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Everyone and I know fellow parents out there will relate, picture this.

It's a totally normal morning, but total chaos around you. The house is a mess and you're thinking,

how did we get here before 9 a.m.? That's stress. It's a little hilarious, but mostly heartbreaking.

When what we're facing feels like too much, spilled milk becomes a flood. That's clinical psychologist Jenny Tites.

In her talk, she offers a slightly different take, that stress isn't only something that

happens to us.

It's also something we co-create and can accidentally spread.

But here's the good news.

If you can create stress, you can also learn to reset it.

In minutes. No long meditations, medications, or martinis required. Just shifts in your mind,

body, and behavior. Jenny guides us through how to implement simple actions and mindset shifts to change negative

thought patterns, shift our moods, and do the exact opposite of what stress is telling us to do.

Because for Jenny, it's not about eliminating it, but rather knowing we can handle it.

And stick around after her talk for a brief Q&A with Ted's Joey Cotona.

But first, a quick break to hear from our sponsors.

And now our TED Talk of the day.

Let me invite you into my house.

It probably looks a little like yours.

So one morning, rushing to feed our crying toddler,

my husband Adam drops a gallon of milk.

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