We all try to show our ‘good side’ and hide our ‘bad side’. But if we try too hard to ‘hide the unacceptable me’, we can pay a big psychological price in the form of tiredness, anxiety and depression.
Category: Presence
Staying calm under pressure
Calmness is the ability to keep a level head despite what is happening to you. When you’re under pressure, you can be convinced that no
Staying calm
Sometimes it seems as though the world is provoking you. You resolve to stay calm, but in the next few minutes the phone rings, and
Containing yourself
I’m not a great fan of the psychology of self-containment. It is too often used by people who want to control others. ‘Contain yourself!’ says
Be unsurprised
Much anxiety is caused when we are surprised at what should not surprise us. Someone who is consistently rude to others is surprised when others
Flow
One of the biggest contributors to anxiety is our inability to go with the flow. Think of a dam in a river. It stops the
