Biohacking Stress & Burnout – Dr. Aditi Nerurkar : 1153

The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey

Dave Asprey

Fat, Health & Fitness, Meditation, Biohacking, Lifestyle, Diet, Science, Self-improvement, Fasting, Nutrition, Hacking, Fitness, Brain, Wellness, Education

4.6 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Managing your stress effectively and building resilience just got easier with Dr. Aditi Nerurkar's guidance on The Human Upgrade. This episode tackles 'toxic resilience,' revealing its impacts on health and well-being. You'll gain insights into the HPA axis—the body's command center for stress response—and learn practical techniques to turn stress into a growth tool. Dr. Aditi introduces the 'Rule of Two,' a simple yet powerful approach to adapting to stress and shows how neuroplasticity can retrain your brain for better stress management. You'll also discover tips for setting digital boundaries, fostering gratitude, managing a full email inbox, and understanding the connections between stress management and longevity. It's all about taking actionable steps toward a more resilient, empowered life.

Timestamp Highlights:

(00:01:21) - The Pressures of the Pandemic and the Surge in Stress

(00:02:08) - Introducing Dr. Aditi Nerurkar and Her Journey Through Burnout

(00:05:06) - The Concept of 'Toxic Resilience' and Sustainable Stress Management

(00:10:16) - The Physiological Responses to Stress and the HPA Axis

(00:12:12) - Transforming Stress from Maladaptive to Adaptive

(00:17:16) - The Importance of Understanding Personal Stress Thresholds

(00:21:06) - Empowering Change and Managing Internal Alerts

(00:25:15) - The 'Rule of Two' in Stress Adaptation

(00:32:21) - The Role of Neuroplasticity in Resilience

(00:37:13) - Combining Conventional Medicine with Stress Management Techniques

(00:39:29) - How Dr. Nerurkar Achieves an 'Inbox Zero' Lifestyle

(00:40:59) - The Connection Between Stress Management and Longevity

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Resources

Get your copy of ‘The 5 Resets’ by Dr. Aditi Nerurkar
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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey.
0:04.0	One of the coolest journeys for me with this book launch is that
0:11.0	I have been engaging in media, I'm a consumer of media, and then I'm engaging in things that I actually
0:18.8	listen to, but this time as a guest, and this is an example of that so thank you for having me.
0:23.7	How fun and thank you for listening to the show. I love it. If you guys are wondering
0:28.3	who that mysterious voice is, the voice that sounds calm and collected and happy and all of that.
0:36.0	That is the author of a book about stress, anxiety, and burnout. And so many people are more burned out now mostly because of government decisions
0:48.7	that maybe really weren't good for society over the past few years and we already had record stress levels
0:56.6	below or before the pandemic in fact in my work with upgrade labs I came across a study where for the first time since we've been monitoring this stuff,
1:07.0	more people are asking for help managing stress than for weight loss, which for years has been the number one goal people
1:14.7	would try to get healthier, go to a health club or something like that.
1:19.0	So our guest today is Dr. Aditi Nurokar, who's a Harvard trained stress expert.
1:25.2	She's a television correspondent.
1:27.2	And she speaks globally on what stress does to us
1:30.6	and what do you do about it?
1:32.1	How do you manage it? How do you create human
1:34.3	resilience, which is the original, when I started bulletproof, it was the state of
1:38.6	high performance, but being bulletproof means I can handle anything that the world brings my way. And today you've
1:45.2	probably heard I have nothing to do with the company I was removed several years
1:49.0	ago and they've been purchased and so I'm all about danger coffee now which is the next level of that which is I know that I can handle anything that comes my way which makes me dangerous because who knows what I might do?
2:00.0	I'll do exactly what's right no matter how hard it is because I'm not stressed and I'm not
2:05.2	programmable in any way. And that's why I wanted to have a DT on the show today because
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