Emotional Resilience

Chapter 3

Mood

‘Mood is the background against which we work. It is the landscape against which our mind and body functions, and the foundations of our mental life.’

LIZ MILLER, BRITISH PHYSICIAN

This chapter will give you:

• an insight into how mood affects how you work and therefore your emotional resilience;
• two aspects to understanding mood, based on the past and the present;
• a way of distinguishing feelings from descriptions of states;
• a way to assess your own mood and decide what you need to be more effective in your current job (do you need to increase your mood or tone it down?).

Mood

Your emotional state at any given moment

Mood is the overall atmosphere that we create and then inflict on others through being with them, via ...