Pressure Points
An important aspect of my coaching work is helping clients recognise and deal with anxiety and the negative consequences of stressful lives. Here's why.
A personal account
In my mid-30s, and with a successful career, I became seriously ill, and my work and relationships suffered badly as a result. Eventually I discovered that the symptoms were my body's physical response to the stressful life I was leading.
A series of damaging past events, a lack of care for my own physical and emotional well-being, a toxic working environment, and a fear of being seen as unable to cope with the pressures of work had all combined to undermine my natural resilience and make me unwell.
Once I had understood this, and had taken steps to regain control and rebalance my life, I was symptom-free within twelve months, and I took up my career again with renewed energy. In fact, the difference it made was so profound that I trained as a teacher of the method that had worked so well, and I have used it to help others ever since.
Where it is appropriate, I provide this as a part of my coaching.
“Richard's approach has helped me find my own way through the issues I needed to explore, as well as discovering others during the process.”
Executive Director, Nomura International
From the Journal
Two short reflections close to this work: on anxiety itself, and on the trust whose absence so often lets it in.
Where the words come from: their root in “to choke or strangle”, and why the body holds as much of the answer as the mind.
Read the reflection → 02 Words to think aboutThe ground that anxiety fills when it is missing: on trust, truth, and psychological safety.
Read the reflection →Take control
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