35. Emotional Hunger vs. Real Hunger: What Your Cravings Are Actually Telling You
It's 9 PM. You've already eaten. You're not hungry. But you're standing at the fridge asking: "Why do I keep doing this?" Here's the truth: your cravings aren't about the food. They're about the stress you haven't processed, the emotions you've been swallowing, the need that hasn't been met
This...
Control Stress for Healthy Eating, Metabolism & Aging | Dr. Elissa Epel
In this episode, my guest is Elissa Epel, Ph.D., professor and vice chair of the department of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the author of a new book entitled "The Stress Prescription." We discuss her work showing how stress impacts mood, eating behavior, men...
Why You're Aging Faster Than You Should
Unlock the secrets of aging and longevity as we dive into *The Telomere Effect* by Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel. This isn’t just another health book—it’s the playbook for extending your lifespan by understanding the tiny caps at the ends of your DNA, known as telomeres. From the destructiv...
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 Psychiatr...
Stress, the Nervous System & the Art of Recovery
Chronic stress doesn't just feel bad — it's biologically aging you. In Episode 6, Steve and Tina go into the science of what unresolved stress actually does at the cellular level, including its measurable effect on telomere length — the molecular clock of aging. They make the case that recovery i...
How to Recover From Decades of Chronic Stress
Stress researcher Dr. Elissa Epel explains why the goal isn't to eliminate stress but to get better at recovering from it. She says that a sharp, short stress response followed by real rest is the hallmark of a young, healthy nervous system. She breaks down the science of why chronic vigilance qu...
TELOMERES: Your mind decides how you age (Nobel Prize)
In 2009, Elizabeth Blackburn won the Nobel Prize for discovering the mechanism that determines how fast you age on the inside. It is not a cream or a pill; it is hidden at the ends of your DNA, and the most surprising part is what controls it: your mind.
At the tip of every chromosome, there is ...
Essentials: Manage Stress & Build Resilience | Dr. Elissa Epel
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Elissa Epel, PhD, a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). We discuss how acute and chronic stress affect the body and brain, including their links to cellular aging and mitoch...
Episode #4: Mobilizing Health Psychology for the Climate Crisis
How can health psychology rise to meet what may be the greatest public health threat of our time? In this episode, hosts Dr. Josh Eyer and Dr. Christine Guardino sit down with Dr. Elissa Epel and Dr. Kristi White to discuss their landmark paper, "Transforming health psychology and behavioral medi...
671: Is being “good enough” the secret to longevity? | Matt Bloom, Ph.D.
“Small steps add up over time to the big changes that we seek,” says Matt Bloom, Ph.D.
Bloom is a professor emeritus of business at the University of Notre Dame. He has a PhD in psychology from Cornell University. For nearly thirty years, he and his research team studied the well-being of peopl...
