It's the 10% Happier Podcast.

I'm Dan Harris.

Hey gang, today we're talking about five ways to reduce your stress.

This is timely anytime.

These are all free, evidence-based, and not to time-consuming strategies.

And they come from my guest today, who's a Harvard physician,

who decided to specialize in stress after becoming a stress patient herself. And she'll tell that

story. Her view is that many doctors put stress on the back burner, treating the symptoms of

stress rather than the underlying problem. Her name is Dr. Aditi Naurkarkar, and she's the author

of a book called The Five Resets, Rewire Your Brain and Body for Less Stress and More Resilience.

In this conversation, we talk about healthy stress versus unhealthy stress, the distinction

between stress and burnout, what she calls toxic resilience, finding quiet in a noisy

world, the relationship between scrolling and sleeping, how to avoid revenge, nighttime

procrastination, which is something I have been guilty of.

The gut-brain connection, key breathing exercises, dealing with your inner critic,

exercises to help you get in touch with your future self, and the role of two strategy,

which is about only making two small changes at a time.

Before we get started, I want to make sure that you know about all the good things we've got going on at Dan Harris.com.

That is my new-ish online community built in partnership with Substack where paid subscribers get cheat sheets and transcripts for every podcast episode.

Plus, I do regular live AMAs that's Ask Me Anything

sessions where I take your questions and more. It's a lot of fun. You'll also get to meet

virtually lots of other folks who take all of this stuff seriously. Go to Dan Harris.com.

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