Stress and the Balance Within (January 12, 2006)




On Being with Krista Tippett show

Summary: The American experience of stress has spawned a multi-billion dollar self-help industry. Doctor Esther Sternberg is wary of that. But she says that, until very recently, modern science did not have the tools or the inclination to take emotional stress seriously. Here she shares fascinating new scientific insight into the molecular level of the mind-body connection.