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Steering Through Stress: Understanding Our Primitive Responses and Modern Strategies for Calm - Episode 161
Ever found yourself sweating bullets over a simple office presentation or felt your heart racing from just the thought of a looming deadline? That's your fight, flight, or freeze response in action, and I'm here to guide you through the labyrinth of our instinctual survival mechanisms. In a revealing discussion, I dissect how the amygdala and hypothalamus trigger a hormonal cascade that primes our bodies for battle or bolt, even in today's high-stress, low-danger world. I'll probe the effects of adrenaline and cortisol on our brains and bodies, and I'll offer up personal tales and tactics for…
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