Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast. I'm Jason Wachib, founder and co-CEO of My Buddy Green, and your host.

What if two people could receive the same exact diagnosis, and one recovers, adapts, and even thrives, while the other struggles?

What if the difference isn't just medication or procedures, but something

far more human? Today's guest believes the missing link in modern medicine is resilience,

and that learning how to build it can change the course of our health and our lives.

Today's guest is Dr. Tara Nerula, a board-certified cardiologist, assistant professor of

cardiovascular medicine, and author of

the healing power of resilience. In today's show, we dive into why stress may be one of the most

under-recognized drivers of heart disease, how receiving a diagnosis can itself be a form of trauma,

and why doctors need to do more than treat numbers like cholesterol and blood pressure.

We'll explore the science behind resilience, the powerful connection between mental health

and physical recovery, and eight practical tools Dr. Nerula believes anyone can use to build

resilience before and after life-changing health events. Let's dig in.

So you write that two patients with the same diagnosis can have wildly different outcomes,

and the differentiator is resilience. It can be, yes. You know, I see a lot of patients in my practice, as you mentioned,

a lot of them with the same diagnoses. And I witness their journey. And I've seen exactly that.

You know, some do very well and some not so well. And when you try to tease apart what one or some

of those factors might be, we continue to learn in cardiology and I

think in medicine how much psychological well-being plays into our outcomes and our, you know,

physical recovery. And so for me, it was really important to talk about this because I don't

think we do a great job in medicine, number one, explaining that to patients, asking about their psychological well-being, and then scaffolding them with resources to support them in their journey to recovery.

But it is extremely important.

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