stress in a child's life kind of raises your cortisol levels chronically and that can result in chronic disease. So there's a strong connection between chronic stress as a child and chronic disease that occurs as as an adult.

Hi everyone. Drew Brode here, host of the Broker Brain Podcast. Today's episode we have Dr. Achina Stein here to talk about our new book.

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