{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Dr Kumar Discovery","title":"The Stress Psychologist: Stress Is Silently Aging You Faster | Dr. Stephen Sideroff","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3526,"description":"Imagine a lion that never stops chasing you. Today it's the unpaid bill, the unending inbox, the meeting you're dreading. Your stress response was built for a short sprint followed by rest, and in this episode Dr. Stephen Sideroff, a psychologist at UCLA who has spent more than four decades studying stress, explains why it now stays switched on and what that does to your brain and body over the years.\nDr. Sideroff published a paper called \"Stress, the Master Hallmark of Aging,\" and he argues that every one of the hallmarks of aging is impacted by stress. He and Dr. Ravi Kumar walk through what chronic stress does to the hippocampus, the brain's memory center, why trouble sleeping is often the first warning sign, how inflammation and testosterone get pulled along with it, and why none of this is your fault.\nThen they get practical: the nine pillars of resilience from his book, starting with your relationship with yourself, the ratio of kind to harsh thoughts you keep with yourself, and a simple breathing rhythm of about six breaths a minute that tells your nervous system it is safe.\nCHAPTERS\n00:00 The lion that never stops chasing you\n02:00 Why our stress response misfires today\n06:33 How constant stress shrinks your range\n07:47 Trouble sleeping: the first warning sign\n09:02 A daily practice to come back to balance\n11:42 Stress, the master hallmark of aging\n14:32 What chronic stress does to your memory center\n17:49 Inflammation and the insulin resistant brain\n20:21 Defend and protect, or heal and grow\n21:15 How childhood sets your danger alarm\n22:47 When stress goes up, testosterone goes down\n23:31 Why it's not your fault\n27:06 Pillar one: your relationship with yourself\n33:19 Your personal Gottman ratio\n35:56 The nine pillars of resilience\n42:28 Six breaths a minute and heart rate variability\n50:31 Building a healthy internal parent\n52:21 One step puts you on the path\n55:33 Where to find Dr. Sideroff\n57:26 What to take away\nIN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL DISCOVER\nWhy...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1b0HAhl7LyS1JMvttJBUPVo13Xhw89dNIYFNVWa7Un0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NGVi/ODc5ZmE2MTI0Njdj/NWRjODE2NTkzNTQ0/ZjY0Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}