Name: The routines, rituals and boundaries we need in stressful times
Uploaded: 2021-04-07T14:54:50Z
Duration: 15 min 25 s
Description: 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.)

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

The routines, rituals and boundaries we need in stressful times

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.)

Chronic uncertainty and blurred boundaries have left many feeling unmoored in work and life. Simple rituals—like changing clothes or creating a physical workspace—restore a sense of separation and control. During the pandemic, even adopting puppies or baking bread became vital sources of surprise and renewal. Naming stress and its many emotions helps people manage, not suppress, their feelings, while shared vulnerability builds collective resilience.