Jessica Garza
Duke University researcher | TED speaker on emotional resilience
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Jessica Garza is a researcher at Duke University who has gained recognition for her work on emotional regulation and interpersonal dynamics. Her research focuses on understanding how emotions transfer between individuals and developing practical strategies to maintain emotional boundaries in personal and professional settings.
Garza brought her expertise to the TED stage in 2020, where she presented on "How to avoid catching prickly emotions from other people. " Her work addresses a common yet underexplored challenge in human interaction - the phenomenon of emotional contagion and its impact on well-being and productivity.
Through her research at Duke University, she has developed evidence-based approaches that help individuals recognize, understand, and protect themselves from absorbing negative emotions from others while maintaining empathy and connection.
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How to avoid catching prickly emotions from other people
Difficult emotions can get under your skin if you're not careful. Sport and performance consultant Jessica Garza calls this the "jumping cholla effect," inspired by a sneaky kind of cactus that detaches and burrows its spines into unsuspecting passersby. In this empowering talk, she shares four mood-regulating strategies to help you gain self-awareness of your feelings, avoid catching other people's emotions and perform at your peak -- whatever the prickly situation may be.
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