What Lara Boyd has said about Cortisol and stress
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 12, 2026
Lara Boyd, Neuroscientist and physical therapist, professor at the University of British Columbia and director of its Brain Behaviour Lab, has been quoted on Cortisol and stress once in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on October 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Boyd explains that cortisol competes with growth factors that enable plasticity, likening it to cars occupying limited parking spots.
“cortisol has this negative effect of blocking the growth factors that allow the brain to be more neuroplastic. So they compete”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: #1 Neuroscientist: After Listening to This, Your Brain Will Not Be the Same (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 37:55
Episodes
#1 Neuroscientist: After Listening to This, Your Brain Will Not Be the SameThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Mel Robbins talks with UBC neuroscientist Lara Boyd about neuroplasticity, how struggle, sleep, exercise and stress reduction rewire the brain, and how to make learning stick.
Lara Boyd on other topics
- Sleep and memory consolidation · 2 quotes
- Desirable difficulty in learning · 2 quotes
- Neuroplasticity · 2 quotes
- Language immersion · 1 quote
- Manifestation and goal setting · 1 quote
- Mental rehearsal and visualization · 1 quote
- Meditation · 1 quote
- High-intensity interval training · 1 quote