The most important factor to restore and preserve our adrenals is balance. If we strive for a pathway of moderate stress — somewhere between air traffic control and “finishing” Netflix — and learn to recognize and redirect our bodies’ Ancestral reactions, the prize of health is ours for the taking.

There’s a tug-of-war going on inside us. On one side of the rope is our psychological response to daily stressors, and on the other side is our biologic response. Why are they at odds?