Inspiring videos can reduce stress like meditation

What is it about?

People who watched short, 5-minute inspiring videos every day for 5 days felt more hopeful, and that hope predicted reduced stress up to 10 days later. Importantly, this effect was the same as for those who meditated for the same amount of time. These stress-reducing benefits were found for people, regardless of initial stress levels, resilience, self-esteem, age, or gender.

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Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash

Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash

Why is it important?

With stress levels on the rise, we identify a readily available, efficient, and enjoyable strategy that can serve as another tool in our toolbox to combat stress. This is especially important for those times when following other proven stress management strategies are too challenging or not feasible.