Cortisol
Cortisol gets blamed for everything — weight gain, belly fat, bad sleep, burnout — but most people have never actually heard how it works. In this episode, Dr. Deepti Sharma breaks down cortisol as mo...
23 Sep 16min
Gut Microbiome
Your gut isn't just digesting your food — it's talking to your metabolism, your hormones, and even your mood. It's been called our "second brain" — as it might be one of the most underrated players in...
16 Sep 11min
Stress Eating
Stress eating isn’t about hunger—it’s about relief. When stress spikes, the body turns to quick comfort, often in the form of highly palatable foods that temporarily soothe but don’t solve the root ca...
2 Sep 5min
The Neuroscience of Habit — How Patterns Form, Why They Stick, and What It Actually Takes to Change Them
You didn't decide to reach for your phone the moment you woke up. You didn't choose to pour that second cup of coffee on autopilot, take the same route to work, or find yourself halfway through a bag ...
22 Jun 7min
Hedonic Pleasure — Why More Never Feels Like Enough
You finally get the thing you wanted. The meal, the moment, the reward you've been looking forward to all week. And for a brief, beautiful window — it's everything. And then it isn't. And then you wan...
15 Jun 6min
The Pleasure Triad — How You Were Wired to Seek Comfort, Conserve Energy, and Avoid Pain
You are not broken. You are not lazy. You are not lacking discipline. You are, in fact, doing exactly what a hundred thousand years of human evolution designed you to do.In Part 4 of this series, Dr. ...
8 Jun 6min
Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms or Numbing
If you've ever reached for food when you weren't hungry, poured a drink to take the edge off, scrolled until midnight to avoid your own thoughts, socialized mindlessly, filling your time with plans th...
1 Jun 6min
