About the Author
Dr. Tara Narula is a board-certified cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, an associate professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine, the associate director of the Women’s Heart Program at Lenox Hill Hospital, and director of communications for the Katz Institute of Women’s Health. She is a nationally recognized medical journalist, serving as the chief medical correspondent for ABC News and a former NBC News medical contributor, CNN medical correspondent, and CBS News senior medical correspondent.
Her first book, The Healing Power of Resilience, provides a revolutionary, science-backed approach to bridge the gap between physical and mental health; a gap which Dr. Narula noticed during her decades-long career as a cardiologist and journalist. Dr. Narula studied landmark medical trials, the latest advancements in the field, and interviewed patients, doctors, researchers, and thought leaders.
Dr. Narula offers practical tools to help readers build resilience, which is essential for facing medical challenges, preventing disease, promoting healing, and improving quality of life. The “Resilience Response” is a form of healing which can be practiced alongside traditional medication. Through scientific research, pioneering medical journalism, and personal stories, The Healing Power of Resilience presents an innovative approach to living well.
Dr. Narula is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and serves as a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association and the AHA’s Go Red for Women Initiative. She is a recipient of a 2022 Emmy Award for Outstanding Live News Program, the 2019 WomenHeart Nanette Wenger Award for Media, and the Super Doctors Award for NYC 2014–2025.
Before obtaining her medical degree at USC Keck School of Medicine, she founded her own small business, Sun Juice, Inc. Dr. Narula completed her residency in internal medicine at Harvard University/Brigham and Women’s Hospital and her fellowship training in cardiology at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She lives in New York with her husband, who is also a physician, and their two daughters.
Raves and Reviews
Helpful, positive, and potentially life changing.”
—Booklist
Dr. Tara Narula’s message in these pages will change lives. She weaves together cutting-edge research, original reporting, and her own personal story to prove why resilience is the quality that allows us to overcome health challenges. Then she shows us how to build it. She is the kind of doctor, advocate, and friend I wish patients had when they first get a diagnosis. With this book, she’ll be on your team through whatever life brings.”
—Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global
At a time when stress has become overwhelming in people’s lives, Dr. Narula’s prescription for well-being and resilience could not be more timely or essential. Her eloquent, heartfelt blend of experience and science show us that a better life is not just possible but within our grasp.”
—Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States
