Dr. Sharon Bergquist

However, not all stress harms. In fact, there's more recent science called hormesis. It's the science of good stress that is showing us how stress benefits us and it enriches and grows us.

However, not all stress harms. In fact, there's more recent science called hormesis. It's the science of good stress that is showing us how stress benefits us and it enriches and grows us.

However, not all stress harms. In fact, there's more recent science called hormesis. It's the science of good stress that is showing us how stress benefits us and it enriches and grows us.

Thank you so much for having me. I'm honored to be here.

Thank you so much for having me. I'm honored to be here.

Thank you so much for having me. I'm honored to be here.

Well, stress as a medical concept was introduced around 90 years ago by a Hungarian endocrinologist, Hans Selye. And most of the medical research and what we know about stress since that time has been on how stress harms us. And as a result, most people associate stress as something that we need to avoid and draw boundaries around. However, not all stress harms.

Well, stress as a medical concept was introduced around 90 years ago by a Hungarian endocrinologist, Hans Selye. And most of the medical research and what we know about stress since that time has been on how stress harms us. And as a result, most people associate stress as something that we need to avoid and draw boundaries around. However, not all stress harms.

Well, stress as a medical concept was introduced around 90 years ago by a Hungarian endocrinologist, Hans Selye. And most of the medical research and what we know about stress since that time has been on how stress harms us. And as a result, most people associate stress as something that we need to avoid and draw boundaries around. However, not all stress harms.

In fact, there's more recent science called hormesis. It's the science of good stress that is showing us how stress benefits us and enriches and grows us. And this is gonna sound really counterintuitive, but we actually need some of the good stress to build our resilience against the harmful types of stressors that we're trying to avoid.

In fact, there's more recent science called hormesis. It's the science of good stress that is showing us how stress benefits us and enriches and grows us. And this is gonna sound really counterintuitive, but we actually need some of the good stress to build our resilience against the harmful types of stressors that we're trying to avoid.

In fact, there's more recent science called hormesis. It's the science of good stress that is showing us how stress benefits us and enriches and grows us. And this is gonna sound really counterintuitive, but we actually need some of the good stress to build our resilience against the harmful types of stressors that we're trying to avoid.

So really with stress, what I emphasize for my patients and the people I work with is that our goal isn't to avoid it or to draw boundaries. It's really to optimize stress.

So really with stress, what I emphasize for my patients and the people I work with is that our goal isn't to avoid it or to draw boundaries. It's really to optimize stress.

So really with stress, what I emphasize for my patients and the people I work with is that our goal isn't to avoid it or to draw boundaries. It's really to optimize stress.

Yeah, that's really a wonderful question. So what differentiates good stress from bad stress are three Ds, the design, the dose, and the duration. So by design, there are certain stressors to which our biology has adapted throughout most of our human history, and those are the types that enhance us. By dose, hormetic stressors are mild to moderate.

Yeah, that's really a wonderful question. So what differentiates good stress from bad stress are three Ds, the design, the dose, and the duration. So by design, there are certain stressors to which our biology has adapted throughout most of our human history, and those are the types that enhance us. By dose, hormetic stressors are mild to moderate.

Yeah, that's really a wonderful question. So what differentiates good stress from bad stress are three Ds, the design, the dose, and the duration. So by design, there are certain stressors to which our biology has adapted throughout most of our human history, and those are the types that enhance us. By dose, hormetic stressors are mild to moderate.

And duration, they're generally brief and intermittent. So our biology was designed for these types of mild to moderate intermittent stressors followed by a period of recovery. What we are not adapted for are the chronic stressors that are prolonged and continuous. These are things like relationships that are difficult, job situations that create a ton of uncertainty.

And duration, they're generally brief and intermittent. So our biology was designed for these types of mild to moderate intermittent stressors followed by a period of recovery. What we are not adapted for are the chronic stressors that are prolonged and continuous. These are things like relationships that are difficult, job situations that create a ton of uncertainty.