“Tolerating uncertainty is a skill.” Stress expert Elke Van Hoof on why the neutral phase is your greatest opportunity to de-stress.
Sadness, anger, regret, guilt, shame, and sometimes relief. All mixed together, confusing, and overwhelming. The temptation to push emotions away is great, but that only makes them larger.
Stress expert Elke Van Hoof shares a personal emotional breakthrough. During a difficult period, she thought she was anxious. But when she paused long enough, she discovered it was actually something else entirely: pain she wasn’t sure was allowed to be there. Emotions are not limited to your private life. In the workplace, too, we sometimes find it difficult to give emotions space, but they belong there as well. The question that helps to move forward then is: “What do you need to make the next hour a good one?”
