The Science of Stress with Dr. Elissa Epel

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We think of stress as “bad” for you, but what if some forms of stress could actually help us grow and change for the better? On today’s episode Forrest and Dr. Rick are joined by Dr. Elissa Epel, a psychologist and leading stress researcher, to explore the science behind the stress response. They talk about the different forms of stress, what separates “good” stress from “bad” stress, how we can take advantage of good stress, and dealing with existential forms of stress like the climate crisis.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to Being Well.
0:09.5	I'm Forest Hanson.
0:10.9	If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of personal
0:14.7	growth.
0:15.7	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:18.0	I'm joined today as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson, Rick as a clinical psychologist, a best
0:22.6	solid author, and he's also my dad.
0:25.0	So dad, how are you doing today?
0:26.8	I am thoroughly psyched, bouncing up and down in my chair to talk about stress and how
0:32.0	to become more resilient with my good friend and a world-class expert that I've learned
0:37.3	a ton from Dr. Alyssa Eppel.
0:40.4	Dr. Eppel is a psychologist, a best-selling author and a professor and vice chair in the
0:45.5	Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco.
0:50.0	Her research focuses on stress, well-being, and optimal aging.
0:53.9	And she's the best-selling co-author of the telomere effect, and her newest book is the
0:58.3	stress prescription seven days to more joy and ease.
1:02.8	So Alyssa, thanks for joining us today.
1:04.6	How are you?
1:05.6	Great.
1:06.6	Thank you for us.
1:07.6	I'm thrilled to be here having a conversation with both of you and with your amazing audience.
1:13.2	We have this notion like, oh, stress is bad.
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