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282. Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal: You're Not Resilient. You're Just Coping. Here’s 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka

Gary Brecka

June 30, 2026

Show Notes

Roughly 82% of autoimmune diseases show up in women, and the cause may not be what you think. In this episode, I sit down with resilience researcher Dr. Taryn Marie to unpack how the stress you hide rewires your nervous system, why "toughing it out" is actually the opposite of resilience, and the three questions I'm now asking myself every morning. She also opens up about the 20-year secret she hid from everyone and a study where babies who had food, water, and everything but one thing still didn't survive.


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Timestamps

- Intro of Show

- The genesis: brain injury recovery

- Why resilience is misunderstood

- The five practices and what resilience isn't

- Recovery over bouncing back fast

- Vulnerability as the foundation

- Stress, autoimmune disease, and women

- Emotional expression vs suppression

- Defining productive perseverance

- Connection and the Blue Zones

- Grandiosity and reframing trauma

- Twenty years of hidden PTSD

- Practical evidence-based tools

- Naming your emotions

- Reframing guilt and parenting

- Inside the ten-week recovery program

- Selfish, selfless, or self-full

- Three questions for every morning

- Primed to fear the worst

- What it means to be an ultimate human


Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not provide medical advice. It is not intended for diagnosing or treating any health condition. Always consult a licensed healthcare professional before making health or wellness decisions.

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