Job Performance

Navigating Workplace Stress and Anxiety

by John Nolan
1st May 20251st May 2025

Workplace stress and anxiety are common, arising from factors like workload, relationships, uncertainty, and limiting beliefs. Symptoms can range from physical discomfort to avoidance and reduced productivity. Effective management involves awareness, assertiveness, boundary setting, problem-solving, mindfulness, exposure, emotional and thought management, self-care, and improved communication, aimed at transforming potentially destabilizing anxiety into energy that supports productive work and well-being.

Navigating Workplace Stress and Anxiety1st May 2025
Workplace stress and anxiety are common, arising from factors like workload, relationships, uncertainty, and limiting beliefs. Symptoms can range from physical discomfort to avoidance and reduced productivity. Effective management involves awareness, assertiveness, boundary setting, problem-solving, mindfulness, exposure, emotional and thought management, self-care, and improved communication, aimed at transforming potentially destabilizing anxiety into energy that supports productive work and well-being.
Psychosensory Techniques: Reducing Anxiety Through Mind-Body Connection30th April 2025
Psychosensory techniques reduce anxiety by utilising sensory input to influence brain activity, particularly in areas related to emotion regulation. These methods work on the mind-body connection to downregulate the stress response and promote calmness. Havening Techniques® are a specific type of psychosensory therapy that uses gentle touch applied to the face, arms, and palms to alleviate anxiety linked to distressing memories. Havening practitioners guide clients through a process involving the application of this touch, often combined with distraction techniques like counting or visualisation. This is believed to work by generating delta waves in the brain, helping to depotentiate traumatic memories in the amygdala, activating the parasympathetic nervous system, and fostering neuroplasticity, leading to a reduction in anxiety levels. Clients are often taught Self-Havening to manage anxiety independently.
Managing Anxiety Related to Work29th April 2025
Reducing work-related anxiety involves a multifaceted approach that includes shifting your mindset, accepting your feelings, practising mindfulness, challenging negative thoughts, gradually facing fears, setting boundaries, addressing root causes, cultivating self-compassion, engaging in relaxation techniques, prioritising well-being, taking action, consciously questioning anxieties, reducing avoidance, focusing on solutions, accepting feelings, and clarifying values.
Overcoming the Feeling of Overwhelm28th April 2025
An overwhelm coach assists individuals in recognising the roots and signs of their overwhelm. They equip clients with practical techniques to manage immediate feelings of being overwhelmed, develop stronger boundaries, improve assertiveness, and cultivate resilience to prevent future occurrences, ultimately helping them regain a sense of control and balance in their lives.
Workplace Anxiety: A Comprehensive Overview27th April 2025
Workplace anxiety is a prevalent issue encompassing a range of emotional, cognitive, and physical symptoms experienced by individuals due to workplace pressures. It manifests differently for individuals, colleagues, supervisors, subordinates, and the organisation. If left unaddressed, it can significantly impair individual well-being, team dynamics, and overall business performance through reduced productivity, increased absenteeism, and decreased innovation. Human Resources plays a crucial role in detecting workplace anxiety through various monitoring and support mechanisms. Implementing strategies at the organisational, departmental, managerial, and individual levels is essential to foster a healthier and more productive work environment. These strategies focus on promoting open communication, managing workloads, providing support resources, and empowering individuals to develop coping mechanisms.