Stress is good for you.

I am a psychologist and stress scientist who has spent my career studying how stress shapes human behavior.

My training began at Duke University, continued through a PhD in Health Psychology at University of California, Los Angeles, and led to a faculty role at University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.

For over 15 years I built a rigorous academic career studying stress and resilience, funded by the National Institutes of Health.

But I saw a problem.

The best insights about stress were staying inside academic journals while millions of people were suffering in stress-filled lives with no clear roadmap for what to do.

So I took the work outside the lab.

I began working with leaders, organizations, and product teams, translating behavioral science into practical tools. My mission became clear: to change the cultural narrative of stress.

Stress is not simply something to manage or avoid. Stress is information. It is a signal that what’s happening is important and that your life, environment, or way of operating needs to shift.

My thesis is simple: Stress is a signal of a rich and meaningful life. When understood and worked with skillfully, stress can become a catalyst for stronger decision-making, values alignment, and sustained high performance.

My work is for people who feel the weight of modern life and want to meet it differently.