Thank you NetGalley, Workman Publishing and the author for a digital ARC of this book. Written by a clinical psychologist and assistant psychology professor at UCLA, this book is an extremely helpful addition to the self-help genre. This book offers 75 quick and easy ways to reduce stress anywhere and anytime. Behavior resets are very helpfully summarized as to when, how and why. Resets include take a break from your incoming messages, try a social media hiatus, give yourself a set bedtime and feign energy. A stress reset which takes more time and thought is to build a hope kit A hope kit is an assemblage of items that fill you with hope and joy. Items can be photos, meaningful music and mementos as well as activities that evoke joy and offer a change in perspective. Some of these activities can be taking a class, watching funny videos or putting a puzzle together. The hope kit can be brought out when you are in need of positivity. This is a warm and empathetic book which can be read in its entirety and also referred to when the reader needs a quick stress relief activity. It is well written, flows smoothly and is organized very well. Highly recommended for those looking for a practical and easily implemented guide to stress relief.

I’m happy to have found Stress Resets: How To Soothe Your Body And Mind In Minutes by Dr. Jennifer L. Taitz, as I have been on the hunt for a self-help book offering the needed tools for stressful situations; this book provides seventy-five strategies to help manage stress, allowing readers to pick and choose which is best for the situation and time available.

Taitz is a clinical psychologist and helps readers "stop the cycle of obsessing, panicking, and avoiding" with a toolbox full of suggestions to complete quickly, ending spiraling behaviours. Since Taitz comes from the therapist seat, information is put forth in a tone of understanding, compassion and with no judgement. Taitz understands that even picking up this book is often a daunting hurdle at times, and initially helps narrow down the best approach for reading this self-help book, truly wanting readers to show up exactly as they are right now. This book is like sitting down with a therapist, as one looks to garner the tools required to tackle and handle life's stresses. (Though in no way should it replace professional help.)

Typically, I'm an advocate for authors not narrating their own books, but I have now found an exception! The humaneness that came through from Taitz narrating her own words is exactly what this type of book requires. As she is a psychologist, it made sense that she is the one whose voice is heard; she has years of speaking to her clients, making them feel safe and seen; exactly what listeners require.

I need to get better at regulating my own emotions so I am better able to teach emotional regulation to our daughter. As a spouse, daughter, sister, friend and human, it's also essential that I learn these habits. I know I will turn to this book time and time again in order to provide a refresh for myself in order to continuously practice the exercises Taitz provides.

Thank you NetGalley, Workman Publishing Company, and Hachette Audio for the complimentary copies to read and review.

This book does a great job of framing anxiety and stress -- and the overthinking and catastrophic thinking that can happen. I particularly liked the exercises in the back - not all of them resonated but some were really helpful as a way to pause and reframe. For a quick book to pick up and try some exercises or techniques to stop the spiral - this is a helpful book.

Thank you to Netgalley and Workman Publishing Company for an ARC and I voluntarily left this review.

I really enjoyed this book. I found it insightful and am interested to try the tools it has offered me. I will say that with books on this kind of subject matter I usually need more time to digest them, so for me the Arc period was a little short. I would have a more fulsome report over a longer period of time but for now I would still recommend picking it up if you are interested in learning more about stress from a solutions based approach.

I was looking for quick and easy ways to manage my stress and found them with Jennifer Taitz's new book, Stress Resets. I found ways to reset focused on either mind, body or behavior. I loved the quick two page reads for each of the resets, with one section focusing on resets, or coping with stress, and a second section focusing on buffering, or building resilience to stress. I am working on building the buffering activities into my daily habits. I love that I can pick and choose activities based on what I am needing at the moment. This will be my go-to book for activities and behavior changes to manage stress.

I read through this book over a couple of days and I feel like there are a lot activities that are easy to do and would help tremendously when overwhelmed with stress. I will say that there are multiple activities that would just help in general with life, even if not particularly stressed about anything, for example, multiple breathing exercises and meditation alternatives.

Even though I felt like the author was a bit long winded in the beginning of the book, I appreciated all the resets and buffers that she recommended when I finally reached those chapters. I, also, enjoyed the reasons ‘why’ behind all of her suggestions.

At the end of the book, she did a great job of referencing all of the sources for the different activities, so that you would be able to follow up if one reset or buffer was particularly helpful and you wanted to know more.

Thank you to Net Galley and Workman Publishing Company for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

STRESS RESETS by Jennifer L. Taitz, a clinical psychologist and an assistant professor at UCLA, has three main sections. The first – called Befriending Stress, Living Better – is rather text heavy, but intended to provide background and a better understanding of topics like regulating emotion, overthinking, and thriving without substances. Many readers will turn quickly to the more specific ideas for "How to Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes" that Taitz offers in the second (Stress Resets for Intense Times) and third (Stress Buffers For Building Resilience) sections. The timeframes are different (short-term exercises vs. longer-term habits of mind), but those strategies are each further divided between Mind, Body, and Behavior. Taitz provides a lengthy bibliography (almost fifteen percent of the book is detailed references and resources) so these are not necessarily "new" activities (e.g., breathing exercises, scan your body, laugh more!), but they are organized in a very helpful way. Each of the 75 ideas has a when, how and why section, allowing readers to think more clearly about appropriate timing, execution, and science behind each idea (e.g., why an ice-cold face bath leads to feeling calmer or making your bed contributes to a sense of accomplishment). In fact, Taitz writes that readers should think of STRESS RESETS "as a recipe book for your well-being -- in other words, accessible, easily digestible strategies with clear instructions that you can pick and choose from, depending on your taste and needs." Have a look at some of her suggestions, ranging from expanding your gaze, or taking a walk outside, to carving out time to worry or committing to three minutes of mindfulness. They are thoughtful, practical tips.

I found this book very overwhelming - especially if you were struggling with anxiety and stress. it's very text heavy so it's hard to take in at times.
The info itself is very detailed and longwinded - so I would have preferred a more condensed and 'to the point' style. Also, personal preference - would have liked a few more diagrams and images.

Overall the info within the book was good - but not sure how much you would take in when stressed due to the writing style and layout of the book as a whole.