Faith Forum with Lawson Wulsin: Toxic Stress and What to Do About It

What happens when our bodies face chronic stress? The alarming rise of stress-related conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, and depression, show the price we’re paying for our high-pressure living and increased stressors in the world, but what can we do about it? The Reverend Connor Gwin will explore these questions with Dr. Lawson Wulsin, a professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine specializing in psychosomatic medicine. Wulsin is the author of Toxic Stress: How Stress Is Making Us Ill and What We Can Do About It (April 2024), which explores the fascinating medical and social mysteries of our stress response system and how stress affects illness.

Lawson Wulsin has been a professor at the University of Cincinnati for the past 35 years. His writings explore the lifelong dance between the mind and body, and the power of human attachments in everyday life and healing. Here he shares these explorations collected from the lessons of clinical care, teaching, and research. In addition to his most recent book, Wulsin is also the author of Treating the Aching Heart: A Guide to Depression, Stress, and Heart Disease (2007).