How to channel your stress to help you succeed | Heidi Hanna | TEDxSDSU

Dr. Heidi Hanna loves stress. Yup, you read that right. In fact, she thinks we are all capable of loving it too. She reveals how to turn stress from an enemy to a friend through the lens of curiosity. What if stressing really is a blessing? Heidi Hanna, PhD is an integrative neuroscience researcher and the Executive Director of the American Institute of Stress. She is a New York Times best selling author, and recovering stressaholic. Heidi's passion is helping people transform their relationship with stress by understanding and adapting personal and organizational energy management practices. She believes that the answer to our current stress epidemic is training a new, whole-brain stress response based in a curiosity mindset that facilitates positive change and collaboration. Only when we stop trying to minimize or manage stress will we learn how to master it, and use stress as fuel for good. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@darthvader_]

Most Underrated Tedx talk

[@scottzahorik6676]

I really appreciate the insights Dr. Hanna offers in this Ted-Talk, as well as in her books! SHe has changed the way that I try to proceed through life, with a healthy navigation!

[@Shmianinja]

I love how Heidi simplifies the stress response and makes it into something useable. All the stress reduction techniques I have learned did little, except make me feel more stressed because of my inability to be helped by them. This approach is making me stronger, as I use stress, instead of being used by it, so to speak.

[@HeidiHanna]

Thanks Ian - I know simple can sometimes seem oversimplified, but I think having a framework that empowers us to DO something with the energy we feel from stress is the only way we'll ever be able to use it in positive ways. Cheers!

[@ccvee7287]

I started smoking pot to cope but realized I couldn't deal with stress properly while stoned and it stressed me out more. So now I'm here.

[@judiisaacson3426]

Heidi, Thank you for this AMAZING Ted talk. Love the reaction VS response. I am so reactionary and this was an AHA moment! Today I am going to use my curiosity And use the my stress to fuel positive change:)

[@HeidiHanna]

Thank you so much Judi! Stay curious :-)

[@pedroso228]

This was a great talk and it was really helpful for me. I really liked this approach! Thanks for sharing!

[@TuserMotovlog]

Hopefully those who see this comment, you can SUCCESS!! *of course don't forget HARD WORK!!*

[@fafi19374]

Reduce tasks and find time for ourselves helps to manage stress .

[@tyross6395]

Make things in a list of priority, that helps for me. Stop and think before you react.

[@oliviapatterson1]

Love this - will practice this coming week. Have had a really stressful two weeks under pressure as a final year vet student on a surgical referral roster. I need to remind myself that I am there to learn - and to question why I am in a situation that is causing me stress, and what can I learn from this or ask a senior clinician that will turn the stressful situation into a learning experience.

[@Raine_1037]

Has it been helpful, im trying to change how i perceive stress because its having a negative impact on my daily life

[@thatsthething3218]

the video is good but the sound is too too low. please improve your sound quality.

[@yasin14961]

It is kind of conceptual talking that change my vision totally about response to stressfull condition .. It is not about stress it is about your response and how you look for it ..

[@ryyilvx]

The jaws sound is so real

[@j2csharp]

I'm not sure I completely understood this. It's like there wasn't enough impact in the speech to help me implement a behavioral change to stress. Hm. Maybe if I watch again...

[@AnhNguyen-cx5bm]

How can you deal with the idea of stress relation by curiosity when you ask too many questions as a result can affect members' workload

[@Lucky.Man.Altimori]

Curiosity + Bravery. Why? Becuz bravery will make you avoid procrastiness and hencefore anxiety

[@funbigly]

12:20 is the "cure for stress". Basically it's be curious. Next up, a video on How to Be Curious.

[@HeidiHanna]

There are some great TEDx talks about curiosity.

[@funbigly]

Heidi Hanna, did you see the one about listening to loud cheery music while wading ankle deep at the beach? :)

[@funbigly]

8:56 "... But despite what we've all been taught, this is not our stress response, these are stress reactions!" Errr yeah, response was the term used back then, as in response to stimuli, physiological response, perceived threat response. It's definitely breaking new science, when all you are doing is changing word usage.

[@HeidiHanna]

Wasn't meant to be breaking science, just a shift in perspective. And we'll still talk about the stress response as an important framework. I just think it's helpful to consider how we might choose to respond in better ways.

[@funbigly]

Heidi Hanna, agreed, the underlying choice of how to react/respond in better ways makes the difference. The key here is _the process of conscious deliberation_ that is implicated in choice and choosing, as opposed to subconscious/instinctual reactions, or reactions from habit, or the autonomous nervous responses (the 4 F's).

[@HeidiHanna]

I couldn't agree more! Some people are naturally wired to be more resilient, but I also know that we can train these types of stop - assess and adjust abilities with practice. We're not stuck with the reactions we have, we just might have to work at rewiring them.

[@drivers99]

Me, stressed: I’ll check out this video. Me, 4/5ths through the video: get to the point! Rraaaaaaaaugh 14:00 solution starts but it’s not very detailed (no time left)

[@storytime8225]

Rraaaaaaaaugh? Hmmmm....You may have listened to her words, but unfortunately you did not hear her words.

[@sanamir9886]

Agreeeed !!

[@2ndviolin]

I always play dead.

[@lranieri1]

She tells a lot of stories and analogies but does not give concrete examples of how to help ourselves!

[@whitepouch0904]

She’s basically saying to shift your mindset to be curious and ask why, why is this happening and find a solution instead of worrying.

[@user-ns8hw9re2s]

information in high demand has a price tag.

[@user-ns8hw9re2s]

I bet that the answer lies with our closest relatives, the chimps🙊 Hopefully they don't die out before we discover the secret to their mental fortitude.😢💔

[@amandadudley2983]

Idk?

[@cathyselby5968]

The cheetah is more apt to run ro catch prey, not to run away.

[@HeidiHanna]

Definitely true! And, for whatever reason they run, they still run beautifully and I'd say it's one of their greatest survival assets.

[@Ineedashower]

2nd

[@muhammadtalhaakbar826]

First :D

[@TheRealMrLofasz]

Heidi is a bit of a basket case. She’s making bank off this so at least she’s paying taxes. This country is soft.