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The stress of life
Book by Hans Selye
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Oct 12, 2026
Are You an Autism Caregiver? Why Your Brain Health is at Risk
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3:41Tom O'BryanGUEST
Uh, there was a famous researcher at McGill University in Montreal who wrote a book for the general public on his work.
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3:53Tom O'BryanGUEST
He was nominated for a Nobel Prize for this work, and he wrote a book for the general public called "The Stress of Life."
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4:02Nadia ElkhatibHOST
Mm.
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4:03Tom O'BryanGUEST
It was written in 1956, and it's still so relevant today, 70 years later.
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4:35Tom O'BryanGUEST
That's what the word stress was.
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4:37Tom O'BryanGUEST
How much can they take before they bend? That's stress.
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4:42Tom O'BryanGUEST
Well, Selye coined that term with humans, and the book is called "The Stress of Life." And in the introdu- no, in the dedication to the book, and this is the exact quote, "This book is dedicated to those who are not afraid to live a stressful life, nor so naive to think they can do so without intellectual effort."
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5:14Nadia ElkhatibHOST
Hmm.
Healthspan, Inflammation, and the Real Drivers of Aging
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4:47Tom O'BryanGUEST
But that's not today's talk.
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4:48Tom O'BryanGUEST
But that got me started, so my entire career has been being open to more than what the textbooks were telling me.
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4:58Rob LutzHOST
Mm-hmm.
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5:00Rob LutzHOST
I love it.