The Tending Instinct

This book by Shelley Taylor was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Elizabeth Lesser. It comes up in conversations about productivity & performance, supplements, trauma & ptsd. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

"Psychologist Shelley E. Taylor didn't know there were any big mistakes left in science, until she learned that the classic theories of stress - most notibly the "fight or flight" response - were based almost entirely on studies that involved only male subjects. In setting out to discover how women respond to stress, Taylor and her colleagues revealed a profound truth that revolutionizes our understanding of human behavior: we are biologically programmed to care for one another."--BOOK JACKET

• “she came up with the term in a wonderful book that people i think should read called attending instinct shelly taylor”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “a wonderful book that people i think should read”
  Elizabeth Lesser · The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 202101:29:33

  Said during "Elizabeth Lesser on Building Omega Institute, Intentional Communities, & More | The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Elizabeth Lesser: Best-selling author and co-founder of the Omega Institute, the renowned retreat and education center in Rhinebeck, New York. Her books include Broken Open, Marrow, and Cassandra Speaks, and she is one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100. Elizabeth Lesser on founding Omega Institute, intentional communities, grief, and rewriting the myths that shape how women hold power.