You are sitting at your desk. Nothing is happening. Nobody is shouting at you, there is no emergency, your phone is not ringing, the house is quiet and the work in front of you is manageable. And yet, somehow, you feel stressed. Your mind is somewhere else entirely. You are replaying a conversation from yesterday … Read more
You don’t need to eliminate the emotion, you need to create enough space to choose what happens next. There are moments when you realise, usually afterwards, that you have reacted more strongly than the situation really deserved. Someone makes a comment, a conversation takes an unexpected turn or a colleague challenges an idea you have … Read more
There was a period during my corporate career where I assumed resilience was mostly about endurance. If work became stressful, you pushed harder. If pressure increased, you adapted. And if life felt mentally heavy, the solution was usually framed as discipline, productivity, or simply learning to cope better. For a while, that approach worked reasonably … Read more
The two-minute pause is one of those ideas that doesn’t sound particularly impressive when you first hear it. It’s short. It’s simple. It doesn’t involve a system, an app, or a major change to your routine. And yet, it’s one of the most reliable ways I’ve found to stop a normal working day from gradually … Read more