Science of Stress and its Effective Management - on Mind the Gap Show - A podcast co-hosted by Sanah Anand and Harmeet Anand

Episode Summary: In this episode, we dive into the science behind stress, good stress and bad stress, chronic and acute stress, and the role of emotions especially the emotion of "acceptance" when it comes to stress management. Co-hosting this audio show Sanah who is a budding neuroscientist and Harmeet is an established executive coach share from their lives how they understand stress, help others cope with stress and help themselves recognize their patterns of stress.

Topics Discussed:

• Acute and chronic Stress
• What is good and bad stress?
• Healthy and unhealthy ways to manage stress
• Centring, exercise, emotions - the role in managing stress

Resources Mentioned:

• When the Body Says No - by Gabor Maté
• Practice of Centring: https://strozziinstitute.org/centering-the-unity-of-action-and-being/
• Cultural Differences in Emotional Suppression- Culture shapes electrocortical responses during emotion suppression (Murata et al., 2013) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682443/
• Breathwork to Reduce Stress- Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal (Balban et al., 2023) https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(22)00474-8?trk=organization_guest_main-feed-card_feed-article-content
• Chronic Stress and Neurodegeneration- NMDA Receptor Activation and Calpain Contribute to Disruption of Dendritic Spines by the Stress Neuropeptide CRH (Andres et al., 2013) https://www.jneurosci.org/content/33/43/16945.short
• Exercise Promotes Neuronal Growth- Exercise promotes the expression of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) through the action of the ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate (Sleiman et al, 2016) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4915811/
• Estrogen's Neuroprotective Effects- Interactions between estradiol, BDNF and dendritic spines in promoting memory (Luine and Frankfurt, 2014) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597766/

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