

EEC 383: From Burnout to Breakthrough, with Dr. Danielle Griffin
8 snips May 27, 2025
Dr. Danielle Griffin, an award-winning speaker and coach specializing in pain and stress management, sheds light on transformative mind-body practices. She discusses how short breath work and movement can alleviate stress, emphasizing emotional resilience for busy executives. Through compelling success stories, Danielle illustrates overcoming performance pressures and challenges, including navigating parental expectations. She also debunks myths surrounding mind-body work, showing its vital role in enhancing daily well-being and productivity.
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Framework to Manage Stress
- Use a three-part framework combining breath work, meditation, and movement to build awareness of your mental and physical state.
- These techniques calm the nervous system, reduce anxiety, and help manage reactions in stressful situations.
Release Stress Physically
- Identify where you carry stress and pain in your body, often the neck, shoulders, or back.
- Use focused movement and breath work to release muscle tension and alleviate pain.
Managing Stress in Cybersecurity
- A cybersecurity executive learned to manage stress and brief back-to-back meetings with pauses to breathe and move.
- This helped him center and shift mindset, improving focus and reducing frazzled feelings between calls.