E99: How to Handle Stress and Convert It Into Calm with Dr. Robyn Tiger

Welcome to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast with Dr. Kerry Reller! This week, I’m joined by Dr. Robyn Tiger, a physician, lifestyle medicine expert, and stress relief specialist. In this episode, we explore how chronic stress impacts the body and mind, practical tools for handling and converting stress into calm, and how small lifestyle changes can lead to big transformations.Robyn Tiger, MD, DipABLM is a double board-certified physician in Diagnostic Radiology and Lifestyle Medicine and a trauma informed mind-body expert. As founder of StressFreeMD, she uniquely combines her trainings in medicine, yoga therapy, meditation & life coaching to teach others a whole person approach to relieve stress while increasing both lifespan and healthspan. Her innovativecoaching, courses, presentations, retreats, podcast and book focus on creating effective behavior changes in the key topics of stress relief, nutrition, exercise, sleep, social connection and nature while cultivating physical, mental, and emotional well-being and resilience. Dr. Tiger is the author of Feeling Stressed is Optional. She serves as lead faculty and subject matter expert in stress management for the Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Board Review Manual, hosts the StressFreeMD Podcast, and is a Western Carolina Medical Society Healthy Healer Partner. She is deeply passionate about successfully guiding others to become the best versions of themselves and live their healthiest, happiest, most fulfilling lives!0:00 Introduction to Dr. Robyn Tiger and her journey4:21 Discovering the impact of chronic stress7:07 Exploring tools to manage stress effectively10:14 The role of lifestyle medicine in reducing stress16:05 Understanding behavior change for lasting transformation18:41 Real-life success stories of stress relief23:31 How stress affects the body and mind28:27 Overcoming stress during Hurricane Helene31:48 Acknowledging emotions and finding balance32:38 Where to find Dr. Robyn Tiger’s resourcesConnect with Dr. TigerWebsite: https://www.stressfreemd.net/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyntigermd/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stressfreemd/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robyn.frankel.tigerX: https://x.com/robyntigermdPodcast: https://podcast.stressfreemd.net/episodes/Book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/fpOQPD9Connect with Dr. Kerry RellerPodcast website: https://gethealthytbpodcast.buzzsprou... My linktree: linktr.ee/kerryrellermdLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerryrellermd/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClearwaterFamilyMedicineInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/clearwaterfamilymedicine/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kerryrellermdClearwater Family Medicine and Allergy website: https://sites.google.com/view/clearwa...Podcast: https://gethealthytbpodcast.buzzsprou...Subscribe to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Amazon music, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Pandora.