583: Good stress is medicine | Sharon Bergquist, M.D.

The mindbodygreen Podcast · Mar 9, 2025 · 1h 3m

“Good stressors are the most powerful medicine we have,” explains Sharon Horesh Bergquist, M.D. Bergquist, an award-winning physician, innovative healthcare leader, and researcher, joins us today to explain why stress is actually a good thing, how to optimize our exercise routines, plus so much more: - The difference between good & bad stress (~2:20) - Exercise as a stressor (~3:15) - Zone 2 & HIIT (~4:45) - The 80/20 rule (~6:20) - Vigorous exercise (~11:10) - The power of intervals (~13:40) - Mitochondrial health (~15:00) - The balance between too much & not enough stress (~21:15) - The…