The Reset Button You Didn’t Know You Had

This is the second of three Wisdom Drops: small but powerful resets for daily life.

Stress spirals have a way of sneaking up on us. One thought spins into the next, until we’re caught in a storm of “what ifs” and “should haves.”

In those moments, it’s tempting to fight the spiral with more thinking — but that only pulls us in deeper.

Here’s a reset you might not know you already have: naming what grounds you in the moment.

Naming is grounding. When stress spikes, pause — and name one thing that brings you back. Maybe it’s “sunlight on my skin” or “my morning cup of tea.” That naming isn’t just symbolic. Neuroscience shows labeling calms the nervous system.

It’s simple, but powerful. Naming directs your attention from the swirl in your head to the solid reality around you. It gives your mind an anchor: this is real, this is now, and I am safe.

In the act of naming, you reclaim presence. And presence is power.

Try it:

· “I feel my feet pressing into the floor.”

· “I see sunlight on the wall.”

· “I hear the hum of the AC.”

· “I smell my coffee cooling on the desk.”

Each time you name something, you step out of the storm and back into presence.

✨ The key? You don’t have to fix the spiral. You only need to name what’s real, right now.

That’s your reset button.

✨ Try it today: what’s your go-to reset button?