Allostatic Load: Understanding Stress to Defang It

This segment was born of a chat between Pat and James that began with Pat describing a documentary she watched on an Australian trauma cleaner, which then took a swervy path to a discussion of better understanding stress and how it impacts us emotionally and physically. In particular, Pat and James talk about allostatic load, allostatic overload, weathering, their impacts, and how we like to mitigate both.

Questions for Listeners:

(Hop on over to giftedunderachievers.substack.com to leave us your answers.)

1. What are your biggest stress triggers?

2. How do you defang stress?

3. Do your strategies work?

Links to Explore:

The Allostatic Load

Weathering, Stress, and Discrimination

4-7-8 Breathing Exercise for Calm