1065: Harvard’s Stress Expert Shares Top Resilience Tools with Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

1065: Harvard’s Stress Expert Shares Top Resilience Tools with Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

Author: How to be Awesome at Your Job June 9, 2025 Duration: 43:28
Dr. Aditi Nerurkar discusses the neuroscience behind stress—and offers actionable tips for building your resilience. — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) The major myth that leads to burnout  2) The rule of two for building healthier habits  3) How to feel less stressed in one minute Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1065 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT ADITI —  Dr. Aditi Nerurkar is a Harvard stress expert, internationally recognized speaker, and national television correspondent with an expertise in stress, burnout, resilience and mental health. Her book The 5 Resets: Rewire Your Brain and Body for Less Stress and More Resilience is a “must read” by Adam Grant and Malcolm Gladwell’s Next Big Idea Club and “best new book” by the New York Post. Named “100 Women to Know in America,” her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Good Morning America, The Today Show and NPR. She is also a frequent keynote speaker with talks at the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit and other events. • Book: The 5 Resets: Rewire Your Brain and Body for Less Stress and More Resilience  • Test: Your Stress Score  • Website: DrAditi.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Tool: Holmes and Rahe stress scale  • Study: “Association of wearable device-measured vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity with mortality” by Emmanuel Stamatakis, et al.  • Study: “Effects of Exercise on Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” by Jiale Peng, Yuling Yuan, Yuanhui Zhao, and Hong Ren  • Past episode: 996: Tackling Work Stressors and Transitions with Dr. Tessa West  — THANK YOU SPONSORS! —  • Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome • Quince. Get free shipping and 365-day returns on your order with Quince.com/Awesome See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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