TMHS 417: 8 Powerful Ways To Manage Stress During Complicated Times

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Stress is a normal part of being human, and in our modern world, stress is something that we will always experience on some level. But lately it seems like stress triggers are in overdrive, and many of us are looking for ways to clear our minds and manage stress so that we can be our best selves. In this compilation episode, you’ll learn advice and strategies from eight experts on how you can better manage stress. While it’s impossible to totally eliminate the stressors in your life, you have the capacity to build your resiliency. This episode will teach you how to modulate your stress so that you can maintain your happiness and health—no matter what is going on in the world around you. You’re going to hear about the different types of stress, and how your relationship with technology influences your stress levels. You’ll learn about the power of food, music, and exercise to manage stress, proven ways to improve your resiliency, and much more. Enjoy! In this episode you’ll discover: What percentage of doctor’s visits are due to stress-related illnesses. Why your brain needs downtime. What Micro Stress Doses are, and how to understand your personal threshold. The two types of stress that we experience. What xenohormetic molecules are. The power of eating colorful foods. What primary cilia are. How sound can actually change cellular structure in your brain. Why play is a self-tuning mechanism for your brain. The importance of taking inventory of your time. What the Japanese term shinrn-yoku means. Why cortisol is not inherently negative. What cross-adaptation is. Activities you can engage in to help you manage psychological stress. How exercise can help build up your resilience to stress. Items mentioned in this episode include: Organifi.com/Model ⇐ Use the coupon code model for 20% off! Foursigmatic.com/model ⇐ Get 15% off your daily health elixirs and coffee! The Surprising Science of Stress with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee – Episode 376 Why We Age & Why We Don’t Have To with Dr. David Sinclair – Episode 381 How Sound Influences Healing with Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary – Episode 404 How Your Posture Affects Your Brain with Aaron Alexander – Episode 389 Brain Wash with Drs. David & Austin Perlmutter – Episode 392 The Microbiome-Emotion Connection with Dr. Jillian Teta – Episode 349 Hyperpalatable Foods & Sketchy Chemicals with Max Lugavere – Episode 403 The Extraordinary Link Between Exercise & Joy with Dr. Kelly McGonigal – Episode 393 The Stress Solution by Dr. Rangan Chatterjee Lifespan by Dr. David Sinclair Sound Medicine by Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary The Align Method by Aaron Alexander Brain Wash by Drs. David & Austin Perlmutter Grain Brain by Dr. David Perlmutter Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson Natural Solutions for Digestive Health by Dr. Jillian Teta Genius Foods by Max Lugavere The Joy of Movement by Dr. Kelly McGonigal TED Talk: How to Make Stress Your Friend by Dr. Kelly McGonigal Subscribe to The Model Health Show on YouTube to Enter the Giveaway! * Download Transcript Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes: Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify Soundcloud Join TMHS Facebook community - Model Nation

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson.
0:04.0	For more, visit TheModelHealthShow.com.
0:08.0	Welcome to The Model Health Show.
0:13.0	This fitness nutrition expert, Sean Stevenson, and I'm so grateful for you tuning in with me today.
0:17.0	I'm so excited about this episode.
0:19.0	I think it's super timely.
0:21.0	It is an absolutely crazy time in human history and so many of us are experiencing a lot of stress.
0:28.0	Now, stress is something that is obviously going to be a part of our lives forever.
0:32.0	We actually evolved to have certain capacities to certain types of stress.
0:37.0	Namely, when we evolved, stressors might come from things like trying to find food.
0:42.0	For example, trying to find a safe place to sleep, trying to find an opportunity for your family to be protected from rival tribes and all these different things.
0:52.0	Excaping danger, everybody always uses the example of a saber-to-tiger.
0:58.0	Chasing after him, but I'm going to be different.
1:01.0	I'm going to say somebody is swimming, looking for fish, and they come in contact with a cuddle fish.
1:07.0	Cuddle fish are straight up deadly, and they're weird as well.
1:11.0	But there's so many different dangers that we've evolved and developed this sympathetic nervous system.
1:16.0	This fight-or-flight response to evade danger to get away, to fight or flee a situation.
1:23.0	And then the nervous system would come back down when to escape the danger.
1:28.0	Now, here's the rub.
1:30.0	Today, that system is still being activated, but it's kind of like a lukewarm, kind of low-grade fever.
1:37.0	And it just keeps pressing us until we end up having hormone dysregulation.
1:42.0	And when we talk about stress, we're largely talking about our stress-related hormones, which are important.
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