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.

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.

In the middle of the night, the world can sometimes feel like a dark place.

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.

What comes after being thoroughly disillusioned with your job?

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 …

Deaths due to prescription drugs is now the #1 cause of deadly overdoses - more than illicit drugs. Know the hard truth here and the treatments available.

Early morning exposure to blue wavelength light can help heal the brain and improved sleep following mild traumatic brain injury, new research suggests.

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.

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

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It's well known that too little sleep is bad for our health. A recent large study revealed that too much sleep may not be good for us, either.

Four steps to stop it.

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

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

Our thoughts can cause us a tremendous amount of suffering. Using a process called The Work, created by Byron Katie, you can turn those thoughts around and dissolve the stress in your life.

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...

Research says most of what you do to relax doesn't work. Here are some dead simple tips from neuroscience that will help you become stress-free.

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.

This Wacky-Sounding Procrastination Cure Is Actually Backed by Science http://on.inc.com/2gztepQ