self-care, burnout, stress, boundaries. These were not words that were part of my vocabulary. I was taught pressure makes diamonds. And when the going got tough, I was like really excited. I was like, I'm a diamond in the making baby. And then my diamond cracked.

Welcome back. I am so excited for today. Today is part one of a two-part series. I'm with the amazing Dr. Aditi Narukar. She's a Harvard physician and she specializes in stress, resilience, and burnout. She also has a great book called The Five Resets. Rewire your brain and body for less stress

and more resilience. Yes, please. You may have seen her as a correspondent in places like NBC News.

She's a big deal. She spends a lot of time with us, which is why we're breaking down this show into

two episodes. It's just that good. You are going to love her and all of the

practical wisdom that she has to share. And now, without further ado, here's Dr. Aditi. What does

everyone get wrong about stress? That's what I want to know first off. I think the biggest thing that

they get wrong about stress, Allie, is that all stress is bad. And based on the science, you know that there are two kinds of stress and not all stress is created equal. So there is healthy, positive stress that moves your life forward. And then there's the unhealthy stress that you and I and everyone else when we say, oh, we've got a stressful week or a stressful year, that's what we're talking about.

And so the good kind of stress is called adaptive stress in the science.

Rooting for your favorite sports team, falling in love, getting a new job, a promotion, buying a home, a new car.

All of these are examples of healthy positive stress. In fact,

you need a little bit of healthy stress to get you up out of bed every morning. It's what got you

and I together today to talk. But there is also another kind of stress that's much more popular

that people talk about. That's the unhealthy stress. It is called

maladaptive stress in the science. And that's the kind of stress that causes all of those

mental and physical health manifestations that we think about with stress. But the goal of life

is not to live a life with zero stress. In fact, it's biologically impossible. Like I said,

you need a little bit of healthy stress to move your life forward. It's to live a life with zero stress. In fact, it's biologically impossible. Like I said, you need a

little bit of healthy stress to move your life forward. It's to live a life with healthy,

manageable stress that can serve you rather than harm you. And so a lot of my work focuses on

transforming your relationship with stress away from that unhealthy, dysfunctional,

unproductive maladaptive stress back to the healthy, productive,

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