Dr. Ethan Kross

Well, I do a few different things. And I want to preface before I tell you what I do, which I happily will, I want to share with you and everyone who's listening, different tools work for different people in different situations in the same way that... We likely have different exercise routines for maintaining our fitness, and there are multiple routes to becoming physically fit.

Well, I do a few different things. And I want to preface before I tell you what I do, which I happily will, I want to share with you and everyone who's listening, different tools work for different people in different situations in the same way that... We likely have different exercise routines for maintaining our fitness, and there are multiple routes to becoming physically fit.

We're increasingly learning that that is also true for our emotional lives when it comes to being emotionally fit. So with that little bit of a disclaimer out of the way, What I do to manage my anxiety? Typically, I'll first engage one of my senses. I've got a music playlist that is very effective for calming me down or sometimes even pumping me up and getting excited. And both of those

We're increasingly learning that that is also true for our emotional lives when it comes to being emotionally fit. So with that little bit of a disclaimer out of the way, What I do to manage my anxiety? Typically, I'll first engage one of my senses. I've got a music playlist that is very effective for calming me down or sometimes even pumping me up and getting excited. And both of those

We're increasingly learning that that is also true for our emotional lives when it comes to being emotionally fit. So with that little bit of a disclaimer out of the way, What I do to manage my anxiety? Typically, I'll first engage one of my senses. I've got a music playlist that is very effective for calming me down or sometimes even pumping me up and getting excited. And both of those

emotional shifts work against the anxiety, I will often reframe what I'm experiencing. I will remind myself of the fact that I've done hundreds, if not thousands of presentations, and they've all gone well. So I'm broadening my perspective there, and I'm getting out of this, what if this happens? What if? And instead, I'm reminding myself, well, the what if virtually never happens.

emotional shifts work against the anxiety, I will often reframe what I'm experiencing. I will remind myself of the fact that I've done hundreds, if not thousands of presentations, and they've all gone well. So I'm broadening my perspective there, and I'm getting out of this, what if this happens? What if? And instead, I'm reminding myself, well, the what if virtually never happens.

emotional shifts work against the anxiety, I will often reframe what I'm experiencing. I will remind myself of the fact that I've done hundreds, if not thousands of presentations, and they've all gone well. So I'm broadening my perspective there, and I'm getting out of this, what if this happens? What if? And instead, I'm reminding myself, well, the what if virtually never happens.

If the anxiety is really intense, I will often call up one of my emotional advisors. These are people who are really skilled at not just hearing me out, listening and learning to what I'm going through and empathizing with me, connecting with me emotionally in a way that communicates to me that they really care about me, but they're also really useful for helping me look at that bigger picture.

If the anxiety is really intense, I will often call up one of my emotional advisors. These are people who are really skilled at not just hearing me out, listening and learning to what I'm going through and empathizing with me, connecting with me emotionally in a way that communicates to me that they really care about me, but they're also really useful for helping me look at that bigger picture.

If the anxiety is really intense, I will often call up one of my emotional advisors. These are people who are really skilled at not just hearing me out, listening and learning to what I'm going through and empathizing with me, connecting with me emotionally in a way that communicates to me that they really care about me, but they're also really useful for helping me look at that bigger picture.

And that's an invaluable resource I possess. So those are a couple of the things that I would typically do. I might sprinkle in a walk outside in a safe, natural setting at times. And at other times, I might also distract myself for a circumscribed period of time.

And that's an invaluable resource I possess. So those are a couple of the things that I would typically do. I might sprinkle in a walk outside in a safe, natural setting at times. And at other times, I might also distract myself for a circumscribed period of time.

And that's an invaluable resource I possess. So those are a couple of the things that I would typically do. I might sprinkle in a walk outside in a safe, natural setting at times. And at other times, I might also distract myself for a circumscribed period of time.

Immerse myself in something else that has nothing to do with the thing I'm worried about to allow myself to come back to the task at hand with a little bit of freshness.

Immerse myself in something else that has nothing to do with the thing I'm worried about to allow myself to come back to the task at hand with a little bit of freshness.

Immerse myself in something else that has nothing to do with the thing I'm worried about to allow myself to come back to the task at hand with a little bit of freshness.

Not exactly. First of all, they take different routes to doing that, number one. But just to give you some counterexamples there, when I'm listening to music, I often will listen to music in the background when I'm working on something.

Not exactly. First of all, they take different routes to doing that, number one. But just to give you some counterexamples there, when I'm listening to music, I often will listen to music in the background when I'm working on something.

Not exactly. First of all, they take different routes to doing that, number one. But just to give you some counterexamples there, when I'm listening to music, I often will listen to music in the background when I'm working on something.