Juna Bobby MD, EdMFounder, MindBodySpace LLC · RELAX TO SOAR™️ Method Workshops • Mindbodyspace Podcast • NYU SOM M.D. • Harvard Ed.M. • Juilliard Resilience Faculty

Princeton Student #examtips : #resilience #brainhealth #parenting #neuroplasticity #ivyleague

2 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief clip, a Princeton student shares practical advice on how the brain continues to work on problems even when attention shifts, emphasizing that stepping away or focusing on another task doesn’t erase a difficult question—it may be solved subconsciously. The speaker stresses the importance of giving oneself mental space, avoiding panic, and accepting moments of not knowing as normal. By staying calm and allowing the brain time to process, students can preserve their problem‑solving ability and build resilience for exams and other challenges.

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as we were talking about, sometimes your brain just needs the time to process things and your brain's capable of like doing many different things at once. So just because I'm working on another question, it doesn't mean that it's totally forgotten about something I was stuck on. It could be kind of solving that in the background. I think that's really empowering to understand that even if in a certain moment you don't know how to solve a problem, it doesn't mean that you can't solve it over time. And if you give yourself the room to breathe and not panic, because that's really the thing that will shut you down and stop you in your tracks, is this feeling of like, oh my gosh, I don't know what I'm doing. I don't know how to do this, which I've felt many times, as I'm sure many of us have in many different situations. But having the ability to be aware that you don't know how to do something and be okay with that, I think is really valuable.