Jeff Krasno

our better qualities, our neomammalian brain and our centers of rationality and reason to make good decisions and to treat people well. So these are where those practices become probably more important than ever.

our better qualities, our neomammalian brain and our centers of rationality and reason to make good decisions and to treat people well. So these are where those practices become probably more important than ever.

Yeah, well, I feel like I'm sort of a public relations agent for stress on some level. Because we have a very negative association with stress in our modern age, and justifiably. But when you kind of untangle the nature of stress, it is actually a very beneficial, adaptive response at its core. I mean, you live up here. In the hills, you probably hike in the hills every once in a while.

Yeah, well, I feel like I'm sort of a public relations agent for stress on some level. Because we have a very negative association with stress in our modern age, and justifiably. But when you kind of untangle the nature of stress, it is actually a very beneficial, adaptive response at its core. I mean, you live up here. In the hills, you probably hike in the hills every once in a while.

Yeah, well, I feel like I'm sort of a public relations agent for stress on some level. Because we have a very negative association with stress in our modern age, and justifiably. But when you kind of untangle the nature of stress, it is actually a very beneficial, adaptive response at its core. I mean, you live up here. In the hills, you probably hike in the hills every once in a while.

I hike, you know. And we might come across a whole host of different wild animals, like coyotes or maybe a rattlesnake, right? So what happens... That happened to me.

I hike, you know. And we might come across a whole host of different wild animals, like coyotes or maybe a rattlesnake, right? So what happens... That happened to me.

I hike, you know. And we might come across a whole host of different wild animals, like coyotes or maybe a rattlesnake, right? So what happens... That happened to me.

And so when that happened... you had a physiological response to that, right? And a very adaptive one. You know, your heart rate and respiratory rate started to increase, like your liver secreted just the right amount of glucose and sent it to the extremities in order to fight or flee. But also all these other things were happening. Your pupils were dilating.

And so when that happened... you had a physiological response to that, right? And a very adaptive one. You know, your heart rate and respiratory rate started to increase, like your liver secreted just the right amount of glucose and sent it to the extremities in order to fight or flee. But also all these other things were happening. Your pupils were dilating.

And so when that happened... you had a physiological response to that, right? And a very adaptive one. You know, your heart rate and respiratory rate started to increase, like your liver secreted just the right amount of glucose and sent it to the extremities in order to fight or flee. But also all these other things were happening. Your pupils were dilating.

The aperture of your attention was getting super, super narrow. You become self-obsessed for good reason and distrustworthy of the world around you. And that serves... your biological imperative to survive. So this is coded, engineered in the human organism in response to hundreds of thousands of years of evolution as a positive, adaptive response.

The aperture of your attention was getting super, super narrow. You become self-obsessed for good reason and distrustworthy of the world around you. And that serves... your biological imperative to survive. So this is coded, engineered in the human organism in response to hundreds of thousands of years of evolution as a positive, adaptive response.

The aperture of your attention was getting super, super narrow. You become self-obsessed for good reason and distrustworthy of the world around you. And that serves... your biological imperative to survive. So this is coded, engineered in the human organism in response to hundreds of thousands of years of evolution as a positive, adaptive response.

Now, in your case, what happened to that rattlesnake? Probably just... took a look at Andre and said, you know, Andre's probably not going to be on the specials menu today. I'm going to just slither off into the tall grasses. I'm assuming something like that happened, right?

Now, in your case, what happened to that rattlesnake? Probably just... took a look at Andre and said, you know, Andre's probably not going to be on the specials menu today. I'm going to just slither off into the tall grasses. I'm assuming something like that happened, right?

Now, in your case, what happened to that rattlesnake? Probably just... took a look at Andre and said, you know, Andre's probably not going to be on the specials menu today. I'm going to just slither off into the tall grasses. I'm assuming something like that happened, right?

Okay. But, you know, essentially your immediate reaction might have been one of involuntary response, but then you were able to leverage, you know, your conscious top-down pressure to basically push down on that involuntary bottom-up response and regulate. And this is what happens. I mean, if you're on a trail and the snake slithers away, your body returns to homeostasis.

Okay. But, you know, essentially your immediate reaction might have been one of involuntary response, but then you were able to leverage, you know, your conscious top-down pressure to basically push down on that involuntary bottom-up response and regulate. And this is what happens. I mean, if you're on a trail and the snake slithers away, your body returns to homeostasis.

Okay. But, you know, essentially your immediate reaction might have been one of involuntary response, but then you were able to leverage, you know, your conscious top-down pressure to basically push down on that involuntary bottom-up response and regulate. And this is what happens. I mean, if you're on a trail and the snake slithers away, your body returns to homeostasis.