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Cortisol Awakening Response: How Your First 30 Minutes Shape Your Entire Day's Stress
The cortisol awakening response (CAR) is a 50-75% hormone surge in your first 30 minutes awake that predicts your stress resilience all day—and you can optimize it.
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Mental Health & Stress
The 90-Minute Morning Window: How to Lower Cortisol Naturally After Waking
The first 90 minutes after waking determine your stress trajectory for the entire day—here's how to optimize each phase.
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Mental Health & Stress
Dopamine Detox: Does the Science Actually Support Resetting Your Reward System?
Dopamine detox has some scientific basis in reward system plasticity, but the viral version oversimplifies how dopamine actually works in your brain.
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Mental Health & Stress
The 7-Day Dopamine Reset Protocol: A Science-Backed Digital Detox That Actually Works
A structured 7-day digital detox protocol can reduce compulsive phone checking by 64% and restore natural reward sensitivity within two weeks.
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