Work Stress - Dealing With Other People's Stress Response

Dealing with Stressed Co-workers . . .  How can Body-typing Help?

When people learn that I teach body-typing and wellness, they are naturally curious to know which body-type they are and what it means. The conversation then quickly changes to the body-types of the people they are around the most: namely family and co-workers.

Understanding our body-type characteristics help us to understand our physical, mental and emotional strengths and weaknesses. My book, You-niversal Self-care is a guide to finding balance for each body-type.

Using body-typing to understand other people can helps us overall, to have healthier relationships.

Work Stress - An Intuitive Way to Deal . . . TarasBook.com

It's easy to spot others' weaknesses; especially when using a tool like body-typing.

Body-typing is a tool like any other- one that is used to better a situation, to facilitate a solution.


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Body-types their Work-stress Responses

It's easy to spot the person at work who, when stressed, will be stubborn, silent or even hold a grudge. These are some of the shadow characteristics of an Earth-type.

No-one wonders if the Fiery person is stressed. It's usually rather obvious in their brazen tone of voice and sharp comments.

Or how about the one who works at a quick pace, making rash decisions and looks visually shaken and stressed, or simply be Air-headed- the Air-type.

The Water-type may be the most mellow person in response to stress - or on the other hand, very emotional. The Earth-type can be very emotional too; the Earth has a lot of water and in body-typing, a lot of Water-type characteristics. One might think that a mellow stress response would be most easy to deal with, but not necessarily. This type of mellow-responder may avoid situations- which makes it challenging when a situation must be directly addressed.



I bet of you were naming off people as you read these brief descriptions :)




That's great! You've begun the journey of taking yourself out of the stressful situation and observing from a third person perspective. This makes the situation less personal and we can make wiser decisions from this perspective.

We cannot control others, right?

What we can do is choose how we view the situation. This perspective can lead us to making decisions that are right for the environment.


Story

Just the other day I had a person literally laugh at me right in my face. Ok, not right in my face, but a good 2 feet away. I've known him to be a very Fiery person and Fire-types are very active and reactive.

It was a long laugh so I had some time to think, thankfully! I went through all kinds of responses and his likely responses in my head and nothing seemed to be a viable option that would not result in more sharp responses.

In the end, I decided to say nothing. I gave him an every-day, kind smile and walked away in my normal way.

I realized that his response was about him, not about me. There was no need to engage then or even now.





Consider this the next time a person emotionally closes off, engulfs you in their flames, let's out in a stressed-Airy monologue or is seemingly unaware of their aloofness or irresponsibility. (Can you tell which Body-type response is which?)


The wisdom of Body-typing helps us to understand how to respond for environmental balance- whether it be your own body, your home-life or workplace.





Along with teaching and writing, I help run a business with my husband. I know what goes on in a work environment as someone who works in the environment and who facilitates things to run smoothly.

Body-typing Classes specifically geared towards helping co-workers to first understand their own nature, and then others' is very effective in creating a more harmonious and efficient environment. Available for companies of all sizes.


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Share a time when you naturally moved into this 3rd person perspective and handled a situation wisely; in a way that was good for the environment. We all could use helpful examples like these!