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May 2024
1h 20m

#1 Stress Doctor: 5 Tools to Protect You...

Mel Robbins
About this episode

After today, you will never think about stress the same way again.

You’ll learn exactly what to do to take control of your stress, stay calm under pressure, and find instant relief.

Harvard’s Dr. Aditi Nerurkar is here today to explain stress and how it relates to your body and brain. 

Dr. Aditi is a medical doctor, researcher, and world-renowned expert in stress and public health. 

She's a lecturer at Harvard Medical School and was the medical director of Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital's integrative medicine program, where she developed an enormous clinical practice in stress management using evidence-based integrative approaches to help her patients feel better.

Today, she is going to give you a reimagined approach to overcoming your stress and burnout using five small but mighty mindset shifts.

These mindset shifts are free, backed by science, and can be applied to your life starting today.

By the time you finish listening, you will feel uplifted, empowered, and inspired to rest your stress, rewire your brain, move out of survival mode, and start thriving again.

For more resources, including links to Dr. Aditi Nerurkar’s research, website, and social media, click here for the podcast episode page. 

If you liked this research-packed episode, your next listen should be Mel’s conversation with Dr. Tara Swart, MD, PhD: The #1 Neuroscientist: After Listening to This, Your Brain Will Not Be the Same

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