Life Kit: Health Stressed? Try one of these quick resets
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Jan 6, 2025 
In this engaging discussion, clinical psychologist Jenny Taitz, author of *Stress Resets*, shares valuable insights on coping with stress. She highlights the Pie Chart Method to prioritize life values and shares quick resets like breathing techniques and physical exercises. Jenny emphasizes the importance of personalizing stress management and introduces unique strategies such as naming emotions to gain clarity. Listeners will learn how to create a 'hope kit' and leverage uplifting resources for lasting mental well-being.
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Name and Rate Emotions
- Name your emotions and rate their intensity to create distance from them.
- This helps engage the reasoning brain and reduces the emotional impact of sadness or anger.
Sing Your Negative Thoughts
- Sing your negative thoughts to a silly tune to reduce their power.
- This musical playfulness helps you view thoughts as less threatening and more flexible.
Make a Life Pie Chart
- Make a pie chart showing life domains and their importance.
- This zoomed-out perspective helps reduce stress about one area by seeing the bigger picture.
