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, NYU Langone Health Director of the NYU Langone Center for Precision Medicine in Alcohol Use Disorder and PTSD Charles R. Marmar, MD is Lucius N. Littauer Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health, and Director of the NYU Langone Center for Precision Medicine in Alcohol Use Disorder and PTSD. Dr. Marmar’s major research interests are Posttraumatic stress disorder, peritraumatic dissociation, peritraumatic distress, Vietnam Veterans, police officers, Iraq and… read more »
Ralph Wharton Professor, Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Attending Psychiatrist, New York Presbyterian Medical Center Ralph Wharton is Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. His work is focused on the clinical use of psychotropic medicines alone and in conjunction with psychotherapy or psychoanalysis. His clinical research on the use of lithium carbonate in the affective psychoses was noted in the Special Sesquicentennial Issue of the American Journal of… read more »