Brilliant Stress Management

Manage stress caused by change 159

no.’ We put off facing the inevitable change until we are con-

fronted by it and then nd ourselves getting angry with our

bosses or upset, or bitter. At the root of all these emotions is the

big one: fear. We fear the unknown, we fear not being able to

cope, we fear failure. As the emotions subside, we nd a dozen

reasons why it won’t work and resist the change, until we start

to see how it could work – or is already beginning to work – and

we then begin to explore what the change means to us. We come

to accept that there is a new reality and eventually make a com-

mitment to it.

If we cannot accept the change ...