Dealing with a Stressful Workplace

This article discusses the strategic ways and positive directions one can engage in when under stressful and emotionally draining workplace environments.

Remember, you are STRONG. You were made to do tough things. Ground down and find your foundation. What can you gain from this experience?

The Yoga Institute:
“The world is bound to unfairness. A person may face unfairness from time to time, while one-off situations could be moved on from; a recurring situation needs addressing. When it comes to workplace unfairness, fingers are immediately pointed towards the boss. Dealing with an unfair boss implies two things- one has been wronged & one needs to react. Yoga philosophy finds both as undesirable; Yoga prefers to take an active position over the victim stance or a reaction to action psychology.”

What to do with The Angry Boss:
“An unfair situation needs to be examined before drawing conclusions. Ask yourselves questions, has this been a recurring behavior on your boss’ part or was it a one-off instance? What was the event that triggered the behavior? Often, we make quick conclusions over a misread situation. It could be triggered by our ego or our baggage from the past, making us less compassionate towards our seniors.

Consider the situation once, from your boss’ point of view. If you have seen a sudden change of behavior, like forlornness, unexpected quietness followed by anger; there is a serious chance that your boss is going through something emotional, personally. In such a sudden switch, a bit of friendliness, compassion, and tolerance from your end can go a long way. It will be noticed by your boss and the edge could be pulled off from the everyday interactions. You could also seek your boss for a one-on-one conversation, calmly stating your grievances, try this only after covering your tracks, i.e. make sure you corrected your mistakes and then approach your boss for due reasoning.

But, if the situation continues to stay ugly even after you showed compassion, causing you stress or anger, in that case, resort to Pranayama. Regularly, start practicing deep breathing; slowly take a deep breath in, and gradually breathe out. This will calm your nerves, helping you to evaluate the situation more objectively. Consider your options; is it possible to move to a new role or department, thus cutting off direct interactions with the unfair boss? Or is it your blessing in disguise to explore your options for a career move or change of organization, entailing new opportunities?

A new start, be a new department role or a new company doesn’t come with the promise of total positivity and fairness. Dealing with a new manager can be equally tricky but, if you continue to use the same old patterns it will keep us stuck in a similar situation.

Practicing Parikarma, a Yoga technique which helps in purifying a person’s mind, includes Maitri (Friendliness), Karuna (Compassion), Mudita (Goodwill), Upeksa (Indifference for Evil), which helps in balancing our mind and deal with unfairness objectively. Being detached from situations with a witness-like attitude helps in better dealing with unfairness as it won’t potentially affect us emotionally. Following Pratipaksha Bhavana, teaches us to challenge our mind, and helps to shift and realign our energies. Thus, when negative feelings like greed, anger, delusion arise, shifting your attention in the opposite direction also goes a long way in dealing with sticky situations of unfairness.

A situation doesn’t define us, how we react to it is what defines us. Thus, when you can’t change an outside situation, change the direction of your focus, to bring some semblance for yourself.”

We are powerful and beautiful women. Negative women give us power as we learn to read a situation with an objective mind, not emotional, and practice positive variations that lead to strong, healthy relationships.
Support each other, lift each other up. You got this!

Patients want and need healthy, affordable options for fresh vegetables and fruits. Thankfully, there are simple ways to help unhealthy patients who have said they often choose less healthy options because of cost. Women a natural at nurturing, therefore start a conversation around the table and address our current food faults.

One way to help is by building a free community garden for patients, like the one right here at DeLand Foot and Leg Center – Plant to Plate Patient Garden. Here patients can access food and learn new ways to prepare them. Get everyone involved, make it a family investment.

Another way is with a physician-driven RX: Veggies & Fruits Program. To this end, we are working with local vendors and will be able to provide patients, that do not have enough money to purchase healthier food options, a prescription for free or discounted fresh produce/fruits locally. Seven of the “Ten Leading Causes of Death” are linked to poor nutrition, according to the CDC.

ONLY 9.3% of adults meet the daily vegetable intake recommendation.

“On average, Americans consume less fruits/vegetables and more protein. The top two reasons for this: the cost of and lack of access to good quality fruits/vegetables.”

Diabetes and prediabetes is on the rise, but diabetics can significantly reduce their HgA1c, when they eat more fresh vegetables from a community garden.

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.”

— The Plant to Plate Team

Why am I doing this? For the last 15+yrs, I have seen patients cycling through their doctors’ offices, and it is pills, pills, pills, tests, surgery, pills. Patients assume they are “healthy” under the control of pills, pills, pills.

Physicians have become an extension of the Drug/Device Companies. This way of thinking needs a reset. Recently, I saw a family member who reported their health as good, telling staff, “Nope, I have no medical problems.” Yet, their medication list was IMPRESSIVE and they were under treatment for: hypertension, elevated cholesterol, Afib, congestive heart failure, renal disease, diabetes, restless leg syndrome, edema, and arthritis.

My colleagues have to understand we have a problem: 7/10 Leading causes of death are nutrition-related.

Getting the Conversation Started:

Fresh is too expensive? We will help to find locations that offer free or discounted veggies & fruits.

Changing eating patterns feels overwhelming – so use a replacement approach. Instead of chicken or fish on a salad use legumes (beans and peas), soy products, and nuts/seeds.

“I don’t have the time to cook healthy meals,” so we will help with simple and basic ways to approach veggies.

Now, do you want to see if your doctor received drug or device company money? CHECK OUT: DOLLARS FOR DOCTORS. You can search by “name” OR put in your “City and State,” then rank by “HOW MUCH,” to find out who is the highest paid in your town.

Remember, “the best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.”

— The Plant to Plate Team

And so, we built a garden and so can you at your business.

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