The Shocking New Science Of How To Manage Your Stress - Dr Robert Sapolsky - #693

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello, friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Dr. Robert Sapolsky. He's a professor at Stanford University, a world leading researcher and an author. Stress is an inevitable part of human life, but what is stress actually doing to the human body when it happens for such a prolonged period of time? And what does the science say are the best interventions to defeat it? Expect to learn the crucial difference between short term and long term stress, how stress actually impacts the human system, the neurodevelopmental consequences of stress and poverty, how to detrain your dopamine sensitivity, what everyone doesn't understand about how hormones work, whether believing in free will is a useful world view, why there is a relationship between belief in free will and obesity, and much more. If you don't know, Dr. Sapolsky, he is a complete legend in the field of evolutionary biology and research in general. And this conversation goes absolutely everywhere. So, yeah, so much to take away from this. And he's really fun. I love his sort of light, playful sort of jokey approach to pretty serious academic topics. He's great. One of my favorite purchases over the last two years has been my cold plunge from the team over at plunge.com. They are the gold standard when it comes to cold therapy. You may have heard Joe Rogan and Andrew Huberman talking about the benefits of repeated cold exposure. And it is real. You feel so amazing after you've done it. And the improvement in your mood is insane. So if you've been thinking that you want to get started doing cold therapy, but you cannot be bothered going to the store to get yourself ice every single time you need to do it, this is for you. Also, they've just released their own sauna which is ridiculously high quality as well. And we are bouncing between the two doing what's called contrast therapy which makes you feel even better. So yeah, if you're looking to make a change, if you're looking to get yourself a cold plunge or a sauna for your house, this is the place to go. Best of all, they've got a 30-day money back guarantee so you can buy it and try it for 29 days and if you do not like it, they will give you your money back. Go to plunge.com to get your cold plunge and sauna today with $150 off your purchase by using the code MW150 at checkout. That's plunge.com and the code MW150 at checkout. This episode is brought to you by Gymshark. You want to look good and feel good when you're in the gym and Gymshark make the best men's and girls' gym wear on the planet. Their studio shorts for men are the best pair of training shorts I have ever found in my entire life. Their crest hoodie and light gray mall is what I fly in every single time that I'm on a plane and their geo seamless t-shirt is what I've been training in every single day for over a year now. Basically everything they make is unbelievably well fitted, high quality and you get 30 days of free returns globally with global shipping plus a 10% discount sitewide. If you want to see everything that I wear and recommend for guys and girls, head to bit.ly slash shark wisdom. That takes you to my super secret product page and you can use the code MW10 a checkout for a 10% discount plus that 30 day free returns. That's bit.ly slash shark wisdom and MW10 a checkout. This episode is brought to you by Craftd London. Finding men's jewelry that doesn't suck is very difficult and Crafted London have nailed it. They're the number one men's jewelry company worldwide. They're sweat proof, waterproof, heat proof and gym proof. They've got custom designs in gold and silver, necklaces, chains, pendants, bracelets, rings and earrings. If you've seen me on any of the big cinema episodes on YouTube wearing a necklace, it will always be from Crafted. I absolutely love it. It works with formal wear, casual wear, whether it's daytime or nighttime. All of their pieces are super high quality. The designs are great and I love them. That's, it's all I wear. Also, they have an unlimited lifetime guarantee. So if your piece breaks for any reason at any point during the entire life of the product, they will give you a new one for free. Get a 15% discount site-wide on everything by going to bit.ly slash cdwisdom and using the code MW15. A checkout, that's bit.ly slash letter C, letter D, cdwisdom and MW15, a checkout. But now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Dr Robert Sapolsky.