The Free Antidote to Burnout, Anxiety, and Chronic Stress That No One Is Talking About | Dr. Deepika Chopra
The Art of Being Well
Dear Media, Will Cole
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Deepika Chopra joins Dr. Will Cole to unpack what “real optimism” actually is and why it’s not the same as positivity or toxic positivity. They explore the research linking optimism to lower stress and inflammatory markers, and how shifting your appraisal of a stressor can change your physiology. Deepika shares her personal experience with ulcerative colitis and how chronic illness can affect energy, mindset, and agency. The conversation also covers why the brain prioritizes safety and survival over growth, and why nervous system regulation is often the missing first step. Plus, Deepika shares practical tools that build real optimism in everyday life, including small actions and the surprising science of music as medicine. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:05.5 | Hi, I'm Dr. Will Cole. |
| 0:08.5 | Wellness is a sacred art, and you are the masterpiece. |
| 0:13.1 | This is the art of being well. |
| 0:29.6 | My friends, there's so much free and accessible health resources, protocols, tips, tricks |
| 0:34.9 | at Dr.willcold.com. This is my public service announcement. Some of the |
| 0:38.3 | more recent articles that I have, what if aging was modifiable, the latest research in |
| 0:44.5 | longevity and health span biological aging, and another recent article about ghost probiotics. |
| 0:50.8 | If we want to learn about the wild new science on parabiotics and how it may be the next |
| 0:57.3 | big thing in gut health in glyphosate detox lots of different things another article about lectin |
| 1:04.1 | sensitivity so these are deeper dive conversations that i get to have that we have them obviously on |
| 1:09.2 | the podcast but i get to have them in a different |
| 1:12.1 | way, in written form, and I have video classes as well at Dr. Willcold.com. There's also quizzes |
| 1:18.5 | that I adapted from questions that I asked telehealth patients on consultations, one about metabolic |
| 1:24.0 | flexibility, gut health, leaky gut syndrome, the neuroendocrine brain |
| 1:29.2 | adrenal axis, or what the world would call adrenal fatigue, thyroid health, and then the nervous |
| 1:35.1 | system quiz as well. So if you want to see where you're at on this inflammation spectrum with |
| 1:40.0 | these different systems of the body, you can learn more about your health and be empowered and not |
| 1:44.8 | to look for problems where there aren't any, but to, again, you have to know what you're dealing |
| 1:49.4 | with to do something about it and all of these things are things you can overcome and support |
| 1:54.1 | and heal from. So learn about all this and more at Dr. Willcoll.com. That's D-R-W-C-O-L-C-O-E.com. All right, let's get to today's |
| 2:04.8 | guest. She is a long time in front of mine. Her name is Dr. Deepika Schoper. I've known Dr. |
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