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The Mel Robbins Podcast · May 28, 2026 · 1h 3m
If You're Feeling Uncertain & Stressed, You Need to Hear This
Dr. Tara Narula, a board-certified cardiologist and stress expert, shares research-backed tools for managing stress and building resilience. Rather than "bouncing back," true resilience is about adapting to change, calming your nervous system, and accessing inner strength. Narula presents an 8-part blueprint for handling life's challenges and explains why resilience is a trainable skill, not a fixed trait.
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Highlights
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Resilience can be developed and strengthened like a muscle through deliberate practice, not something you either have or don't have.
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Stress activation can be interrupted and regulated before it takes over your physiology — small shifts in how you respond to stress can prevent it from becoming chronic.
Editorial
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Protecting yourself from caregiver burnout requires deliberate practices and boundaries, not just resilience.
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Even when everything feels uncertain or heavy, there are deliberate ways to find and access moments of hope, joy, meaning, and purpose.
Misc
✧Dr. Narula is a cardiologist who studies stress — bridging cardiology and nervous system science
✧Core reframe: resilience isn't pretending everything is fine or bouncing back unchanged
✧The episode frames resilience as learnable, trainable, and accessible in moments of overwhelm
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