The Simplest Way to Calm Your Nervous System - Dr. Jennifer Knight, MD

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]I try to tell people to start with little things. Like, so habit stacking.

[00:00:03]So >> stacking. Habit stacking is a >> Work smarter, not harder. life hack for me. It's It's how I get it done. So, like we have a joke in my family when we sit down to the dinner table, I'll often tell everyone to just like relax their shoulders and like they make a big joke and they all kind of like slump over.

[00:00:17]Sometimes when I'm doing things I just have to do anyways, like driving to work or doing dishes or whatever, I'll do the breathing then.

[00:00:23]>> Yeah, I love that.

[00:00:23]>> And I'm like, cuz I'm stuck doing this anyway. So, I could be washing my dishes with everything clenched and or whatever or just be breathing. So, I tell people there's time you don't have to necessarily Like separate out 20 minutes and sit on a cushion in the corner.

[00:00:36]>> Right, you're folding laundry? Breathe.