Sublime

Acute (or temporary) stress is a different beast entirely and may be one of our most powerful weapons in the fight against entropy. This form of stress may take many shapes. It may be the mental stress that one endures when learning to play an instrument, engaging in a particularly challenging and lifelike video game, or sitting through a tough lec

Depression

“Aging is characterized by a progressive loss of physiological integrity, leading to impaired function and increased vulnerability to death,”

According to Dr. Aditi, 7 out of 10 people are currently living in a chronic state of stress. I used to be one of them. When you live in a state of chronic stress, you are locked in a constant state of fight or flight. Your amygdala is humming in the background, always on.

Seventy percent of world global deaths are attributable to modifiable behavioral risk factors like smoking, physical inactivity, and diet.

When we’re stressed, our brains have an uncanny ability to rise up and meet the moment by compartmentalizing inconvenient aspects of ourselves that don’t help with our immediate self-preservation. But after the acute stressful experience has passed and things have settled down, like at bedtime, our true emotions come to the surface.

Dr. James Fries, a professor of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Mindful Eating

Loneliness turns on genes that increase inflammation, elevating the risk of conditions from heart disease to depression to dementia.