How to Increase Your Capacity for Stress | JJ Virgin & Dr. Aimie Apigian on Emotional Resilience
Dec 1, 2025
Description
What if stress wasn’t about what happens to you, but about your capacity to handle it?
In this powerful conversation, JJ Virgin and Dr. Aimie Apigian dive into how successful people navigate intense pressure without breaking down and why it’s not because they’re immune to stress, but because they’ve built a greater capacity for it.
You’ll learn:
Why stress is more about perception than circumstance
The two ways to expand your stress capacity: removing burdens and building emotional “muscle”
How perfectionism can keep you stuck in overwhelm
Why decreasing inflammation in the body can improve emotional resilience
How your neuroception (the body’s unconscious reading of safety or danger) shapes your experience of stress
Practical ways to rewire your nervous system and build your tolerance for doing hard things
Dr. Aimie explains how biology, emotions, and mindset all play a role in how much stress your body can hold and how to train your system to handle more without burning out.
