Psychotherapist Philippa Perry's guide to resilience in the workplace

Want to be less stressed in 2018? The author and broadcaster advises on how to deal with difficult times at workYour strength is not in your resilience, it is in recognising and owning your vulnerability. We need to be ourselves with other people for most of the time, not just the person we feel we ought to be. If you are in a business environment where everyone seems to be wearing a “game-face” and therefore you feel you must wear yours too, you run the risk of feeling unsupported, isolated and disconnected. It is stressful doing something that stretches you, that you have not done before, that might not work, but not all stress is bad. Stressing yourself is a way of keeping your brain fit. No stress at all means you are not getting a mental workout. You can, though, have too much of a good thing.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 15, 2018 Category: Science Tags: Business to business Guardian Small Business Network Psychology Entrepreneurs Life and style Health Society & careers Source Type: news