Ep#217 CORTISOL CRISIS: Chronic stress, health and aging

Dex Randall explains how chronic stress keeps the body in survival mode through ongoing cortisol activation, damaging brain function, health, and longevity even when you feel “fine” today. He contrasts normal stress (fight/flight followed by reset) with chronic stress (no reset). Over the long term, stress dysregulates the nervous system, increases inflammation, accelerates aging, and is linked to diseases including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, depression, and neurodegeneration. He outlines strategies to re-regulate the nervous system at work (boundaries, priorities, stopping after hours) and at home (morning daylight, movement, eating early, delaying caffeine, slow breathing, social connection, “no emotional escape,” and vagus-nerve box breathing.) Ask Dex AI Coach "How can I recover from fight-or-flight?" at

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Ep#217 CORTISOL CRISIS: Chronic stress, health and aging is an episode from Burnout Recovery by Dex Randall | Master Burnout Coach.

This episode is 27:03 long.

This episode was published on Mar 4, 2026.

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