Ep. 176: Dr. Stuart Lustig on Being Less Lonely and Stressed
Dr. Stuart Lustig joined our 2021 Achieving Optimal Health Conference to discuss being less lonely and stressed while becoming more resilient. Listen in on how to implement these research-based strategies into your every-day life!
More on Dr. Stuart Lustig:
Website: www.psych.ucsf.edu/lpphc
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cigna
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Quotes:
Stress is a cognitive construct. It's the difference between what reality is and what we expect reality to be. The greater the difference, the greater our stress level. Dr. Stuart Lustig
Loneliness has been akin to smoking 15 cigarets a day in terms of life expectancy. Dr. Stuart Lustig
The important thing is you feel like you have time to get your work done, but also manage the rest of your life as well. Dr. Stuart Lustig
Show Notes:
Dr. Stuart Lustig: The other part of stress that's useful to understand from a cognitive construct is that a particular input may be stressful or it may not be and it depends on the context.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: It's easy to think of all stress as bad, and much of it may be counterproductive, but there is some stress that's good.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: Stress can be a good thing depending on the amount. Not too much, but not too little.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: Loneliness has been akin to smoking 15 cigarets a day in terms of the life expectancy.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: Loneliness is associated with age, but not in the direction that you would expect.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: Turnover is a very significant expense for any employer. So we really want to help people make connections at work, reduce their stress, make connections.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: They say it's lonely at the top, and that's true, according to our study. But it's also lonely at the bottom with people who are at the lowest rungs of an organization.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: Resilience is bouncing back from challenges.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: What we found is that young adult population (those were the loneliest people in the study) they're also the least resilient as well.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: How we communicate to our workers about why they are there every day, why they are coming to work is really important.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: Holistic health, mental well-being, physical well-being, a lot of this comes down, I think, to Work-Life Balance.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: Diversity is really your friend as you're trying to build resilience and make connections with other people.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: Technology in the time of this pandemic has really been helpful for bringing people together.
Dr. Stuart Lustig: Take a period of time that is yours and yours alone to do with as you want something that will help you to unwind, to relax, to de-stress.
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