How Stress Accelerates Aging | UCLA Psychologist Explains

<p>Jim Iuorio spent 39 years on a trading floor. Bobby Iaccino once broke his golf clubs in half and threw them in a lake because he couldn&#39;t handle being bad at something. Both admit they beat themselves up constantly to perform better. Dr. Steven Sideroff, a UCLA clinical psychologist and peak performance researcher, says they&#39;ve had it completely backwards.</p><p>Sideroff, who has published research describing stress as &quot;the master hallmark of aging,&quot; explains why traders and high performers become neurologically wired to crave stress, why beating yourself up actually undermines performance instead of improving it, and why the body can only operate in one of two modes at a time: defend-and-protect or heal-and-grow.</p><p>They also get into the nine pillars of his resilience model, how the emotional state of people around you can physically alter your own brainwave patterns, and practical tools for sleep, recovery, and breaking automatic stress patterns that no longer serve you.</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps:<br>00:00 Intro: &quot;When I Stress, I Have Success&quot;<br>00:51 Meet Dr. Steven Sideroff: UCLA, Nine Pillars of Resilience<br>01:45 About the Guest: Topanga Canyon, 79 and Still Mountain Biking<br>03:08 Biological Age Study: Can Resilience Slow Aging<br>04:26 Low-Carb Diet: Jim&#39;s 3-Year Energy Transformation<br>05:05 Is Stress the Number One Factor in Aging<br>05:36 How Stress Impacts Every Area of Performance and Health<br>06:19 The Stress Sweet Spot: Why We&#39;re Designed to Overshoot It<br>07:54 What Stress Actually Is: Any Threat to the Body&#39;s Balance<br>09:20 Pillar 5: Mental Balance, Growth vs Fixed Mindset<br>10:27 Bobby Threw His Golf Clubs in a Lake: Was That Right<br>12:02 Cortisol: Does It Show Up With All Types of Stress<br>13:03 Two Body Modes: Defend and Protect vs Heal and Grow<br>13:46 Jim: 39 Years on a Trading Floor, Just Retired, Can&#39;t Relax<br>14:36 Psilocybin: Not Necessarily a Bad Choice<br>15:13 Traders Become Addicted to Stress: the Donald Hebb Connection<br>16:39 Meditation vs Distraction: There&#39;s a Real Difference<br>19:35 Avoid Stress or Learn to Balance It? The Answer Is Both<br>21:12 How Traders Used Alcohol to Decompress<br>22:22 No Single Worst Addiction: It Depends on Loss of Control<br>23:21 The Stress of Debt: What to Do Once You Have a Plan<br>24:08 Pillar 6: Emotional Unfinished Business Drives Debt<br>27:05 Physical Symptoms of Unmanaged Stress<br>28:08 Jim on THC for Sleep: Wh