On today's Braincare podcast episode, we learn how the extraordinary pressures of this modern life are wreaking havoc on our central nervous systems (yikes!). Dr. Chatterjee explains what's changed since the days of hunter-gatherers. Plus, how you can be the architect of your own health!
It's not predators that are activating our stress responses- it's our lives.
The effects of stress are well documented, but its root causes are notoriously hard to define. Dr Chatterjee shares his concept of macro and micro stress doses, and how to start listening to your body for clues.
If you live in your life at a hundred miles an hour and you never have any time for solitude each day to actually sit and be with your own emotions and thoughts, it's very easy to ignore this.
In this first episode with Dr Rangan Chatterjee we will cover:
- Why do we feel stressed?
- The physiological effects of stress
- The stimulus responses we share with our ancestors
- What are micro and macro doses?
- The ways our bodies tell us we're nearing our stress threshold
- Daily practices for reducing stress
