Built to Last: The Neuroscience of Becoming Unshakeable | Prithika Chary | TEDxEgmore Women

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What does it truly mean to be unshakeable? Is resilience about pushing through every challenge, or have we mistaken endurance for strength? In this deeply personal and scientifically grounded talk, Dr. Prithika Chary explores what decades of neuroscience have taught her about the human brain, chronic stress, and the hidden cost of constantly being "the strong one." Drawing from both her distinguished career and her own experience with burnout and cancer, she explains how prolonged survival mode reshapes the nervous system, affecting the way we think, feel, recover, and connect with others. Moving beyond the idea of resilience as relentless perseverance, she introduces the essential shifts that help us build lasting inner strength: regulating the nervous system, reframing adversity, reconnecting with others, and reinventing the identities that no longer serve us. Blending neuroscience with lived experience, she offers a compassionate perspective on why healing is not a luxury, but a

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