#015 Buffering the Negative Effects of Chronic Stress with Meditation
About this episode
In this podcast, I discuss some of the mechanisms by which chronic stress (and rumination) affect health and aging and how meditation can reduce rumination and buffer stress.
In this episode, you'll discover:
- (00:00) Introduction
- (02:41) Eustress such as exercise vs distress such as fear
- (06:15) Effects of stress on the brain
- (07:30) Effects of stress on the gut and microbiome
- (10:21) Stress accelerates biological aging
- (15:04) Meditation reduces rumination and promotes empathy
- (19:53) Effects of meditation in the brain
- (24:28) Meditation slows biological aging and lengthens telomeres
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