Chronic Stress Ages You. Here’s How To De-Stress for Longevity. | Elissa Epel

How to reduce negative thoughts, get deep rest, and improve cellular health. Elissa Epel, Ph.D., is an international expert on stress, well-being, and optimal aging and a best-selling author of The Telomere Effect, and The Stress Prescription. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, at the University of California, San Francisco, where she is Vice Chair of Psychology and directs the Aging Metabolism Emotions Center. In this episode we talk about: • What telomeres are • Why chronic stress accelerates our rate of aging – and how to reverse it • How we have way more control over aging than we think • Small, consistent lifestyle changes we can make to promote longer telomeres • The role of existential stress • Meditation retreats as a reset for the nervous system • How even 5-minutes of daily meditation can help • Breathing practices that increase vagal tone • Deep rest, and other states of mind that are crucial for cellular repair and growth • How to counteract the impacts of stress eating • How to reframe stress as a challenge • And much more

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