Stress Is Cellular: The Night My Average HRV Hit 222, and What It Took to Get There | Salim Najjar

What if your heart rate variability score could tell you exactly how stressed, burnt out, or aligned you are?In this episode, we sit down with Salim Najjar (@ThatHRVGuy), a former nuclear power plant engineer turned HRV educator and nervous system coach. Salim broke down the science and the deeply personal story behind how he took his HRV from a baseline of 32 all the way to an overnight average of 222 and why chasing a high score isn't the point.We cover:→ Why chronic stress → cellular inflammation → is the root cause of all mortality→ What HRV actually measures (hint: it's the language of your nervous system)→ Salim's ART Framework: Awareness → Regulation → Transformation→ His 5 Pathways for HRV Growth (sleep, hormetic stress, reframing, intentionality, community)→ The difference between nervous system regulation vs. nervous system sovereignty→ How trauma, ayahuasca, and a dislocated shoulder all showed up in his HRV data→ Why you should never compare your HRV score to someone else's→ Tools Salim uses daily: NuCalm, binaural beats, somatic activation, and more→ How to find your HRV archetype (free quiz link below)🎯 FREE RESOURCES:→ Take Salim's free HRV archetype quiz: www.thathrvguy.com→ Don's 20 Tips for Measuring HRV + 10 Evidence-Based Techniques: trainrecoverwin.com/products👥 GUEST:Salim Najjar | @ThatHRVGuy | www.thathrvguy.com🎙 HOSTS:Don Moxley | trainrecoverwin.comKlaudia Balogh | longevityjournalist.com📌 SUBSCRIBE for weekly episodes on nervous system health, HRV, longevity, and performance optimization.