14 Jun Making it okay to not be okay
In an environment of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, our mood is inevitably affected, and as a result, our job performance, where we spend most of the time and where it can be most difficult to show our vulnerability.
Vulnerability, writes Stephanie Tungfor medium.com, and how we show up for ourselves and those around us in the workplace, especially when experiencing a pandemic, is also an opportunity to strengthen ourselves as a team and as people, understanding that it is “okay to not be okay”.
So, how do we create spaces for collaborators or team members to be honest about how difficult things are, without doing it in an awkward way?
Stephanie chose to write an email to bring this situation to light. She proposes a practical guide on what to do and what not to do when talking about our emotions. It divides this advice into two phases, in the first one it explains what we can do for ourselves and in the second, what we can do to support our colleagues.
For you:
For your peers and colleagues:
Although we live in this time, even before the pandemic, in which society sells us the idea that we must always show an image of success and being invincible. But emotional and mental health specialists insist that the way forward is to accept and embrace ourselves as we are, being vulnerable to be strong.
Source:
https://medium.com/@stung/making-it-okay-to-not-be-okay-94bbac652d19
https://elpais.com/elpais/2015/03/15/laboratorio_de_felicidad/1426460162_142646.html