# 64. How Is Stress Affecting Your Performance? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-language-of-behavior-7075291/64-how-is-stress-affecting-your-performance Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-language-of-behavior-7075291/64-how-is-stress-affecting-your-performance.md Podcast: [The Language of Behavior](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-language-of-behavior-7075291) Published: 2026-04-17T03:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://the-language-of-behavior.captivate.fm Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/0aa0153a-ac4c-4cf6-ae66-af31ed675dd2.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-language-of-behavior-7075291/episodes/64-how-is-stress-affecting-your-performance Duration seconds: 1225 ## Resource How much is stress impacting the way you show up at work and at home? In this episode of The Language of Behavior , Josh and Charle explore how chronic stress narrows performance, increases reactivity, and affects the brain, body, and nervous system. They share practical ways to respond intentionally, including rapid resets, identifying triggers, and using small, consistent steps to reduce stress before it escalates. They also talk about the importance of building capacity inside the system, not just adding more to people’s plates, and share details about the upcoming free Student Behavior Summit on April 30th. Sign up for FREE here : www.Thrivingeducator.myflodesk.com/summit2026 -- FREE The Language of Behavior Book Study Kit: https://thrivingeducator.myflodesk.com/lobbookstudy Bulk Book Discount: https://www.connectedd.org/bulk-orders Do you have any questions for the podcast? Fill out this quick Google Form: https://forms.gle/u5axHazzuyN5pry76 -- About Charle Peck: Charle Peck is the co-creator of Thriving School Community, a revolutionary program designed for schools to improve mental health. She holds an MS in Education and an MS in Social Work as a 20+ year veteran in education (K-12). As a global keynote speaker, she delivers powerful messages of hope to educators and facilitates meaningful professional development. Charle successfully equips school staff with practical tools to mitigate teacher burnout and the youth mental health crisis providing relief to schools all across the country. Her unique lens as a high school teacher turned clinical therapist specializing in trauma makes her stories relevant and captivating to educators struggling in today’s system. You can purchase her book “Improving School Mental Health: The Thriving School Community Solution” on… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-language-of-behavior-7075291/episodes/64-how-is-stress-affecting-your-performance/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-language-of-behavior-7075291/64-how-is-stress-affecting-your-performance.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.