The Stress Puzzle

Managing Emotions in the Face of Discrimination: Rethinking reappraisal with Dr. Ajua Duker and Dr. Dorainne Green

Managing our emotions is a central task of being human, and the science of emotion regulation as we study it today is a relatively young field. It's an especially excitin

Living with Loss: How culture and neuroscience help us understand grief with Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor

Death, dying, and grief are topics we often avoid but are central to our experience of being human. Today's guest, Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor, studies the neurobiology beh

Beyond Bouncing Back: Identity, stigma, and workplace resilience with Dr. Danielle King

In the midst of this season of gratitude, I feel especially grateful to be able to share this episode with you featuring Dr. Danielle King and focusing on the meaning and

Rising Economic Inequality: How social class shapes our lives with Dr. Michael Kraus

For this episode, I spoke with Dr. Michael Kraus about the widening gap between the richest and the poorest in our society (aka rising economic inequality). We discussed

Political Polarization and Health: Navigating the social media divide with Dr. Jay Van Bavel

For this episode, I spoke with Dr. Jay Van Bavel about political polarization as a threat to individual and societal health, which is particularly salient as we're seeing

Interwoven Histories of Stress and Emotion Research with Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes

Season 2 is here and we're focused on stress in context! In this episode, I chatted with Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes about the evolution of stress and emotion research and how

BONUS: Embracing Mistakes and Building Careers in Stress Science

In honor of a new academic year, we wanted to share some advice and reflections from our Season 1 guests. This is a mix of clips with some that have been included in prio

An Integrative Approach to Population Health: Social connections and emotional well-being in aging with Dr. Andrew Steptoe

For our final episode of Season 1, I spoke with Dr. Andrew Steptoe about social relationships as we age, the need for interdisciplinary research, and emerging biomarkers

30 Years of Daily Stress Research: Insights into everyday stress and emotion processes and how they shift as we age with Dr. David Almeida

In today's episode of the Stress Puzzle, I chatted with Dr. David Almeida all about how we experience and respond (emotionally and physiologically) to daily stressors. We

Superwoman Schema: Nuances of stress, resilience, and the superwoman schema framework with Dr. Cheryl Woods Giscombé

In today's episode, I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Cheryl Woods Giscombé, a health scientist who discusses her research on Superwoman Schema, which is a concept

Investing in Adolescence: Positive emotions, prosocial learning, and the digital landscape for interventions with Dr. Ronald Dahl

Today's episode builds on the discussion of puberty as a sensitive period from the previous episode with Dr. Megan Gunnar. Featuring developmental scientist Dr. Ronald Da

Recalibration of Early Life Stress Systems: Impact of puberty with Dr. Megan Gunnar

For today's episode, I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Megan Gunnar, a developmental psychologist who discusses her research on early life adversity and stress biology

Stress, Immunity, and Illness: Insights from experimental common cold studies on holiday susceptibility

Can you believe it's almost the end of 2024?! Join me for a conversation with Dr. Aric Prather about stress, sleep, and social experiences at the holidays + what we know

Stress Beyond the Individual: The physiological cost of caring with Dr. Tené Lewis

Welcome back to the Stress Puzzle! This is the second of two episodes highlighting winners of the Stress Measurement Network's (SMN) Stress Science Paper Award. Today we'

The Energetic Cost of Chronic Stress with Dr. Natalia Bobba-Alves

Welcome back to the Stress Puzzle! This is the first of two episodes highlighting winners of the Stress Measurement Network's (SMN) Stress Science Paper Award. Today we'l

Primate Politics: Intergenerational and experimental evidence with Dr. Jenny Tung

Welcome back to the Stress Puzzle! I had the joy of speaking with Dr. Jenny Tung, an evolutionary anthropologist and geneticist who discusses her intergenerational and ex

Human Hierarchies and Health: Epidemiological evidence with Dr. Michael Marmot

Welcome back to the Stress Puzzle! For this episode, I was joined by Dr. Michael Marmot who is an expert on social status and health. We discussed his seminal work on the

Slavich on Stress: Complexities, history, and future

Welcome back to the Stress Puzzle! For our second episode, I was joined by Dr. George Slavich who is an expert on the conceptualization, assessment, and management of lif

Good Stress and Bad Stress: Measurement in a world of wearables

Welcome to the first episode of the Stress Puzzle! For this episode, I was joined by experts in the field of stress, Dr. Elissa Epel and Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes. Dr. Eli

Introducing The Stress Puzzle