Miller: Cortisol Acts as a Bodily Numbing Agent
Jonny Miller · Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous Systems Mastery) · Jan 28, 2024 · at 53:28
Jonny Miller, founder of Nervous System Mastery, explains the physiology of stress and somatic awareness on Lenny Rachitsky's podcast.
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“When there's cortisol present in our body, the cortisol basically acts as a numbing agent. So it's much harder to kind of tune into those sensations”
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