ALISTAIR…Stress relief
Week 7
This week’s techniques built on last week’s theme of unlocking our values, so we can better understand the way they shape who we are and how we think and behave.
Stress is something that we all experience from time to time. My typical way to deal with it is to hibernate and try my best to get through the tough times. This has given me varying degrees of success. Enter the Humour Box: a self-designed container of goodies that give me ‘lift’ whenever I feel under pressure. It’s a fantastic toolkit, and I found myself reaching into it at least twice this week.
Other food for thought this week: What are my strengths? What is my purpose in life. I realized I’ve become quite caught up in seeing myself through other people’s eyes or paying too much attention to the achievements of others to truly reflect on my own needs. I made a decision to take action around mapping a clearer and sustainable path for myself.
I was quite taken with the following quote this week from Ferdinand Foch: “The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire”.