Podcast 407: 6 Strategies to Deescalate Intense Emotions In the Moment

The Dr. Leaf Show

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app SHOW DESCRIPTION: Stress is a normal part of life. We cannot escape it, but we can learn to manage and live with it. In this podcast I give you 6 tips to help deescalate turbulent emotional situations, reduce stress in the moment and build up your cognitive resilience Sign up to Patreon to get access to the full video and audio recording add-free, exclusive downloads, live Q&As, and more. Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/stress-busting-tips OFFERS FROM OUR SPONSORS: -BetterHelp: Get 10% off their first month at betterhelp.com/drleaf. -Ritual’s Essential Protein: My listeners get 10% off during your first 3 months at ritual.com/DRLEAF. Ritual even offers a money-back guarantee if you’re not 100% in love! EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: 1:10 How to make stress work for us and not against us 1:40 Why how we perceive stress is important 3:20 Why we need to de-escalate high stress situations 3:45 How to use mind management to deal with toxic stress 8:40 Why touch is so important 22:30 Why we need to express affection 27:10 How pets improve mental health and help us manage toxic stress 34:10 How heat can help us calm down 40:25 How sharing a meal with others improves brain health 46:20 Why helping others is so good for your brain! ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com -Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com! -Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources -Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/- -Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf -Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf -Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf *DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog are for educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dr. Caroline Leif and welcome to my podcast, Cleaning Up Your Mental Mace.
0:10.9	Well as you can see we have a cute little shitsu puppy, this is our new addition to our
0:14.8	family joining us for a few minutes today, just to talk about how to de-escalate stress.
0:19.9	Well let me tell you that this little shitsu puppy and his little girlfriend, Nala, are
0:24.6	one of my favorite tips and I'm going to tell you how just touching a pet what it does
0:28.6	in the brain and I'm going to give you five other tips that I use that are fantastic
0:33.0	with de-escalating high emotional states.
0:36.3	So let's get going but first of all he will bark too much so I'm just going to have to
0:40.1	hand him over by everyone.
0:42.2	Okay so back to this podcast but just before we begin I just want to remind you that this
0:47.4	podcast is for educational purposes and is not medical advice.
0:54.7	Right well as you saw holding that puppy and we all know looking at puppy videos and holding
1:00.4	puppies and stroking our pets is just a phenomenal way of de-escalating emotions.
1:05.8	So I want to talk about de-escalating emotions and give you six tips that have worked for
1:09.6	me incredibly well.
1:11.8	Now we all of a high stress life so it's not just me that's living a high stress life,
1:15.3	it is our life is busy and stress is good for us but we've got to know how to make it
1:20.0	work for us and I know you've put me say this before but if you haven't let me quickly
1:24.6	remind you that the stress system which is controlled by the HPA axis in the brain and
1:30.4	the body is actually there to help us to be very focused and alert and tapping into our
1:36.3	inner wisdom and being able to do things in an efficient way.
1:40.8	But that's if our perception of stress is good.
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