Chronic Stress Ages You. Here's How To De-Stress for Longevity. | Elissa Epel

Dan Harris

How to reduce negative thoughts, get deep rest, and improve cellular health.

Elissa Epel, Ph.D., is an international expert on stress, well-being, and optimal aging and a best-selling author of The Telomere Effect, and The Stress Prescription. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, at the University of California, San Francisco, where she is Vice Chair of Psychology and directs the Aging Metabolism Emotions Center.

In this episode we talk about:

  • What telomeres are
  • Why chronic stress accelerates our rate of aging – and how to reverse it
  • How we have way more control over aging than we think
  • Small, consistent lifestyle changes we can make to promote longer telomeres
  • The role of existential stress
  • Meditation retreats as a reset for the nervous system
  • How even 5-minutes of daily meditation can help
  • Breathing practices that increase vagal tone
  • Deep rest, and other states of mind that are crucial for cellular repair and growth
  • How to counteract the impacts of stress eating
  • How to reframe stress as a challenge
  • And much more

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How to reduce negative thoughts, get deep rest, and improve cellular health.

Elissa Epel, Ph.D., is an international expert on stress, well-being, and optimal aging and a best-selling author of The Telomere Effect, and The Stress Prescription. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, at the University of California, San Francisco, where she is Vice Chair of Psychology and directs the Aging Metabolism Emotions Center.

In this episode we talk about:

  • What telomeres are
  • Why chronic stress accelerates our rate of aging – and how to reverse it
  • How we have way more control over aging than we think
  • Small, consistent lifestyle changes we can make to promote longer telomeres
  • The role of existential stress
  • Meditation retreats as a reset for the nervous system
  • How even 5-minutes of daily meditation can help
  • Breathing practices that increase vagal tone
  • Deep rest, and other states of mind that are crucial for cellular repair and growth
  • How to counteract the impacts of stress eating
  • How to reframe stress as a challenge
  • And much more

Related Episodes:

Join Dan's online community here

Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel

On Sunday, September 21st from 1-5pm ET, join Dan and Leslie Booker at the New York Insight Meditation Center in NYC as they lead a workshop titled, "Heavily Meditated – The Dharma of Depression + Anxiety." This event is both in-person and online. Sign up here!

Get ready for another Meditation Party at Omega Institute! This in-person workshop brings together Dan with his friends and meditation teachers, Sebene Selassie, Jeff Warren, and for the first time, Ofosu Jones-Quartey. The event runs October 24th-26th. Sign up and learn more here!

To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris

Sponsors:

AT&T: Staying connected matters. That's why AT&T has connectivity you can depend on, or they will proactively make it right. Visit att.com/guarantee for details.

2025-09-01 71 min
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