How Your Personality Is Silently Causing Inflammation (And Making You Sick)

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

December 4, 2025

Duration

20m

Channel

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Jenna Macciochi

  guest

  Immunologist and author specializing in psychoneuroimmunology and the links between lifestyle, stress, and immune function.

• Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

  host

  Medical doctor, lifestyle medicine author (including The Stress Solution), and host of the Dr Rangan Chatterjee podcast/YouTube channel.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dr Rangan Chatterjee, featuring Jenna Macciochi and Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, How Your Personality Is Silently Causing Inflammation (And Making You Sick) explores personality, emotions, and culture shape stress-driven inflammation and immunity The guests discuss evidence that Big Five personality traits correlate with distinct immune signatures, with some traits (e.g., neuroticism) associated with higher inflammatory markers like C‑reactive protein.

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