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Elissa Epel, Ph. D.
Known for: The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease, The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
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The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease
In this concise and practical guide, psychologist Elissa Epel offers a seven-day plan to help readers transform their relationship with stress. Drawing on decades of research in psychology and neurosc...
The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
The Telomere Effect explains how the length and health of telomeres—the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes—affect aging and disease. Drawing on Nobel Prize–winning research, the authors show h...
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Day 1 – Embrace Stress
On the first day, I ask you to do something that seems counterintuitive: open your arms to stress. Instead of trying to suppress it or label it as harmful, you learn to reinterpret the stress response as energy, readiness, and life force. Research shows that how you think about stress changes what i...
From The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease
Day 2 – Be Present
Now that you’ve begun to shift your beliefs about stress, we move to the heart of resilience: presence. Most stress isn’t caused by what’s happening right now but by our minds leaving the present moment. Rumination pulls you into the past, and worry propels you into an imagined future. Neither offer...
From The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease
The Science of Telomeres: The Cellular Clock of Life
When I discovered telomerase—the enzyme that replenishes telomeres—it felt like uncovering the biological language of life itself. Every time a cell divides, its telomeres shorten ever so slightly. Think of telomeres as the plastic tips of shoelaces; without them, the ends fray, and the shoelace eve...
From The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
Stress and Telomeres: The Invisible Wear and Tear
When Elissa and I began exploring stress and telomere length, we were stunned by how psychological strain leaves a molecular footprint. Chronic stress floods the body with hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. While helpful in short bursts, constant exposure erodes telomere integrity. We followed ...
From The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer
About Elissa Epel
Elissa Epel, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She is internationally recognized for her research on stress, aging, and mindfulness, and co-author of the bestselling book 'The Telomere Effect'. Her work explores how psychological an...
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Elissa Epel, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She is internationally recognized for her research on stress, aging, and mindfulness, and co-author of the bestselling book 'The Telomere Effect'. Her work explores how psychological an...
Elissa Epel, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. She is internationally recognized for her research on stress, aging, and mindfulness, and co-author of the bestselling book 'The Telomere Effect'. Her work explores how psychological and behavioral factors influence cellular health and longevity.
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