Stress is complex and multifaceted and we all experience it in our daily lives. In this podcast we talk to experts about stress and its relation to health & disease, theories, and technologies to measure it. We tackle the topic from various angles: physiology, emotion, cognition, behaviour and context.
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Stress is complex en veelzijdig en we ervaren het allemaal. In deze podcast spreken we met verschillende experts over stress. We bespreken de laatste ontwikkelingen op het gebied van stressonderzoek en benaderen stress vanuit vijf componenten: fysiologie, emotie, cognitie, gedrag en omgeving.
Why is it important to study stress? – Cardiometabolic health with Susanne Kuckuck – Core Concepts #4
Why does stress matter for our health? In this episode of Core Concepts, postdoctoral researcher Susanne Kuckuck (Erasmus MC) unpacks the relationship between stress and cardiometabolic health: how our hearts, our weight, and our metabolism respond to stress over time.
Susanne says: "Diamonds are made under pressure, but so are obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease". In this conversation, we cover the role cortisol has in appetite regulation, differences between short-term and long-term stress, and how the latter raises the risk for cardiometabolic disease. This is a quick dive into what you need to know about how stress shapes long-term health.
Interested in stress and cardiometabolic health? Read more here:
Listen to the episode with Liesbeth van Rossum: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6YyOFb0BRwjx5EkQDUsvo7?si=Zl5Pm9d9RkeZ5-lZvxOtXg
Learn more about Stress in Action: https://stress-in-action.nl/ (https://stress-in-action.nl/)
Credits:
Host: Myrte Schoenmakers
Production: Anouk Weverling
Supported by: Merel van den Berg, Camen van Klaren, Marcos Ross and Myrte Schoenmakers
Music: Marcos Ross
14 Oct 2026
What is stress? – Dynamics of the stress response with Ellen Stroemer – Core Concepts #3
Now that we have explored the different components of the stress response, we dive a little deeper into another important aspect: timing. The stress response is not a single moment in time. Instead, it unfolds across different phases. “Part of the stress response can actually happen before the stressful event occurs—we call this anticipation,” explains Ellen Stroemer, a PhD candidate jointly at the University Medical Center Groningen and the University of Groningen. This is typically followed by an immediate reactive phase, as we deal with the stressor itself, and finally recovery, as we gradually return towards our normal state.
While we can label these different phases, what they actually look like can vary dramatically from person to person and situation to situation. Through cameo examples from Sara and Marlou, we see how differently these stress responses can unfold in everyday life.
For researchers, all of these phases can provide valuable information. However, Ellen explains how focusing on a particular phase of the stress response can help answer more specific questions, for example, about when and how stress may become harmful.
Finally, she discusses how her own research on age, life phases, and emotion regulation can help us understand why the timing and course of the stress response may differ between people.
Interested in hearing more about the stress response and emotion regulation?
Listen to the dimensions of the stress response with Solomiia Myroniuk (Core Concepts):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1k1T6CXHn84Rt2HapWU7UM?si=fqO1CmLgQ6aJ0cYz4mRRfg
Listen to the episode with Susanne Scheibe: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1xgkn6XLV23E1rw72cU6kQ?si=3S9Iyi69RiaMRXhtSaOLHA
Listen to the episode with Bertus Jeronimus: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6rux0T5e7t4kaZ8F02jh2k?si=lN5foCR_Qi-WjaiPEF80Cw
Learn more about Stress in Action: https://stress-in-action.nl/
Credits:
Host: Kiera Drake & Marcos Ross
Production: Anouk Weverling
Supported by: Merel van den Berg, Kiera Drake, Camen van Klaren, Marcos Ross and Myrte Schoenmakers
Music: Marcos Ross
30 Sept 2026
What is stress? – The dimensions of the stress response with Solomiia Myroniuk – Core Concepts #2
In this episode of Core Concepts, we dive into the stress response. In other words, what happens to us after we encounter a stressor.
Within Stress in Action, the stress response is a central concept of our research but also a broad and complex one. Solomiia Myroniuk, a PhD candidate at the University of Groningen, explains that while we cannot directly measure “the stress response” as a whole, we can measure its different components. She takes us through four key components of the stress response: cognitive, affective, physiological, and behavioural. Importantly, these components do not always have clear boundaries. They can overlap, both conceptually and in the way they are measured in research.
A major focus of Solomiia’s work is disentangling this overlap and improving the precision of stress-response measurement. As she explains, “When we measure (the stress response) we need to be precise to know exactly what we are measuring and to communicate this to other researchers.”
We also discuss coping, how it relates to the different dimensions of the stress response, and some of the challenges involved in studying these processes.
Interested in hearing more about the stress response?
Listen to the episode with Bertus Jeronimus: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6rux0T5e7t4kaZ8F02jh2k?si=lN5foCR_Qi-WjaiPEF80Cw
Listen to the core concepts episode with Malin Meyer on Stressors: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2jMky3bxrIw7NJeec9D2hf?si=BOv6PTCqRjm7o4K2Na5kJA
Read more about Stress in Action: https://stress-in-action.nl/
Credits:
Host: Kiera Drake & Marcos Ross
Production: Anouk Weverling
Supported by: Merel van den Berg, Kiera Drake, Camen van Klaren, Marcos Ross and Myrte Schoenmakers
Music: Marcos Ross
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