Dr. Aditi Nerurkar: "Want a Healthier Brain? Easy Habits to Rewire Your Brain for Less Stress"

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Fact: the stress you feel isn’t a personal failing, but a signal your brain is working exactly as it should. In this eye-opening conversation, Dr. Aditi Nerurkar, MD reveals the hidden ways stress shows up in women’s lives, why most of us don’t even recognize it, and the science-backed resets that can help you reclaim your calm—no Bali sabbatical required. Discover why “doing less” might be the secret to having more, and walk away with simple, powerful habits you can use today to feel more like yourself even amidst your life's stressors. FREEBIE for all: Mental Health-ish Substack Newsletter Dr. Aditi Nerurkar is a Harvard physician, speaker & television correspondent. She was recently named “100 Women to Know in America” for her work in redefining stress, burnout and mental health in the new normal. Before becoming a physician specializing in stress, Dr. Nerurkar was a stressed patient looking for answers. Her bestselling book, The 5 Resets: Rewire Your Brain and Body For Less Stress and More Resilience, has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, Time Magazine, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and the popular podcasts Diary of a CEO and The Mel Robbins Podcast. She is also a frequent keynote speaker with talks at Forbes 30 Under 30 and other events.. FOLLOW ON IG WEBSITE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Monica Packer. What you're about to hear is a session from my five-day online event going on right now,
0:06.2	The More for Mom's Conference. This event is for the mom who is ready for more in her happiness,
0:11.9	habits, health, home, and hobbies. Audio versions of each speaker session will only be available
0:17.1	on the public about progress feed through Sunday, October 12th. For ad-free video and
0:22.1	audio versions of all content, be sure to sign up for the basic or all-access pass before the
0:27.4	conference ends on October 12th. You can do so at aboutprogress.com slash more for moms. Now
0:33.4	on to our special session.
0:44.1	Thank you. Now on to our special session. Dr. Adidi Neurokhar, welcome to the Moore for Mom's Conference.
0:47.6	It's so good to have you.
0:48.8	It is so great to join you, as always, Monica, my pleasure.
0:53.0	I recommend your book to so many people.
0:55.0	I have a dog-eared.
0:56.1	It's one of those resources that I will never, ever forget.
1:00.2	And partly because you have such a passion for stress
1:03.1	and you talk about it in such an educational,
1:06.5	but way where I feel like I can relate to it.
1:10.5	It's not like, I'm not reading a tone on it.
1:13.1	I guess I'm trying to say, like, I can relate to it.
1:15.7	I understand.
1:16.3	I can learn from you.
1:17.6	But I thought it'd be nice to start by hearing about some surprising facts about stress
1:22.9	that you think women should know who are here.
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