Joy Kong, MDRegenerative Medicine Physician, Educator, and Entrepreneur

What's Actually Fueling Your Stress?

28 May 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief excerpt, Joy Kong, MD, and a co‑speaker discuss practical steps for managing stress. They emphasize first identifying the specific source of stress—using a blunt example that if a spouse is the cause, one might consider ending the relationship. The conversation then shifts to uncovering the "fuel" that sustains stress and focusing on elements within personal control that can be reduced. They propose micro‑level changes and a simple daily self‑check‑in: choosing one word to describe current feelings, pinpointing the stress source, and deciding how one wants to show up that day. The speakers claim that spending just five minutes on these practices can put a person far ahead of the general population in stress management.

So first, identify your stress. If it's your husband, get rid of them. Think about what to do. I'm sure some of the listeners right now are stressed. Would you tell them how to release themselves from that?
First and foremost, I think we need to understand like what's the fuel source behind our stress and see these are the elements that are contributing to that stress. What's within my control that I can maybe cut off some of the fuel and just start making some micro changes A lot of people don't check in with themselves, so they don't even know something as simple as if I had to pick one word to describe how I feel today, what's that word? And that's when you ask the follow-up question of, okay, well, where's the stress coming from? Is there anything I can do to release that? And then the follow-up question is, how do I want to show up today? If people just did that, just those couple of practices that take 5 minutes total, you're miles ahead of most of the population.
So first, identify your stress. If it's your husband, get rid of them. Think about what to do.