Dr Aditi Nerurkar

09/10/2025

What an honor to join the TIME100 Health Leadership Forum! 🤯 A room filled with innovators, storytellers and changemakers moving healthcare forward. These conversations were buzzing with big ideas that can create real impact. (Swipe right 👉 for the mic drop moment.)

I couldn’t stop thinking about this quote from fellow baddie Margaret Mead: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.”

When the world feels dark and hopeless, surrounding yourself with a group of powerhouse women is just what the doctor ordered. It’s time to make mental health a reality for all. I’m SO pumped after last night to keep the momentum going! 💥

Big thanks to for shining a light on mental health when the world needs it most! 🌎✨

What’s the one mental health topic you want to see amplified? Let me know in the comments below.👇 And SHARE this with a friend who needs a little inspiration to keep going.

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09/10/2025

What an honor to join the TIME100 Health Leadership Forum! 🤯

A room filled with innovators, storytellers and changemakers moving healthcare forward. These conversations were buzzing with big ideas that could create real impact. (Swipe right 👉 for the mic drop moment.)

I couldn’t stop thinking about this quote from fellow baddie Margaret Mead: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.”

When the world feels dark and hopeless, surrounding yourself with a group of powerhouse women is just what the doctor ordered. It’s time to make mental health a reality for all. I’m SO pumped after last night to keep the momentum going! 💥

Big thanks to for shining a light on mental health when the world needs it most! 🌎✨

What’s the one mental health topic you want to see amplified? Let me know in the comments below.👇 And SHARE this with a friend who needs a little inspiration to keep going.

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08/27/2025

The *second biggest* pop culture announcement this week. 🧨 (congrats to the happy couple btw)

As a stress doctor and speaker, everywhere I go I hear about the fear of AI. It’s the elephant in every workplace, university and medical center. A looming threat that frightens everyone. I’m scared too. For months, I ignored it. But the threat of AI became impossible for me to ignore.

Why? Because AI also happens to be the world’s largest therapist. More people turn to AI for mental health than *any other reason*. It’s also poised to become a major public health issue (swipe right 👉)

So I stopped being afraid and started getting curious. 👀

In BOT BRAIN, I’m confronting how AI plans to reshape the human mind, mental health, and the therapeutic connection. As a clinician and correspondent, I’ll interview frontline researchers and real people on how AI chatbots can help and harm your mental health. I’m also ‘getting therapy’ from an AI chatbot myself. 🧠🤖

BOT BRAIN is a bold exploration that fearlessly shines a light on the high-stakes issues surrounding AI for mental health. It’s also a practical, essential and real-world roadmap from a real human doctor you can *safely* use AI for your mental health.

The future isn’t in the distance. The future is HERE and NOW. You and I need to get ready for it. LFG! 🚀

For my Swifties: Swipe to the last slide 👉 August 13! When our fave couple got engaged 😭

08/13/2025

Life of a showgirl. With almost as many stops as the Eras Tour. ❤️‍🔥🧡

08/01/2025

Casual hang with Iron Chef Morimoto. 🤯🍣

Met the master, ate the masterpiece. If you grew up watching Iron Chef, this one’s for you. These days, I’m leaning into nostalgia more than ever. Nostalgia gives your brain a safe place to land when the present feels uncertain. When you revisit fond memories (like watching Iron Chef every day after school!) it reminds you of a simpler time. Nostalgia says quietly: You’ve made it through before, you will again.

So if you’re feeling uncertain, take a trip down memory lane. Watch some reruns of your favorite show, eat your comfort food, listen to your favorite childhood song. Nostalgia is therapeutic. It’s not just sentimental, it’s stabilizing.

Let’s take a walk down memory lane in the comments. What was your favorite TV show as a kid? Who was your favorite Iron Chef? I’d love to know below.👇

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07/27/2025

07/24/2025

If you’ve been running mental marathons daily without a single ab to show for it, you’re not alone. 🙋‍♀️

Overthinking is your brain’s most exhausting workout. It feels physical. Heart racing, tense muscles, even sweating. But calories burned? Maybe 10. Like…two grapes.

🧠 The science:
Your brain’s stress & fear center (amygdala) is on high alert and starts the “what if” thinking. Your decision-making center (prefrontal cortex) works overtime trying to predict and analyze. The result? Mental exhaustion.😵‍💫

How to stop overthinking:
✋Name it to tame it: Call it what it is. “I’m overthinking.” This helps your rational brain take the wheel.
🌬️Breathe slowly: Deep, belly breathing signals to your nervous system that you’re safe.
📝 Write it out: Get it out of your head and onto paper. Journaling or brain dumping your thoughts can help externalize the chaos.

You’re not broken. Your brain’s just tired. It deserves better fuel than fear.

It’s time for us overthinkers to unite. SHARE this with a friend who lives in their head rent-free. 💭

What’s one thought you wish you could let go of? Let’s talk in the comments.👇

07/22/2025

Breaks aren’t lazy. They’re science. 🧠🧪

Your brain wasn’t built for back-to-back Zoom calls or 10 hour workdays. In a culture obsessed with doing more, we’ve glorified productivity while treating rest as an afterthought.

But science tells a different story:
🧠 One Microsoft study found that just 10 minute breaks between meetings improved focus & decreased mistakes.
🧠 Another NIH study found brain changes occur at rest, not while thinking harder.

Your brain consolidates information when you’re not actively thinking. If you’ve had an ‘aha’ moment while doing dishes, you’ve experienced this too. The breakthrough behind the break.

Skimming emails or scrolling social media isn’t real rest. It keeps your brain at a low-level state of vigilance. Real rest is intentional.

What actually works? A 3-5 minute brain reset. Read this week’s newsletter to learn more Forward this to someone you know is working through lunch again.
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11/16/2024

Wrapping up my final talk of this speaking season! (8 talks in 10 weeks!🤯) My biggest takeaway after flying around the country speaking to thousands of people from all walks of life? Stress and burnout are the elephant in *every* room you enter. So be kinder than necessary because almost everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ❤️

11/01/2024

POV: Hitting the cosmic reset button this Halloween to remind you that YOUR mental health is a galactic priority. The universe depends on it. 👽🚀💫