Master Stress with Dr. S
Welcome to Master Stress with Dr. S, the podcast that empowers high-achievers to unlock their full potential by mastering stress and achieving burnout-proof success. Hosted by Dr. Safia Debar, a renowned stress expert, medical doctor, speaker and coach. Each episode dives deep into the neuroscience of stress, blending logic and intuition to give you practical tools for thriving in a fast-paced world. Whether you’re navigating the pressures of leadership, striving for peak performance, or yearning for a life of balance and freedom, Dr. Safia Debar will guide you through powerful strategies, expert insights, and personal stories to help you regain control, nurture your well-being, and live authentically. Tune in to discover how to stop stress from holding you back and start living your best, empowered life.
Master Stress with Dr. S
The confession — and the conversation that started everything — Part 1 with Anna Bjurstam
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Dr. Safia Debar introduces a podcast series on spirituality as a free, evidence-backed intervention linked in peer-reviewed research to improved heart rate variability, lower blood pressure, reduced cardiovascular and stroke risk, lower inflammatory markers, reduced depression and suicide risk, better sleep and pain outcomes, enhanced T-cell activation, improved cancer survival, gene-expression changes, and lower all-cause mortality with longer lifespan. She explains why spirituality is largely absent from medical appointments and why she has been publicly “science heavy,” then frames an exploration of ancient holistic premises that body, mind, and soul are one. In part one of her conversation with Six Senses Wellness Pioneer Anna Bjurstam, they discuss translating science and spiritual knowledge into practical offerings, audience-dependent framing, meaning and purpose, Vipassana and shamanic work, common themes of overwhelm and disconnection, nervous-system resets, curiosity over judgment, quantum physics as a bridge, business pushback, ethical boundaries, and the limits of convincing entrenched beliefs.
00:00 A Miracle Intervention Tease
03:34 Meet Dr Safia Debar
04:02 The Intervention Is Spirituality
05:11 Why I Stayed Science Heavy
07:47 A New Series Begins
08:46 Ancient Wisdom Meets Data
10:54 Anna Bjurstam Origin Story
13:08 Welcome Anna To The Show
15:13 Making Spirituality Mainstream
15:40 Meaning Purpose And Curiosity
19:19 Near Death And Vipassana
22:00 Ego And Heart Language
24:51 Wealth Disconnection And Overwhelm
26:38 Sharpen The Axe Reset Tools
30:00 Bridging Science And Spirit
32:29 Business Pushback And Ethics
35:51 You Cant Convince Beliefs
38:54 Part One Wrap Up
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One of Tatler's "Top 21 private doctors in Britain" 2020
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