Developing Your Emotional Resilience
Do you find that you are continually feeling emotionally drained at work, and things tend to bring you down a little bit too much? Are you one of those people who hide from your emotions because you've been taught to leave them at the door?
This week, I want to have an important conversation with you as we explore the four types of resilience, by giving you some key strategies to work with.
Hi, this is Grant Herbert, leadership and sustainable performance coach, and today I'm going to talk about emotional resilience and why it's essential for navigating challenges and stress effectively. In our fast-paced world, especially at work, emotional resilience is a skill everyone needs to develop.
A couple of weeks ago, when we started this conversation around resilience where I set a benchmark understanding of what resilience is and isn't—it's not about toughening up. We talked about those things, and if you haven't heard that one yet, go back and listen to it. But today, I want to begin by defining emotional resilience. It refers to your ability to adapt, recover, and even grow stronger when faced with challenges, stress, and adversity. It's not about ignoring disruptive emotions but learning to navigate them in healthier and more productive ways. So today, I want to give you 8 key strategy areas to work on so that you can develop more emotional resilience.
All these strategies come from emotional intelligence, which is your ability to recognise what's going on for you emotionally, to engage in helpful self-talk and inner dialogue, and to work through each emotion to benefit you, others, and the greater good. A lack of these skills can lead to a lack of emotional resilience.
The first thing you need to do is cultivate self-awareness.
As I mentioned earlier, many people ignore their emotions or are told they're not allowed to be emotional. However, that is impossible—we are emotional beings. Many people have not had the opportunity to develop these skills because they don't see them as important. As a result, emotions creep up on them, leading to outcomes that aren't desired.
Self-awareness allows you to understand what's happening internally. It provides a starting point to practice the other skills I’ll talk about. To do this, you need to understand what an emotion is—a physiological cue in your body indicating that something is happening in your world. How you interpret that and the dialogue you attach to it, filtered through your identity and those areas we've worked on, will determine what you do with it. So, the first step is to notice in the moment what's happening. Developing mindfulness can help you do this by allowing you to quiet the noise and ask yourself, “What's going on for me right now?”
The second strategy is to develop emotional navigation skills.
You need to be able to notice the emotion, name the emotion to identify which emotion it is, and then navigate it to reach the outcome you want. Everyone navigates their emotions, but not always in a way that leads to the results that you want. The goal here is to navigate emotions to yield healthy results.
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The third strategy is to build a strong support network.
You need people in your life because no one succeeds alone. In the context of emotional regulation, it's crucial to have someone you can speak to about things you’re not feeling good about. It's okay to be negative sometimes, to have a “pity party,” and let someone listen to your perspective. Additionally, having support is important when going through times of stress and adversity. Building a strong support network means realising it’s okay to ask for help and not be okay, allowing you to foster vulnerability and build the right relationships.
Next, you need to set boundaries and prioritise self-care....
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Grant Herbert (aka The People Builder) describes himself as an ordinary guy, with an outstanding wife and 5 amazing kids, who has a passion to help people escape the performance trap and regain their authenticity in every area of life. He is a VUCA Leadership Mentor, Sustainable Performance Coach, Master Coach Trainer in Social and Emotional Intelligence, and the founder of People Builders.
Visit www.grantherbert.com to find out how you can connect.
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Love the article! Whenever feeling down it's good to have good people around you, to support and listen to you.