Dr. Elissa Epel

And we certainly found the chronically stressed participants, these were caregivers, had lower mitochondria overall. But this mood effect pretty much mediated that and overrode that. So that's this pointing us to, hmm, we actually know how to increase positive affect quite quickly with gratitude exercises and other ways of thinking and being.

And we certainly found the chronically stressed participants, these were caregivers, had lower mitochondria overall. But this mood effect pretty much mediated that and overrode that. So that's this pointing us to, hmm, we actually know how to increase positive affect quite quickly with gratitude exercises and other ways of thinking and being.

And we certainly found the chronically stressed participants, these were caregivers, had lower mitochondria overall. But this mood effect pretty much mediated that and overrode that. So that's this pointing us to, hmm, we actually know how to increase positive affect quite quickly with gratitude exercises and other ways of thinking and being.

And so how amazing to think that our mitochondrial activity might be under our control in this short-term way.

And so how amazing to think that our mitochondrial activity might be under our control in this short-term way.

And so how amazing to think that our mitochondrial activity might be under our control in this short-term way.

Yeah. Well, to get back to your question about the, how do we live a day without chronic stress? So we might think of red mind as like having, you know, drinking coffee all day and just keeping us in that activated mode. And we want that stress response, but we just want to, you know, use it parsimoniously, not take it for granted. When we ignore it, it can just be on all day and rush, rush, rush.

Yeah. Well, to get back to your question about the, how do we live a day without chronic stress? So we might think of red mind as like having, you know, drinking coffee all day and just keeping us in that activated mode. And we want that stress response, but we just want to, you know, use it parsimoniously, not take it for granted. When we ignore it, it can just be on all day and rush, rush, rush.

Yeah. Well, to get back to your question about the, how do we live a day without chronic stress? So we might think of red mind as like having, you know, drinking coffee all day and just keeping us in that activated mode. And we want that stress response, but we just want to, you know, use it parsimoniously, not take it for granted. When we ignore it, it can just be on all day and rush, rush, rush.

I mean, rushing and packing our day is probably the most common pernicious way that we stay in yellow and red mind.

I mean, rushing and packing our day is probably the most common pernicious way that we stay in yellow and red mind.

I mean, rushing and packing our day is probably the most common pernicious way that we stay in yellow and red mind.

Yeah, that's good. Yeah, they don't have much of that, do they? We must look so weird to them.

Yeah, that's good. Yeah, they don't have much of that, do they? We must look so weird to them.

Yeah, that's good. Yeah, they don't have much of that, do they? We must look so weird to them.

Yeah, that's beautiful. So the mitochondria are... most likely, they haven't been studied to death like all the other biomarkers in terms of health behaviors and all, but they certainly are related to the hormetic stressors like exercise, increasing them. And we don't actually, we only now, I think, have really good ways to measure them in healthy humans in a monitoring way.

Yeah, that's beautiful. So the mitochondria are... most likely, they haven't been studied to death like all the other biomarkers in terms of health behaviors and all, but they certainly are related to the hormetic stressors like exercise, increasing them. And we don't actually, we only now, I think, have really good ways to measure them in healthy humans in a monitoring way.

Yeah, that's beautiful. So the mitochondria are... most likely, they haven't been studied to death like all the other biomarkers in terms of health behaviors and all, but they certainly are related to the hormetic stressors like exercise, increasing them. And we don't actually, we only now, I think, have really good ways to measure them in healthy humans in a monitoring way.

So we're learning more and more, but we do know that they tend to secrete the cell like lets out fragments of mitochondrial DNA into the serum during acute stress. So that's not a good thing. That's not a good sign. That's a sign that our mitochondria are, you know, overstressed and responding to stress with with this excessive what we call cell free mitochondrial DNA. So they're outside.

So we're learning more and more, but we do know that they tend to secrete the cell like lets out fragments of mitochondrial DNA into the serum during acute stress. So that's not a good thing. That's not a good sign. That's a sign that our mitochondria are, you know, overstressed and responding to stress with with this excessive what we call cell free mitochondrial DNA. So they're outside.