Jason Wachub

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Elizabeth, thank you so much.

Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast.

I'm Jason Wachub, founder and co-CEO of My Buddy Green and your host.

What if two people could receive the same exact diagnosis and one recovers, adapts, and even thrives while the other struggles?

What if the difference isn't just medication or procedures, but something far more human?

Today's guest believes the missing link in modern medicine is resilience and that learning how to build it can change the course of our health and our lives.

Today's guest is Dr. Tara Nerula, a board-certified cardiologist, assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine, and author of The Healing Power of Resilience.

In today's show, we dive into why stress may be one of the most under-recognized drivers of heart disease, how receiving a diagnosis can itself be a form of trauma, and why doctors need to do more than treat numbers like cholesterol and blood pressure.

We'll explore the science behind resilience, the powerful connection between mental health and physical recovery, and eight practical tools Dr. Narula believes anyone can use to build resilience before and after life-changing health events.

Let's dig in.

So you write that two patients with the same diagnosis can have wildly different outcomes, and the differentiator is resilience.

Well, I think it's so interesting that you're a cardiologist and you're writing this book and you're talking about stress because, you know, traditionally you walk into a cardiologist's office and, you know, a good cardiologist will say, you know, immediately, okay, blood pressure, you know, let's look at your LP little a, your APOB, maybe we'll dial into the cholesterol a little bit.

Maybe we'll do a clearly or calcium to like get a 3d MRI of the heart.

And then like,

And that'll be and like that's kind of would be considered the gold standard if you go to a good cardiologist.

But there's no mention of like what's going on in the rest of your life.

So are you able to share some examples of a patient and what was the subsequent outcome?

So you mentioned taking control.