Dr. Tara Swart

So if you do notice that the belt is tighter and you think, okay, I definitely need to move a bit more or eat a bit less, and you actually start doing one or both of those things, but the belly fat doesn't change because the cortisol is driving the fat there, regardless of your behavior in the physical world.

So I'm going to do brain and body, if that's okay. Yeah. So think of this cortisol as a corrosive agent that's literally flowing through your entire brain and body. So in the body, it starts to erode your immunity. So you might notice more colds and flus more often or ones that last for weeks and weeks.

So I'm going to do brain and body, if that's okay. Yeah. So think of this cortisol as a corrosive agent that's literally flowing through your entire brain and body. So in the body, it starts to erode your immunity. So you might notice more colds and flus more often or ones that last for weeks and weeks.

So I'm going to do brain and body, if that's okay. Yeah. So think of this cortisol as a corrosive agent that's literally flowing through your entire brain and body. So in the body, it starts to erode your immunity. So you might notice more colds and flus more often or ones that last for weeks and weeks.

I mean, I certainly remember during the financial crisis when I worked with a lot of banks and hedge funds, people saying, you know, I've had this cold for four, six, eight weeks, but everybody has it. And I had to say to them, do you hear what you're saying that it's not normal to have a cold for six weeks? And this is cortisol. Yeah.

I mean, I certainly remember during the financial crisis when I worked with a lot of banks and hedge funds, people saying, you know, I've had this cold for four, six, eight weeks, but everybody has it. And I had to say to them, do you hear what you're saying that it's not normal to have a cold for six weeks? And this is cortisol. Yeah.

I mean, I certainly remember during the financial crisis when I worked with a lot of banks and hedge funds, people saying, you know, I've had this cold for four, six, eight weeks, but everybody has it. And I had to say to them, do you hear what you're saying that it's not normal to have a cold for six weeks? And this is cortisol. Yeah.

And at the extreme end of that, people were dropping dead of heart attacks on trading floors. So lowering your immunity and corroding your body that much can cause everything from colds and flus to heart attacks and cancers. In the brain, what happens is what I call low power mode, like on your phone.

And at the extreme end of that, people were dropping dead of heart attacks on trading floors. So lowering your immunity and corroding your body that much can cause everything from colds and flus to heart attacks and cancers. In the brain, what happens is what I call low power mode, like on your phone.

And at the extreme end of that, people were dropping dead of heart attacks on trading floors. So lowering your immunity and corroding your body that much can cause everything from colds and flus to heart attacks and cancers. In the brain, what happens is what I call low power mode, like on your phone.

So once those receptors know there's an imminent threat to our survival, think of the highest functions of the brain. Thinking creatively, thinking flexibly, solving complex problems, overriding our biases. at regulating our emotions. How are those going to serve us now that we're just trying to survive physically? We don't need those things. Don't send any blood supply to those higher functions.

So once those receptors know there's an imminent threat to our survival, think of the highest functions of the brain. Thinking creatively, thinking flexibly, solving complex problems, overriding our biases. at regulating our emotions. How are those going to serve us now that we're just trying to survive physically? We don't need those things. Don't send any blood supply to those higher functions.

So once those receptors know there's an imminent threat to our survival, think of the highest functions of the brain. Thinking creatively, thinking flexibly, solving complex problems, overriding our biases. at regulating our emotions. How are those going to serve us now that we're just trying to survive physically? We don't need those things. Don't send any blood supply to those higher functions.

Bring it right down to get up in the morning, go and sit at your desk, look like you're doing your job even if you actually can't really do it. This is the reason that presenteeism costs businesses more than double what absenteeism does. In that low-power mode, it would be better to stay at home for two days and recover and then come back to work and actually function and work with your team.

Bring it right down to get up in the morning, go and sit at your desk, look like you're doing your job even if you actually can't really do it. This is the reason that presenteeism costs businesses more than double what absenteeism does. In that low-power mode, it would be better to stay at home for two days and recover and then come back to work and actually function and work with your team.

Bring it right down to get up in the morning, go and sit at your desk, look like you're doing your job even if you actually can't really do it. This is the reason that presenteeism costs businesses more than double what absenteeism does. In that low-power mode, it would be better to stay at home for two days and recover and then come back to work and actually function and work with your team.

Because stress impairs the higher functioning of the brain. It just moves the blood supply away from it because you're not going to give up your precious resources for functions like that. And just to put that into context for you, Mel, the brain is a tiny organ. It's a tiny percentage of your whole body. like maybe 2% or 3%. But it uses up 20% to 30% of the breakdown products of what you eat.

Because stress impairs the higher functioning of the brain. It just moves the blood supply away from it because you're not going to give up your precious resources for functions like that. And just to put that into context for you, Mel, the brain is a tiny organ. It's a tiny percentage of your whole body. like maybe 2% or 3%. But it uses up 20% to 30% of the breakdown products of what you eat.

Because stress impairs the higher functioning of the brain. It just moves the blood supply away from it because you're not going to give up your precious resources for functions like that. And just to put that into context for you, Mel, the brain is a tiny organ. It's a tiny percentage of your whole body. like maybe 2% or 3%. But it uses up 20% to 30% of the breakdown products of what you eat.

Wow. Yeah. That's how hard it's working. It's using up 20% of what you ate that day when you're asleep. It's using up 25% of what you eat when you're working, managing, leading, running your family, just thinking. Right now, we're probably both using 25%. But if you're stressed, it's using 30%.