Stress can have significant damage to our overall wellbeing including on a physical, mental and spiritual level. It can decrease our ability to fight illness, reduce our creative thinking, and deplete our energies. But according to research, not only can you find ways to reduce stress through renewal activities, but you can also foster improved wellbeing overall. Today,  Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis discuss the science behind renewal as well as their latest assessment, the Personal Sustainability Index (PSI), which can serve as a self-monitoring tool for stress levels and make recommendations for renewal activities.  FPP is brought to you by Key Step Media, a media publisher of Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness & Leadership content. If you’re drawn to learning more about emotional intelligence, you might be interested in the Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence. This set of primers offers the what, why, and how for each of the 12 competencies in Daniel Goleman’s EI model. To learn more visit our shop at keystepmedia.com/shop.   Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/firstpersonplural)