What Nadine Burke Harris has said about Fight-or-flight response
1 quote · 1 episode · Apr 27, 2026
Nadine Burke Harris, American pediatrician, ACEs researcher and former Surgeon General of California, has been quoted on Fight-or-flight response once in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on April 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Burke Harris describes the fawn response, more common among women, as becoming compliant and people-pleasing for safety.
“So that means is that you become compliant. You people please for your own safety”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Nervous System Reset: Do THIS Every Day to Rewire Your Brain From Stress and Anxiety (Apr 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:04
Episodes
Nervous System Reset: Do THIS Every Day to Rewire Your Brain From Stress and AnxietyThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Apr 27, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Mel Robbins talks with pediatrician Dr. Nadine Burke Harris about adverse childhood experiences, overactive stress responses, and buffering practices that help regulate the nervous system.
Nadine Burke Harris on other topics
- Stress buffering · 5 quotes
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Study · 3 quotes
- Toxic stress · 2 quotes
- Shame · 1 quote
- Procrastination · 1 quote
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing · 1 quote
- Epigenetics · 1 quote
- Adverse childhood experiences · 1 quote