Your Brain on Stress: What They Never Told You in School I Ep. 8 Part 1

In this episode, we explore what stress actually is — not just the feeling, but the physiological chain reaction inside your body.

You’ll learn why stress affects nearly every system, why awareness matters, and why so many health issues can be traced back to chronic sympathetic activation.

We walk through the history of stress research, share personal stories, compare our stress inventory scores, and introduce the foundational CALM technique that prepares you for Part 2.

This episode explores themes of real food, metabolic health, natural healing, ancestral nutrition, stress resilience, and unprocessed living.

If you're on your own healing journey, subscribe — you’ll feel at home here.

⏱ Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:40 Cindy’s personal story
04:11 History of stress research
18:06 Stress response in the body
31:38 The Holmes–Rahe stress test
44:02 Why chronic stress matters
54:51 The CALM technique
01:01:56 Final reflections

🧩 Holmes–Rahe Stress Test (Cindy’s version)

This is the stress inventory Cindy walked us through in the episode — a simple way to see how recent life events may be influencing your stress load.
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🌿 About Together, Unprocessed
Five voices united through healing — exploring real food, real living, and real connection.

We question the processed world and rediscover what’s natural.

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"Marathon Man" by Jason Shaw (Audionautix.com) — CC BY 4.0
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🧠 About the Evidence
Our conversations reference experimental and observational research from the natural sciences — including physiology, stress biology, neuroscience, and metabolic studies — to explore what the evidence shows about human resilience and healing. These discussions are educational and interpretive, not prescriptive medical advice.

Disclaimer
Everything we share comes from our own journeys and experiences. We’re not doctors, and nothing here is meant as medical advice. Always make decisions about your health with a trusted professional.

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