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Overcoming Anxiety at Work

Summary: Strategies for reducing workplace anxiety and creating a secure environment for all employees

Main Outcome: Reduced workplace anxiety

Top Benefit(s): Improved overall mental health and productivity

Next Steps: Implement stress-reduction techniques and monitor their effectiveness

Time to Complete: 30 minutes

Target Audience: All employees, Mental health advocates

Why it works

Before:

When my clients talk about their day, many report feeling more able to focus on their priorities and manage their stress earlier in their day, and that this ability vanishes throughout the day; as if the stress from each meeting/event was compounding into something that sucks the energy required to push back on distractions and focus. They hope for a way to “Reset” so they feel “like in the morning” but throughout the day.

After:

This is exactly what this tool does: in less than 3 minutes, you reset your emotional and stress levels so you can manage your emotions better and not carry the related stress over; you then have more energy to plan what’s next (the Future) with more clarity and awareness which eventually drives more performance and frees up more time and energy for your priorities.
So you finish the day more satisfied, less stressed and less tired.

TO DO

3X deep slow breaths
  • After adjusting your body posture to: eyes closed, loose facial muscles, looking up and smiling
PAST (event/meeting):
  • With the same body posture, state what I just liked or learned.
PRESENT:
  • Identify my top need by assessing
    • my Guts (Am I triggered?)
    • my Heart (Am I feeling sad or like a victim?)
    • my Body (Am I feeling tired? Hungry? In Pain?)
  • Visualize my top need being fulfilled and how it feels.
FUTURE (next event/meeting):
  • Visualize what I want to happen from TO DO to success and how I want to feel at the end
  • Reframe my TO DO until my expectations are 1) 100% achievable by me in the time available and 2) aligned with others
    Visualize when I have disconnected the outcome from who I am
  • Visualize when I feel safer and therefore more available to enjoy the present with fun
  • State consequences for NOT DO and share as needed
  • Set timer for 80% of time available and start!

NOT DO

Keep my eyes open during the experience (as it does NOT allow to access emotions)
Skip visualizations (they allows to anchor at emotional level)
Dwell on any step (habit more likely to stick if under 3 minutes)

 

 

Your next 2 weeks steps 

Start NOW or schedule your first try:
  • Apply TO DO right away (<30 minutes)
  • Once done, decide your commitment for the next 2 weeks
    • How are you feeling right after? Compared to before? What was the value for you?
    • What to adjust for you to commit for 2 weeks?
    • Visualize the next time you apply it and how you would like to feel
    • Celebrate that you have tried something new
Build your habit (-> more practice -> more results)
  • Model: After [OTHER CURRENT HABIT] and at/when [TIME], I will [NEW HABIT] in [LOCATION].
  • Example: When I wake up and after I have used the bathroom, I will put my sports shoes on, go to the front door, put my sports clothes on, put the timer on for 5 minutes, and warm up outside.
  • Print your sticky habit
Total time:

3m/day X 10 = 30 minutes in 2 weeks

How you measure success: 

You have applied at least 10X times in the next 2 weeks

What value you can expect: 

Less stress or tired; more focus and energy

How to get started: 

Print and fill your Habit template then apply right away

 

With more time

Apply more often

Insightful? Potential positive changes for you?

What are you willing to commit as next steps?

Meet The Author

Ludo Pasquereau

The Founder of Wiser Sooner Coaching
Founder of Wiser Sooner Coaching, Ludo is an ICF Professional Coach (PCC) with over 25 years of experience in leadership roles for project management and business development in engineering-focused industries. Most of Ludo's clients develop the skills and confidence to improve their performance and be
more authentic under pressure, at work or at home.

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