Podcast
Huberman Lab
The book was discussed at length, featuring a variety of tools and techniques for managing stress, including meditation, breathwork, and reframing negative thoughts, ultimately aiming to reduce stress and improve various aspects of health.
and take any survey even pre pandemic and people feel the majority of people feel an overwhelming amount of stress so even this past year 46% of adults report feeling overwhelmed by stress
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Episode: Dr. Elissa Epel: Control Stress for Healthy Eating...
The book was discussed at length, featuring a variety of tools and techniques for managing stress, including meditation, breathwork, and reframing negative thoughts, ultimately aiming to reduce stress and improve various aspects of health.
and take any survey even pre pandemic and people feel the majority of people feel an overwhelming amount of stress so even this past year 46% of adults report feeling overwhelmed by stress
and so that's a really important strategy for people who feel like their life is going to be stressful forever because of X or Y
So they're blind and gazelle are both high blood pressure, high stress and the lions chasing the gazelle.
So they're blind and gazelle are both high blood pressure, high stress and the lions chasing the gazelle. The gazelle is having this total threat vasoconstriction response because she might die. Lion might get dinner right so it's needing to mount the stress response because it's so excited to get the tasty dinner for the next few days.
And so the lion is having that challenge response. And so we can remind ourselves be the lion. It's not that we're always lion or gazelle. We get to shape that.