When we achieve congruence in speech, thought and action, we function at our peak, because our whole being is fully engaged, with all parts of ourselves working harmoniously and co-operatively toward a goal or a state of being. However, how do we synchronise these three parts for peak functioning? This comes through the integration of feelings, [...]
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Emotional Resilience – Coping with adversity
September 9, 2010
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Some call it ‘mental toughness’, others will talk about ‘emotional resilience’. In essence, these words describe our capacity to face adversity and to cope with stress, and our ability to bounce back to our usual state of balance after some severe or emotionally challenging events. “What doesn’t kill you makes your stronger” said Nietzsche. In [...]
Read moreStressed! What to do about i?
June 24, 2010
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“If you live everyday as an emergency, you pay the price” Stress is a physiological (body), behavioural and mental response to a perceived or real threat. It implies you feel in danger. Some stress is necessary and good: in healthy doses it makes you more alert, focused, and productive. It improves your performance and awareness [...]
Read moreWhat causes stress?
March 9, 2010
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A cave man would say “that’s when I’m face to face with an hungry bear or a mammoth and I left the spear at home”. Today stress is mainly chronic, and as threatening as a talk with the boss, a TV dinner with an irritated mate, a queue at the bank teller, a shove in [...]
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