GOOD STRESS: The Dream & The Nightmare

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is an excerpt from the first chapter of Jeff’s new book GOOD STRESS. In one version of this fairy tale, Jeff and Schuyler die in each other’s arms at the ripe old age of 118. In another reality, our life expectancy is really a “sick expectancy” and we spend the final decades of our lives suffering from multiple chronic illnesses. Which story would you choose for yourself?

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasnow.
0:09.6	So today I'm featuring an excerpt from the audio version of my new book, Good Stress,
0:16.4	The Health Benefits of Doing Hard Things.
0:19.5	This book distills the hundreds of interviews I've done here
0:22.3	in the podcast and a whole lot of me search into a consolidated guide for well-being. My simple thesis
0:29.9	is this. Our culture has hijacked our biology and it's making us sick. But there is an answer, good stress. In order to realign
0:41.2	with our biology and thrive, we must now self-impose the right dosage of deliberate paleolithic
0:49.3	stress. In the book, I outlined the protocols and benefits of 10 use stress practices from fasting and cold therapy to how to have stressful conversations.
1:01.5	There's also a good amount of philosophy as I bridge the medical with the mystical.
1:06.2	If you like what you hear today and are inclined to support my work, I'd be very, very appreciative.
1:12.2	The audio version of Good Stress is available on Audible, and you can listen to it for free as
1:17.6	part of your premium Spotify membership. But if you prefer the old school analog option,
1:23.3	you can purchase a book at goodstress.com and get a bunch of additional goodies thrown in,
1:29.4	including $900 worth of courses with some of my biggest influences, including Dr. Mark Hyman,
1:35.4	Dr. Zach Bush, and Dr. Gabor Mate.
1:39.2	Okay, in this specific excerpt, Chapter 1, The Dream and the Nightmare, I present a stark contrast between
1:46.9	an idyllic vision of aging gracefully and the harsh reality of modern chronic disease.
1:54.4	The dream envisions a long, vibrant life where health span matches lifespan, living fully
2:00.7	until the very end, dying peacefully and naturally.
2:04.8	But the nightmare is our current reality, a society where chronic disease is the norm,
2:10.1	life expectancy is declining, and the final years are marked by suffering immility, and a dependence on medication.
2:23.1	I argue that modern conveniences like processed foods and sedentary lifestyles have led to an epidemic of metabolic dysfunction, making disease an inevitable consequence
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