Dr. Rebecca Heiss: Transform Stress to Work for You (ep. 800)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

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4.9 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Did you know 84% of Americans say stress impacts them as deeply as trauma?

Recognizing this, Dr. Rebecca Heiss is a stress physiologist whose work is reshaping how we think about pressure, performance, and resilience.

Today, Rebecca shares how we can reframe stress as a tool for growth, how to move from trauma to post-traumatic growth, and why curiosity is often the best way through anxiety. With research-backed examples and real-life stories, she explains why your belief about stress (not the stress itself!) may be what’s holding you back.

My friends, if you’re carrying more than your fair share right–personally, professionally, emotionally, or something else–then this conversation is for you. You’ll leave feeling a little lighter, a lot more empowered, and equipped to view stress not as something to run from, but as a signal you’re on the edge of something meaningful.

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0:46.2	Welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. John is the number one national bestselling
0:53.1	author of the book On Fire. He's a world-class
0:55.8	inspirational speaker and he's the host of the Live-inspired podcast. John interviews extraordinary
1:01.4	individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from accidental living and more fully
1:07.8	live your life story. Here's your host, John O'Leary.
1:12.6	Hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live-inspired podcast with John O'Leary.
1:17.7	Did you know, 84% of Americans say stress impacts them as deeply as trauma?
1:25.2	Today's guest, Rebecca Heiss, is a stress psychologist whose work is reshaping
1:30.1	how we think about pressure, performance, resilience, and stress. Today, Rebecca joins us to share
1:38.5	how we can reframe stress as a tool for growth. In other words, it may not be a bad thing, how to move from trauma
1:46.7	and a post-traumatic growth, and why curiosity is often the best way through anxiety. With
1:53.0	research-backed examples and real-life stories, she explains why your belief around stress,
1:58.8	not the stress itself, may be what is holding us back in life.
2:03.4	It's an incredible conversation, my friends, if you are carrying more than your fair share right now,
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