Lecture Topics
A selection of the author's speeches:
- Overcoming SuperStress Syndrome: How to Repair the Effects of Our Overstimulating Lifestyles
- Learning to Relax: Relieving the Symptoms of SuperStress Syndrome and Becoming Resilient to Future Stress
- Nature's Secret Remedies for SuperStress
Other Areas of Expertise
- Business/Economy
- Environment/Green Living
- Health and Fitness
- Motivation and Self-Help
- Psychology
- Women's Interest
More Information
Dr. Roberta Lee
Integrative Physician and Author of The SuperStress Solution
Base: New York, NY
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Roberta Lee, M.D., is vice chair of the Department of Integrative Medicine and co–director of the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel's Continuum Center for Health and Healing in New York City. One of four physicians in the first graduating class of Andrew Weil's famed Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, she has identified for the first time a uniquely modern syndrome—the cluster of serious physical ailments that come from the continuous flow of stress hormones—which she has named SuperStress Syndrome.
The pressures of our overstimulating lifestyles—too much work, too little money, family obligations, bad world news, electronic interruptions—have created this uniquely 2lst century phenomenon. Even if you think you cope well with the stresses in your life, Dr. Lee points out, your body isn't getting the message, and the accumulated stress produces symptoms like insomnia, chronic headaches, back pain, weight gain, mood swings, anxiety, and/or high blood pressure.
In her new book, The SuperStress Solution (Random House, January 2010), Dr. Lee presents the unique and revolutionary 4–week diet and lifestyle program she developed to repair the effects of unabated stress and restore your natural ability to relax. Conventional medicine, she notes, can treat the individual symptoms of stress—but there's a difference between getting better and getting well. ''For my patients,'' she says, ''it's the getting well part that matters.''
Dr. Andrew Weil calls Dr. Lee ''an integrative medicine pioneer. Her unique program is an effective antidote to the modern pace of life.'' Dr. Dean Ornish calls The Superstress Solution ''a powerfully healing book [that] will help you build oases of calm into your life.''
Dr. Lee frequently travels to Micronesia as part of an interdisciplinary team studying the cultural and botanical influences on health, healing, and the promotion of wellness in areas plagued by chronic disease. She lectures to lay and professional audiences and has appeared several times on the Today Show.
Works by this Speaker
The SuperStress Solution
We live on little sleep and exercise but a lot of work. We eat junk and processed foods on the run and fuel up with caffeine and sugar. We are chronically overcommitted, subjected to a 24/7 news cycle, and can’t take our eyes off our computers and PDAs. Is it any wonder that anxious is the new normal?
Our bodies are hardwired to cope with stress, but we are biologically ill-equipped to handle the kind that we endure today.
The human brain, in all its majesty, can’t distinguish true physical emergencies from daily hassles, deadlines, information overload, difficult decisions, guilt, and worries. The physiological reaction is the same: a chronic hormonal surge born of our instinctive fight-or-flight response. The result is a cluster of dangerous symptoms: immune deficiencies, high blood pressure, weight gain, insomnia, and a wide range of other ailments. This is what world-renowned integrative physician Dr. Roberta Lee has defined as the SuperStress syndrome, which is caused by our overstimulated, undernourished lifestyle.
In this empowering, life-changing book, Dr. Lee presents the solution to SuperStress. She shows how you can build stress resistance and resilience into your life with a unique prescription for recognizing, rebalancing, and protecting against stresses small and large. Starting with a comprehensive, informative questionnaire to determine your stress level and stress personality type, The SuperStress Solution then guides you through a 4-week healing program to reset your rattled nervous system to a default state of rest rather than high alert. Discover how to
• Nourish your body with nutrient-rich foods, herbs, and supplements that repair stress damage
• Detox your system and jump-start your body’s healing with an easy-to-follow eating plan
• Sleep well again by following simple steps to protect and promote the rest your body needs
• Move to simple, low-impact exercises that can be done in five-minute to one-hour increments
• Retrain your mind so you can access a sense of peace and calm even in your most stressed-out moments
The SuperStress Solution will do more than help you beat back the overload that is making you sick; it will restore physical harmony and balance. More than a program that makes you feel better, it is a program that will make you truly well.
