How to Stay Calm When Someone Pushes Your Buttons (Even If You Always Snap)

One jab from your brother and suddenly you're yelling about something from ten years ago. Staying calm isn't about not caring: it's about not handing over the remote. Five moves to stop taking the bait, including the one that makes them stop pressing. Who in your life knows exactly which button to push? No names. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Your brother pushes one button 0:14 Calm means keeping the remote 0:32 Nina and her brother Theo 1:11 1. Spot the hook 2:14 2. Breathe out, long 3:14 3. Name it, in your head 4:15 When they push harder 4:29 4. Go lower, and slower 5:20 5. Be boring on purpose 6:18 Two months later #socialskills #confidence #staycalm