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The routines, rituals and boundaries we need in stressful times | Esther Perel

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. How do you effectively regulate stress? Therapist Esther Perel discusses the importance of creating routines, rituals and boundaries to deal with pandemic-related loss and uncertainty — both at home and at work — and offers some practical tools and…

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How do you effectively regulate stress? Therapist Esther Perel discusses the importance of creating routines, rituals and boundaries to deal with pandemic-related loss and uncertainty — both at home and at work — and offers some practical tools and techniques to help you regain your sense of self. (This conversation, hosted by TED’s Helen Walters, was recorded February 2021.)

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33 Comments

  1. TS

    April 21, 2021 at 7:24 pm

    Refer to Sucharit Bhakdi MD…

  2. Self-Education Methodology

    April 21, 2021 at 7:31 pm

    👋👏👏👏 Self-Education Methodology

  3. Anônimo

    April 21, 2021 at 7:34 pm

    What a joy to find a new TED Talk by Esther today.

  4. Frans Badenhorst

    April 21, 2021 at 7:55 pm

    I think this pandemic changed the whole world forever… Look at everybody around you… More devastation than all the wars combined, ever. Talk is cheap, money buys the whiskey….

  5. Daunted 232

    April 21, 2021 at 7:58 pm

    And if you are spiritual, do the opposite.

  6. English Grammar By Abdul Wahid Azmi

    April 21, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    Nice

  7. Gill Ambrose

    April 21, 2021 at 9:49 pm

    Gill Ambrose podcast is better than Tan Talks

  8. Brian McInnis

    April 21, 2021 at 10:28 pm

    Opinion: If your sense of self can be even mildly threatened by having to keep some distance from most people for a year or so, you never had one.

    • Winstan

      April 21, 2021 at 10:47 pm

      I agree!

    • Andrew Leavitt

      April 22, 2021 at 1:01 am

      False narrative. Social distancing was never the main source of stress. You are negating the true feelings that many others are dealing with. It’s a rather complex topic that you choose to ignore (or you are just trolling. Or didn’t actually watch the video)

  9. Winstan

    April 21, 2021 at 10:46 pm

    I tink the botox on the right is so hard done by…. Bless her

  10. julian shepherd

    April 21, 2021 at 10:58 pm

    Could be worse.
    Could be doing 25 years in jail or fighting a war.

  11. elmo2you

    April 21, 2021 at 11:18 pm

    Thank you Esther

  12. BigWoollyMammoth

    April 22, 2021 at 12:24 am

    Blah, blah, blah. You’ve said nothing.

  13. Alsadek Alkhayer

    April 22, 2021 at 12:31 am

    ok, first three minutes, she made me panic. on the other hand, the interviewer has got a comforting aura.

  14. Naveen Kumar Madheri

    April 22, 2021 at 1:10 am

    Is this talk only for women….? Is itt….

  15. Valhalla

    April 22, 2021 at 1:17 am

    Oh wow she is freaking hot!

  16. Exhilirous

    April 22, 2021 at 2:17 am

    *laughs in BPD*

  17. Andrejs Boka

    April 22, 2021 at 5:57 am

    yes “muting button” as the only way to change the world between work, home, friend, other environment it’s a very very correct.

  18. Mark Schweitzer

    April 22, 2021 at 6:51 am

    our politicans are making to forever. so no thats not helping

  19. Rohan

    April 22, 2021 at 7:03 am

    Thanks this helped a lot in reassuring my ideas right now!

  20. Francisco Javier Legorreta

    April 22, 2021 at 10:17 am

    Very wise way to explain the actual situation.

  21. Aco747lyte

    April 22, 2021 at 2:09 pm

    The vocals on this video are awful!

  22. Lab MomOF2

    April 22, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    SCAMDEMIC

  23. Birgul Alizada

    April 22, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    and I’m watching this video for improving my listening skills in English , I’ve already lost my psychology thanks to the quarantine ( who else watches for getting better English?

    • Gabriel Cazorla Persson

      April 24, 2021 at 4:13 pm

      I did, many years ago. But right now my listening can hardly become any better. Keep it up! Oh and disable the captions if you have them on, you can go back if you don’t understand it the first time.

  24. bj0rn

    April 22, 2021 at 11:03 pm

    I love Esther, but Jesus Christ I’m so sick of talks forcing Covid into the title.

  25. Prison Planet Earth Comply or Die

    April 23, 2021 at 12:18 pm

    Thumbs down number 50 Stay in your home like scared Rabbits if your Mental condition is that bad

  26. jeddak

    April 23, 2021 at 2:59 pm

    great point about the merging of work and home enabling people to bring their whole selves to both areas of our lives; the partial breakdown of the artificial compartments which can feel so threatening has a silver lining

  27. Alejandro Vasquez

    April 23, 2021 at 4:18 pm

    Not going back to the past? Where we used to connect with people face to face is not something to come back?
    This woman works for corporations, her advice is bias.
    So, no thank you!

  28. VaMonarch

    April 24, 2021 at 1:57 am

    I love the piece about loss of serendipity due to over-emphasis on safety. Interesting observation.

  29. anschiver

    April 25, 2021 at 6:12 pm

    She might have a strong accent but by god she uses words that might be considered difficult by some with such ease, it’s a delight to listen to her.

  30. LAUS - THE CURIOUS

    April 26, 2021 at 5:04 pm

    Vedio has a great topic, but vedio has not methods to cope

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