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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

Resilience Is Adaptation, Not Bouncing Back
True resilience is not pretending everything is fine or returning unchanged to your baseline — it's learning to adapt to change while maintaining your strength.
Resilience can be developed and strengthened like a muscle through deliberate practice, not something you either have or don't have.
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

Protecting yourself from caregiver burnout requires deliberate practices and boundaries, not just resilience.
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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