In this moment, neuroscientist and bestselling author, Dr Tara Swart discusses the brain-body impacts of stress and the dangers of being around stressful people. While people think of stress as being solely a mental health problem, it can physical health impacts, the most obvious being an increase in belly fat. This fat is a result of the stress hormone cortisol, which because of evolution, tells your body to hold onto fat as a survival mechanism. Because of this, you can’t shift this belly weight with either diet or exercise, the only thing that will change it is addressing the stress that is causing the release of cortisol. Dr Swart also says that leaders who cannot handle their stress, who she calls, ‘leaky cortisol people’, can cause a trickle down effect in an organisation, causing stress and negative health impacts on the people below them. Listen to the full episode here Apple - https://g2ul0.app.link/BIZuIuDPwIb Spotify - https://g2ul0.app.link/NGE9aaHPwIb Watch the Episodes On Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/%20TheDiaryOfACEO/videos Tara: Instagram: https://bit.ly/48hJ1k2 Twitter: https://bit.ly/46gqYZI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices