Elissa Epel

California, USA

2.6k Followers

Elissa Epel, PhD, is an international expert on stress, aging, and obesity. She is the director of UCSF’s Aging, Metabolism, and Emotion Center. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and serves on scientific advisory committees for the National Institutes of Health and the Mind & Life Institute. She has received awards from Stanford University, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, and the American Psychological Association. She is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Telomere Effect and author of The Stress Prescription.

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Reviews

Cathy

Oct 20, 2025

This is really informative & helpful information. Thank you.

Jeffery Lusko

Aug 21, 2025

Very calming and informative. Thank for.

Joby

Jul 17, 2025

Today’s lesson was just what I needed! I am looking forward to learning how not to let stress control my every thought…every day!

Greg

Sep 18, 2024

I needed this to help me actively handle stress and anxiety.

Natalia

Sep 3, 2024

Thank you! This was very helpful with easy to follow guidance 🙏

maggie Connor Hoody

Aug 9, 2024

So beautiful and calming. Your voice was amazing for this transmission of divine love and kindness. Thank you🩷✨✨✨🙏

Loraine Curtis

Jul 26, 2024

Thank you so much for this meditation, I thought it was amazing & so accurate. I hope our son finds it helpful, he is going through a very hard time right now. 🙏. Thanks for mentioning your book, I will look it up. Keep well ♥️

Donita Male

Jun 1, 2024

Thank you.

Tracey A

Apr 21, 2024

The concept of our thoughts being separate stressors of their own rather than a response to other (external) stressors was so helpful. I plan on spending time seeing how I can apply this understanding in my life to help my physical and mental health. Thank you. 🌻

Leora Mofsowitz

Apr 15, 2024

Elissa I liked how you speak about the different mind-body states and the reflective exercise was good to do today on a Monday, thank you.

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