She's spent much of her career trying to spread awareness about the dangers of childhood toxic stress. Her 2014 TED talk on the subject has more than 3.5 million views; the message is simple and ...

Purtle will focus on how to better communicate with legislators and lay audiences about what can happen when children experience toxic levels of stress. While stress results from a range of both ...

When Kelly McGonigal first told her audience that a belief in the harmful effects of stress — and not stress ... at Stanford University who gave a TED Talk last June that has racked up almost ...

Her organization seeks to create a multidisciplinary clinical model that effectively treats toxic stress in children. Burke Harris is also a recipient of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New ...

“With the help of TED’s expansive online ... how powerful sleep really is, and why stress isn’t always bad for us,” claims writer Rachel Gillett. Which talks specifically does she recommend?

Toxic stress can occur when a child experiences severe and prolonged stress without enough support. This can lead to long-term health effects and can negatively affect their development.

In his TED talk, Baldoni says this ... to say as a man that this is wrong, this is toxic, and it has to end." As of Friday afternoon, Baldoni's talk had been viewed more than 700,000 times.