90:10 The Single Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Stress 

10% what happens to you, 90% how you respond... I gotta remember that one

It's a shame teachers can't use a presentation like this to educate our children. The visual display kept me as interested as the topic itself. Great video!!

Thank you for such a generous consultation/ life-changing event, Dr. Mike! - I am a psychiatrist, and I will be sending this wise, brilliant, incredibly helpful video to every doctor, patient, and friend I have. I am deeply grateful. Dr. Rebecca

accept the things you can not change, have the courage to change the things you can

It simply amazes me how there's 110 dislikes on this. Guess it might have stressed them out.

This was great! For those with a neurotypical baseline. I just have to add, 90:10 works if that is really how the system is set up for you, if you have certain existing privileges on this earth and are not being systemically undermined or projected upon by OTHER people's inability to inhabit or deal with their stress. Dissociation and projection, or dispossession and transference of feeling, is known in the psychological community and for those often of marginalized or silenced otherness, in daily life. Additionally, I would advocate that some people are naturally rationally minded and CBT is an effective technique. Others are more somatically or kinesthetically sensitive, traits that are not typical tested for in young children in preference for the types of intelligence that succeed in cognitive culture. So to change our thinking towards coherence, we all can benefit from techniques to guide us towards our other brain -- no, not that one :) -- in terms of being guided by the heart. Choose coherence! I love it. The HeartMath folks are good at coaching this. Thanks again for this fun and guiding video.

I’ve watched this so many times and it always helps me to reframe things. I’ve shared it with many friends too, thank you

Excellent video. Thanks for taking the time to film and edit it and of course for positing it for our benefit. Keep up the good work! -Migs

Dr evans, I am a psychiatry resident in NYC. I love your videos and prescribed my patients your videos as homework. It really helps them put things into perspective for them and makes it easier for me to treat their more complex issues. thank you for your videos

This was incredibly helpful, and such a pleasure to watch, thank you for creating and sharing!

I love this style of teaching (narrative and drawings) I needed to hear and see this today.

I watched this video for my Grief Counseling class, but it was extra useful for me because I do have problems with being overly stressed and anxious. Good video

never watched something so amazing, feeling good today. thank you

This video was recommended to me by a friend, and I found it very useful. I'll be reviewing it carefully and following the advice. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and providing support regarding a very difficult issue.

I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS CHANNEL. GREAT STUFF!!! Best quality, Best wisdom with Scientific proven facts. Amazing relaxed and clear voice with no crappy music at the background. simple, clear, effective, inspiring, interesting. too good! thank you for doing this for all of us.

what an awesome video! I love the simple illustrations too. It's awesome to find a resource which communicates this in such a straightforward, accessible manner. Thanks :)

Love these videos! Full of information, and the drawings are great! Keep up the great work team!

Fantastic! - so glad you to the Stress series to another level. Thank you

Great vid, thanks so much! I honestly don't understand how anyone could give this vid a 'thumbs down'. This is solid, common-sense advice that is very appropriate to everyone.

This was really great. I've been using mindfulness based therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy to manage stress for a while now. I would only add that exercise plus all of this makes it far easier to discipline your mind, something I've found lately.

Thank you! Just the word "stress" use to stress me outages but my advice is that stress isn't a bad thing and when we realize that's we start to feel better about ourselves and I love how you said that we hold the KEY to our stress levels I'm going to start changing where and what I put my focus on and start living simple. I do want a simple life to be honest. Eat Sleep Breathe DO GOOD and FEEL GOOD And it's how you react to things that determines your sucess in life DO GOOD PEOPLE LOVE YOU

Awesome illustrations and presentation! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for posting this video. I find that being mindful has really helped me to change my negative thinking into something more positive and that seems to lower my stress and anxiety

The knowledge in this medical video has facets like a diamond. Good to look and refer to any problem systematically and analytically.FAntastic. thank you.

Thanks for that fantastic presentation.

This is a fantastic video! It's so simple and logical, thanks for breaking it down!

this is great. Thanks so much for making this available to us all.

Thank you. This was given to us for class and I actually need this at the moment.

your videos are great doc! A lot of sobering insights. Please keep up the great work

This is awesome and I love the illustrations ! really helps give a great mental picture :)

I thank you for this. And I admire the impact your work makes in the world community.

Fantastic and compelling - I will watch this again and again. Thanks.

Standing ovation for you and your illustrator!

Simply put, highly informative and effective.

Great compilation of a lot of theory and some engaging science, with excellent suggestions. Thank you!

Thank you Dr. Mike. I am in the group at St.Mike's and we are practicing alot of this.

SOOOOO very helpful! Thank you for helping me understand my inner world!

Thank you very much DocMikeEvans. This was an amazing eye opener for me. Liked.

This video was really insightful and reminded me that letting things go redirecting your attention really does work. There have been times where I chose to stay upset/stressed about a situation and continued to think about it which only made me more stressed and upset. Then there have been other times where I chose to let it go and move on with my day saying, "It'll be okay." I think learning to let stressors go is quite the task. But I definitely think it's very useful in being healthier. Letting things go quite frankly sets you free because there are limited things someone has complete control over. When I get really stressed out I usually partake in deep breathing and sometimes I even write. The latter being very helpful at times to just expressing myself through creative outlets. Very informative and eye opening video!

Fantastic video. Thank you for making this

Love this! I've shared it with many peers!

My god, how simple yet profound. I'm going to watch this thing everyday for a month to see if I can soak it all in.

That was extremely helpful, it gives a different approach on stress "the car is not driving you you're driving the car" that's what I concluded from this video, it's an art form to be mastered after many years of being programmed as "helpless" it's difficult to think you can actually help your own self feel better by managing your thoughts.

Very helpful! Thank you!

I totally give consent to this,"Change Our Thinking".It's really useful for me.Thanks

Thanks for such a fun presentation. I will pass it on!

This sounds right but if I see it from another point of view, I'm afraid of people's mind can be controlled. What's wrong with being stressed? Is it really up to our way of thinking? The society we live in is not a cool place and very normal to feel stress. But we might be able to use stress as a helpful resource to take it into an action. feeling stressed out is a natural sign. It's good to trust our intuitive emotional and feeling of stress rather than trying to make it something different. People are too focused on changing and suppressing themselves, but maybe it's better to let ourselves be free and as it is. Let it be stressed out, upset if it does. Rather than someone telling us this is the answer and we should follow this, isn't it more helpful that each one of us know how to communicate to the body and mind, then find individual answers and ways to deal with?

Great reminders and fantastic animation. Kudos!

Great video. I'll definitely start putting this piece into effect.

Such an important topic. This lecture should required for everybody

That really helped me so much. Thank you!

Dr. Mike, your videos are extremely beneficial

Thank you. I just happened to read about your video innthe Utoronto, Autumn 2013 magazine this morning and voila, I discovered a wonderful resource that I will bookmark and refer to again. I see my own habits clearly described here and what I need to change.

Thanks. Very insightful.

Most things can't keep my focus for long, but the visuals are a great component in this video along with the sound effects and voice over. Keep 'em coming! Love them and love what I'm learning from them :]

Hey Doc, I've enjoyed the presentation. It was very simple and easy to understand. I'm a therapist, and I'm always learning. I picked up some good tips to teach and inform to my clients when addressing their personal stress. This was helpful.

Fantastic, thank you so much!

Another cool vid Dr Mike. Well done for making the science bit sound and look so cool!

One of the best videos I have seen thanks for posting. Its from 2012, but valid.

Such great videos DocMike ... will be adding this to our RU-vid channel

Thanks for sharing, it really helped a lot, please keep doing this illustrative Workcheers from Mexico!

I love the illustrations and writing style. It enhances the narrative. :)

Thanks doc. that gave me a few things to think about during a rough time.

This is great. Well done.

Thank you for the post, it is very useful and insightful video. It is amazing how much a person can learn in 11:01 minutes.

Thank you very much for this very good presentation. This is very informative. Keep it up!

Superb content and excellent draughtsmanship! Education is key to, well, almost everything in life isn't it? Keep up the great work!

A depression can almost be physical. One feels the weight of the world on your shoulders, & it is difficult to get up in the morning let alone change your way of thinking.

Love the idea of answering the question regarding the one single thing. Stress is often overwhelming and at the height of stress we need something clear and simple to avoid getting even more stressed by the solution! Loved the mind map at 1m 51 showing the perspectives of stress from different professionals. Especially the idea of reframing stress as positive in smaller doses. We'd agree that changing thinking style is key but say that it's important to mention that thinking habits might not shift dramatically in 5 minutes. There may need to be a gradual changing of thinking habits in order to make it stick. Overall a superb presentation.

Very nice! Thanks for another great video!

It gets back to mindfulness and being in the moment. The intention, or choice, to being in the moment, attention.

Thank you so much for the video. You made my life better already.

this really helps me a lot! thank you so much!

Genius work sir, one of those videos that really changed my view...

this video is amazing, hoping you guys release more soon:)

Great video. I am sharing with everyone I know! Cheers.

Thank you so much for this video! It's really motivational und inspiring. Love it!

Thanks very much for making this helpful video. I really feel it helpful. I'm very lucky to watch it today when I am feeling stress from my school and exams. I want to change my own thought and the way how I look at the thins and exams that I really want to do well. Thank you again!

Thank you for sharing good information.

intriguing user name.. Great point and true -we can get overwhelmed at times and all the advice in the world may not help in the moment... and we should try and avoid judging. I tend to use something called Motivational Interviewing when people are stuck. More of a dance than a wrestle...

Superb! Many thanks!!

This dude's voice sounds so soothing and relaxed. This must not be a coincidence.

Great video. Lots of similarities to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I may share this with a patient tomorrow

thankyou, dr

Truly excellent.

thank you..I'm happy to see I was on to something.

VERY nice video. Feel better allready...

thank you very much doctor for these videos

This is very interesting indeed. Congrats.

Excilent , wonderful, perfect It could not be better. The power of thinking. Thanks

This is a very good informational video!

Excellent!!

Hey Mike....a friend of mine told me about your video and suggested I watch because I have been feeling so stressed recently...really wonderful..thanks...i once showed my grade 4 class a ken robinson animated video about education that they would not have understood without the graphics...i think it's a great illustration of how when different parts of the brain are activated, communication becomes more effective. when i play the audio, they don't understand. but with the two together, they easily understand very complex ideas....joe

This is soooo helpful!

I was very impressed with this very video and learne alot that I will try, thank you Mike Evans :)

Excellent recommendations.

I like that 90:10 Rule! I'm going to use that. Thanks for the video. Great content.

Thanks for such an amazing idea given to some of us: Honestly some of us do not know how to handle stress because of our attitude, thinking and lack of understanding. I will try to put your lessons in practice so i can improve on how to handle my stress line and i will also share the video to help others and save life .

Excellent advice

W O W ! GREAT video; very INFORMATIVE and great attention grabber technique!