In Episode 42 we are joined by Dr. Alexandra Crosswell from the Center for Health and Community in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco to discuss how the mind and body are connected and how that connection influences our wellbeing. Alexandra shares with us how stress influences our biological functioning and why stress has consequences for physiological and psychological health. How do scientists define stress? How does exposure to and perception of stress interact to create toxic stress? What is stress resilience and how can you boost it? All this and much more in Stressed Out with Dr. Alexandra Crosswell!
References
Bostock, S., Crosswell, A. D., Prather, A. A., & Steptoe, A. (2019). Mindfulness on-the-go: Effects of a mindfulness meditation app on work stress and well-being. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 24(1), 127-138. doi:10.1037/ocp0000118
Brosschot, J. F., Verkuil, B., & Thayer, J. F. (2017). Exposed to events that never happen: Generalized unsafety, the default stress response, and prolonged autonomic activity. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 74(Pt B), 287-296. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.07.019
Crosswell, A. D., Suresh, M., Puterman, E., Gruenewald, T., Lee, J., & Epel, E. S. (2018). Advancing research on psychological stress and aging with the health and retirement study: Looking back to launch the field forward. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.