An upcoming project deadline, a fight with a family member, or even an embarrassing moment can easily trigger our body’s stress response. While we can’t always control what life throws at us, there are ways to better prepare for stressful events we may experience. So, how can we train our minds and bodies to manage our stress response? Writer Shannon Odell shares best practices for dealing with stress.
 

In our long-standing collaboration with the TED-Ed team, this project marked our first time working under an external director, the wonderful Biljana Labović. Totem Creative led the art direction and animation production for the film.

Designed for a teen audience, the film embraces a warm, playful, and emotionally expressive colour palette, reflected in its character design and visual language. We combined hand-drawn animation with minimal, expressive movement and infographic-style sequences to visually simplify more conceptually dense moments.