Chris Duffy

Today, we're talking about how to handle stress with Dr. Jenny Tates.

So Jenny, thank you so much for being here.

And I want to start with probably the most basic question, which is what is a stress reset?

So what is actually stress then in the first place?

So one thing that I really love about your book is that you talk about places where we can look at stress with our mind, but you also look at stress in our body.

So can you talk a little bit about stress as it plays out in both of those realms?

I so relate to that feeling of like, you have a panicked idea of what this thing is going to be, and then you waste the whole day because you can't stop fixating on it.

And then it turns out that it was like, hey, by the way, I'm having a one-on-one call with everyone just to talk about like, we want to make sure everyone gets their favorite snacks.

So what's your favorite snack?

And you're like, well, that's good and not bad.

And also, so why did this have to be a meeting?

But I was freaking out for hours.

I love to just like call unexpectedly.

And a lot of people are like, do not do this to me.

Yeah.

Like this is always reads as an emergency.

And I'm like, I was driving for 20 minutes.

I thought I would see how you're doing.

You talk in the book about like a stress reset versus a mental buffer.

So can you walk us through what the difference between those two is and when we would apply one versus the other?