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Jenny Taitz

Stressed? Learn to reset your system and move forward—in minutes.

Author, Stress Resets | Clinical Psychologist

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“Stress is the price of a meaningful life,” says Dr. Jenny Taitz. We all experience stress in our daily lives, but there are ways to reset our systems, feel better, and move forward—and it only takes a few minutes. A professor of psychiatry at UCLA and a New York Times contributor whose articles have been widely shared, Jenny is the author of Stress Resets, which Arianna Huffington says “is like getting a warm hug and wise advice from someone you trust.” In clear, practical talks, she offers quick and simple tools that we can use in moments of stress to build resilience and modulate our bodies’ stress response for good. Audiences learn not only how to live better, but how to help others around them do the same.

“Dr. Jenny Taitz offers practical and realistic strategies that will lead to a much-needed sense of freedom from the shackles of anxiety.”—Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Dr. Jenny Taitz is a licensed clinical psychologist, award-winning author, TED speaker, and an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA. A leading voice on the scientifically proven techniques anyone can use to mitigate stress and build a life that feels more resilient, Jenny has appeared on The Today Show and Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, among many others.

Her most recent book, Stress Resets: How to Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes, was named a Next Big Idea Club selection and earned a Seal of Merit from the Association for Cognitive and Behavior Therapy. Dr. Becky Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author of Good Inside, calls Stress Resets “one of the most practical self-help books—full of warmth, wisdom, and accessible tools so you know what to do to improve this moment and build a life that feels bigger.”

Jenny’s writing about stress and psychology has been widely published in national publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, Oprah Daily, and Goop. As a clinical psychologist, she spends her day-to-day sitting with people and empowering them with tools to help them face a host of challenges more courageously and effectively. Her skill at communicating ideas in real time, with real people seeking the highest level of care in remarkably challenging situations, allows her to present to audiences in a way that is compelling, surprising, accessible, and memorable.

Jenny graduated Magna Cum Laude from New York University and earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University’s program at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York. She completed a fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine and is board certified in both Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

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Speech Topics

Mental Health and Fitness

Stress ResetsUnderstanding—and Leveraging—Stress

We all experience stress in our daily lives—and we seem to have a knack for inadvertently multiplying our stress and exacerbating the toll it takes on our life. But there’s a way out.

In this talk, psychologist and author Jenny Taitz teaches audiences exactly how to interrupt the vicious cycle of piling stress on top of stress. She offers research and science-backed ways to feel better, including reaching for hope, building the happiness muscle, and breaking free from destructive overthinking. Jenny reveals how to dramatically reduce the risk of dying from stress related causes, especially when stressors aren’t disappearing any time soon. And she shares good news: whether we’re dealing with minor everyday stresses or panic attack-inducing anxiety, we are all capable of building our capacity for resilience, courage and joy, and exponentially improve how we feel and cope.

Audiences walk away from this clear, authoritative, and uplifting keynote with a new understanding of not only how to live better, but how to help those around them do the same.