[Lifestyle] World Mental Health Day 2024: Deepika Padukone, media mogul Arianna Huffington discuss the ‘60 second reset’ to manage ‘cumulative stress’

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Stress is an inevitable part of modern life, especially when balancing personal and professional responsibilities. However, finding ways to manage it effectively is crucial to maintaining overall well-being. 

Deepika Padukone and media mogul Arianna Huffington recently sat down to chat about a simple yet powerful technique during the LiveLoveLaugh Lecture Series. This was Padukone’s first appearance after giving birth to a baby girl in September this year.

 

Huffington, the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, described the concept of ‘60-second reset’ to help manage stress. “Stress is unavoidable,” she said when Padukone asked about the technique. 

Dr Aarushi Dewan, clinical psychologist and founder at Coping Keys, tells indianexpress.com, “The ’60-second reset’ is based on the principles of mindfulness, cognitive behavioral techniques (CBT), and neuroscience. It involves briefly interrupting the stress cycle and shifting focus, which can help regulate the body’s autonomic nervous system and reduce the emotional and physiological impact of stress.”

Key psychological mechanisms at work, according to Dr Dewan

Mindfulness and Present Moment Awareness: In a stressful situation, your mind often becomes flooded with intrusive thoughts, worries, or future-oriented anxiety. The 60-second reset involves a quick shift of attention—through techniques like focused breathing, sensory awareness, or grounding exercises—redirecting the brain away from stressors and into the present moment. This shift helps deactivate the sympathetic nervous system (which controls the fight-or-flight response) and activate the parasympathetic nervous system, promoting relaxation.

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