Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

And it's easier to sort of categorize that as sleep and exercise and stress levels and how much you clean your home and whether or not you have pets and how much time you spend outdoors and sunlight exposure and these different things that when you get into the health and wellness world, you tend to hear like we all come at it from our own angle, right?

And it's easier to sort of categorize that as sleep and exercise and stress levels and how much you clean your home and whether or not you have pets and how much time you spend outdoors and sunlight exposure and these different things that when you get into the health and wellness world, you tend to hear like we all come at it from our own angle, right?

And it's easier to sort of categorize that as sleep and exercise and stress levels and how much you clean your home and whether or not you have pets and how much time you spend outdoors and sunlight exposure and these different things that when you get into the health and wellness world, you tend to hear like we all come at it from our own angle, right?

I might come at it from a gut health angle, but we're kind of all talking about the same general stuff, right?

I might come at it from a gut health angle, but we're kind of all talking about the same general stuff, right?

I might come at it from a gut health angle, but we're kind of all talking about the same general stuff, right?

Right, so there's this tension that exists in the body through our nervous system where we have sort of two main ways that our nervous system can be activated. And we don't have total control over that. Like it's not necessarily a choice that you can make. And that is the sympathetic versus the parasympathetic nervous system.

Right, so there's this tension that exists in the body through our nervous system where we have sort of two main ways that our nervous system can be activated. And we don't have total control over that. Like it's not necessarily a choice that you can make. And that is the sympathetic versus the parasympathetic nervous system.

Right, so there's this tension that exists in the body through our nervous system where we have sort of two main ways that our nervous system can be activated. And we don't have total control over that. Like it's not necessarily a choice that you can make. And that is the sympathetic versus the parasympathetic nervous system.

So sympathetic, and your listeners may already know some of this, but the sympathetic nervous system is basically adrenaline, right? This is your like, hey, something's happening and I need to step my game up physically to deal with this thing. Survive. Right, to survive. So like... In the day, it was an attack by an animal, right?

So sympathetic, and your listeners may already know some of this, but the sympathetic nervous system is basically adrenaline, right? This is your like, hey, something's happening and I need to step my game up physically to deal with this thing. Survive. Right, to survive. So like... In the day, it was an attack by an animal, right?

So sympathetic, and your listeners may already know some of this, but the sympathetic nervous system is basically adrenaline, right? This is your like, hey, something's happening and I need to step my game up physically to deal with this thing. Survive. Right, to survive. So like... In the day, it was an attack by an animal, right?

And today, it's something different, which could be a fight with a partner, right?

And today, it's something different, which could be a fight with a partner, right?

And today, it's something different, which could be a fight with a partner, right?

To answer your question, I feel compelled to say that the world that we live in is making us sympathetic dominant. So there's a lot of triggers.

To answer your question, I feel compelled to say that the world that we live in is making us sympathetic dominant. So there's a lot of triggers.

To answer your question, I feel compelled to say that the world that we live in is making us sympathetic dominant. So there's a lot of triggers.

Yeah, so we're in perpetual survival mode and constantly activating it. And there's so many things. I mean, anything that's getting your heart rate up and your blood pressure up, it could be something so silly and inconsequential as what's happening on Twitter. But you have a fight with a partner. this is going to activate your sympathetic nervous system.

Yeah, so we're in perpetual survival mode and constantly activating it. And there's so many things. I mean, anything that's getting your heart rate up and your blood pressure up, it could be something so silly and inconsequential as what's happening on Twitter. But you have a fight with a partner. this is going to activate your sympathetic nervous system.