Danielle RalstonFounder, How Capacity Works · Founder of ND Hive | Building the productivity hub where work actually gets done | Execution spaces, body doubling & community accountability

Public Meltdown? Find Your Safe Space & Calm Down Fast.

24 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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Danielle Ralston shares quick ways to calm down during a public meltdown when you can't leave. Tapping, deep breathing, and noise-cancelling earbuds help settle your nervous system fast.

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What happens when you're in public and you can't bring yourself down? You get to a place where it feels safe. Either, like, I talk a lot about, like, tapping. There are certain things we can't do. You know, we can't put ice packs on our neck if we're in the middle of Walmart. We can't run to a sink if there's not a sink available. But what are the things we can do? You know, we can, you know, use tapping, use some deep breathing, Have loop earbuds or any other type of noise cancelling thing to help bring down that overstimulation to where your nervous system isn't just in full-on panic mode.