Stress, Anxiety, Burnout & Capitalism

On TikTok, wellness influencers say that if you're routinely waking up in the middle of the night, high cortisol levels are to blame. The experts say it's more complicated than that.

Broken-heart syndrome, a serious medical condition, may begin in the brain.

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How to Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve and Decompress With a 4:8 Breathing Technique How to go from fight-or-flight into rest-and-digest within minutes, as told by scientists. So the word on the street is …

Are you getting your seven or eight hours of sleep a night — yet you still feel exhausted? Here’s why that could be happening, according to physician Saundra Dalton-Smith.

Four steps to stop it.

The author of a new book offers tips on how leaders can turn anxiety from their worst enemy into their best friend.

Who really knows about staying calm under pressure? Bomb disposal experts. Here's what you can learn from them about handling any challenge.

Professor Tim Wilson of UVA reveals what the latest research shows about how your unconscious mind works -- and how it can make you more resilient.

Yet Another Good Health Reason To Keep Stress At Bay

The operative word here about stress is that it is a perception, also known as a thought or point of view. There are objective stressors, to be sure. But how these affect us determines our body's stress response.

In today’s episode, I talk with Drs. Elizabeth Boham, Izabella Wentz, and Rangan Chatterjee about the link between chronic stress, cortisol, and adrenal dysfunction and how to choose joy to reduce stress.

After a long day of having to make high-pressured decisions about so many different things, I had absolutely nothing left in me to make any more choices. And this isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened to me - it's called decision fatigue, it's very real, and it's very likely you've experienced it at some point too.

Many of us are more stressed out than ever. These expert-backed stress-relief activities can help calm your mind when life becomes overwhelming.

What comes after being thoroughly disillusioned with your job?

When I set out to write a piece about multitasking, my goal was to review and present some scientific studies showing exactly how multitasking impacts productivity.

Self-criticism can take a toll on our minds and bodies. It’s time to ease up.

You want to know how to avoid burnout? You probably don't even know what burnout really is. Here's what science has to say...

New research shows that burnout is caused by a mismatch between a person's unconscious needs and the opportunities and demands at the workplace. These results have implications for the prevention of job burnout.