The Truth About Stress, Belly Fat, Alcohol and Journalling & How To Tune Into Your Body & Mind with Neuroscientist Tara Swart (re-release) #516

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

4.8 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2025

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Summary

For today’s episode, I’m pleased to welcome back the wonderful Dr Tara Swart. Tara is a neuroscientist, a former medical doctor & psychiatrist, a lecturer at MIT, an executive coach and author of the bestselling book, The Source. She also hosts the podcast Reinvent Yourself with Dr Tara. If you’ve listened to my previous episodes with Tara, you’ll remember her unique talent for using neuroscience and behavioural psychology to probe ideas, theories, and practices that many believe work, but we’re not sure why. This insightful and often unusual episode takes a deep and meaningful look at stress - what exactly it is, what impact it has on health and how it predisposes us to storing fat. We also discuss the most effective ways to manage stress, the best ways to build resilience and the benefits of practices like journalling. We really do cover a whole variety of different topics today including metacognition, the definition of spirituality, what exactly intuition and interoception are, and how we can use them to get to know our minds and bodies more intimately. We talk about rituals, the incredible power of creativity, beauty, and time spent in nature. And finally, we ask some big questions around the topic of death and consciousness, which Tara is increasingly drawn to studying. If you’re someone who’s interested in alternative thinking and new ideas, but likes the reassurance of scientific backing, Tara’s warmth and wisdom will tick all your boxes. If you’re a sceptic - well, this conversation might just open your mind. Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. This January, try FREE for 30 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com. Thanks to our sponsors: https://drinkag1.com/livemore Show notes https://drchatterjee.com/516 DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or qualified healthcare provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

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0:00.0	What characteristic do you most dislike in other people? Because the chances are that the opposite of that is your most strongly held value.
0:10.6	Hey guys, how you doing? I hope you're having a good wheat so far. My name is Dr. Rongan Chatterjee, and this is my podcast. Feel Better, Live More.
0:23.3	This podcast is getting so many new listeners at the moment
0:27.6	because of the global release of my brand new book,
0:31.4	The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller, Make Change That Lasts,
0:35.7	nine simple ways to break free from the habits that hold you back.
0:40.3	And so for the next few Sundays, I will be re-releasing some classic evergreen conversations
0:46.1	from this podcast's back catalogue to give new listeners a real flavour of what my podcast is all about.
0:56.1	And today's re-release is a quite wonderful conversation with the neuroscientist
1:00.8	and former psychiatrist Dr. Tara Swart.
1:05.5	In today's conversation, we talk about so many different topics, including the relationship between stress
1:13.6	and the fat we store on our bodies. The best way is to build resilience, the power of rituals and
1:20.4	practices like journaling, the importance of creativity and spending time in nature, and we also explore some big questions about
1:30.5	spirituality and death. If you're someone who's interested in alternative thinking and new ideas,
1:39.0	but likes the reassurance of scientific backing, Tara's warmth and wisdom, I'm sure, will tick all of your boxes.
1:46.9	And if you're a skeptic, well, this conversation might just open your mind.
1:58.5	Tara, you have been a medical doctor, psychiatrist, executive coach, you're a neuroscientist.
2:07.0	And I think one of the topics that people are talking a lot about these days is stress.
2:15.1	So right at the top, I'd love to understand when you hear the word stress, what does it mean to you?
2:26.0	So when you introduce me like that, like, you know, you're a doctor, psychiatrist. It makes me,
2:31.1	made me feel a bit like, oh, I'm just like a jack of all trades. But as soon as you said the word stress, each of those roles made sense to me.
2:38.4	So I define stress as when the load on your body or mind is too much for you to bear.
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