We all suffer from anxiety at one time or another. It is part of our psychological make up. Anxiety like all of our feelings serves an important purpose in our life. It tells us that something is amiss and we need to be cautious. It asks us think things through before we act and in general helps us to make better decisions.

Short periods of anxiety, say, when we are applying for a new job, or starting a new job, getting a new boss or making any bigger changes, are normal and healthy. However, when anxiety starts to dominate our life,  especially our work-life, then this makes our life miserable.

When that happens usually you feel like the situation is permanent and does not resolve or you are in a constant state of alert. In either case anxiety becomes a big part of your life. You wake up feeling anxious, you can’t eat because you feel such a sense of dread going to work. At work you cannot concentrate, because your mind is scrambled, either because you are so anxious, or because you do not sleep well at night.

At night your mind goes into overdrive with rumination.You constantly have the same thoughts going round and round in your head. They will either be projections of bad things that are going to happen next or you will constantly re-live what happened in the past. You feel driven to do loads of things, but never feel you have achieved enough. You are tired but wired. You might be irritable or depressed and your sense of self-worth is at an all-time low. It’s a terrible state to be in.

Sadly in our society today, more and more people suffer from stress and anxiety at work. A study in October 2019 revealed that four out of ten people feel they are at breaking point at work due to stress and anxiety.

Is this how you feel? Then read on.

Let me tell you a bit about my experience with anxiety at work. A few years ago I worked for a charity as a counsellor. At first I was very happy working for this organisation. But when a colleague and I flagged up concerns about a serious issue within the organisation, instead of being appreciated for our integrity and diligence, we were bullied by the management and put under an enormous amount of pressure. Although management mainly focused on my colleague, I was very concerned about when they would start treating me in a similar way.

This situation went on for over a year and created a climate of suspicion and fear in the whole organisation. During this time I used a lot of the techniques I am teaching in the course to help myself maintain my wellbeing and stay calm. However, the atmosphere became pretty bad and eventually I left the organisation, because I felt that the place had become toxic. Everybody was walking on eggshells and there was a feeling of distrust. I did not want to continue to be in an environment that was so unsupportive and unwholesome.

You, like me, might be feeling unsupported, unappreciated or threatened by your manager, or boss, or colleagues. Your reasons for your work anxiety might be very different from my own. You might feel completely overwhelmed by your workload, or you might suffer from lack of confidence, or you might have difficulties with your team members.

The course I am offering can show you ways to reduce your work anxiety, calm yourself and manage your emotions. It can help you understand why you might experience anxiety and what you can change to feel more resilient and more more confident. this course can help you to understand what kind of things you can change from your side and which things are really outside of your control.

Leaving, finding a new job or becoming self employed is the last resort to deal with work anxiety and not always an option. It is not always what needs to happen either. I left, because I valued my wellbeing and decided that I did not have to fight for justice there, I could just let it go.

In this course I will give you the tools to be able to see more clearly what is happening in your situation and make the choices that are right for you. This course can give you the means to empower yourself so you can move on from anxiety to a place where you know what you need to do – and do it!

Here is the contents of the course, so you know exactly what you will receive, before you sign up for it.

1. Calming the system

In this first session we will look at what anxiety is and how it affects you. You will receive you exercises that will help you calming your nerves and your mind.

2. What is stress?

In this second session we will explore the difference between stress and anxiety. You will learn what stress is and what stressors you are exposed to.

3. Perspective

Isn’t it strange that in the same circumstances people have completely different experiences and responses? In this session we will explore how we the way we “see” things effects our experience and what to do about it.

4. Mindset

At the root of our sense of anxiety are our beliefs, assumptions and our mindsets. In this module you will learn what mindsets are, common mindsets in a work place and how to change an unhelpful mindset into an empowering mindset.

5. Resilience

Life is tough and we need to be tough to deal with it. Resilience is your way towards coping with whatever work or life throws at you.