Summary: Stress is trully the final frontier of our health and wellbeing. In this episode, I explore the nature of stress - the types of stress we experience, their triggers and the damaging impact of stress on our physical and mental state. I also share few simple yet effective hacks to reduce the emotional stress - the most common and most damaging type of stress which is also completely within our control. Surprised?..... Stress is an important part of our biology. It serves a purpose when we are faced with a life threatening situation; the sympathetic nervous system kicks in, taking control of all body functions preparing us to fight, flight or freeze in a blink of an eye. Once the threat is gone, the parasympathetic system is activated, counteracting the effects of stress and restoring the body back to its normal state. When our stress response becomes frequent however, it creates a chronic stress where the body doesn't have the time to recover from one stress response before another - and that's when the benefits of stress end and health problems begin. EPISODE PAGE Music: "Soul Food" and "Hubbab" by Purple Planet (purple-planet.com) [published 25 Dec 2017]
