How do you react under pressure? Which signals do you recognize?
We all have developed our own ways of coping successfully with stressful situations. To protect ourselves and hide our insecurity. Some might react irritated or sarcastic in an exciting situation, where others remains too nice or tries to hide their discomfort by giggling nervously or talking too quickly.
To discover the reactions to stressful situations of your clients, coachees, participants, employees, or yourself in a very accessible way, we have developed the coaching cards; Stress! Do you recognize the signs?. Using the 50 beautifully illustrated coaching cards enables you to quickly identify your protection mechanisms. Use of the provided exercise included in the card deck, or with the help of the exercises you’ll find here on the website to get started more effectively with stressful situations.
Card of the month
Picking a fight
One moment you and your partner are discussing where to eat, and the next, you’re angrily defending your dietary choices. Does that sound familiar?
Or perhaps you’re embarrassed about how poorly you wrote that last report when your colleague says, “Great job.” — “You try writing 5000 words at midnight, genius!” you snap…before realizing they weren’t out to get you at all.
How did those situations escalate so fast!?
Whether things tend to explode with coworkers, friends, or clients (I hope not), these are two examples of scenarios that could have been avoided. Somewhere along the line in these cases, you decided that the best defense was a good offense—probably subconsciously—and you want to know how to prevent it.
If you regularly pick fights when you’re feeling insecure or a little off, this article will help you understand why it happens and how to stop.
Stress Cards Exercises
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Listen to your
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Break your response to stress
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You can find more exercises on our ever growing cards of the week page or on our blog. The posts include three exercises specific to that card.
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