My Self Reliance Podcast

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035 Why Modern Life Keeps You Tired And Wired

035 Why Modern Life Keeps You Tired And Wired31. Aug.28 Min.

That “not quite anxious, not quite depressed” feeling can be a constant chemical pressure in the background and it has a name: cortisol that never fully comes down. From the cabin, I talk through what it feels like to live in that low hum for years, why so many of us normalize it, and why I no longer see it as a character flaw. We get clear on what cortisol actually does in the body, how it supports you during real danger, and what goes wrong when the threat never ends and the stress response...