![]() It’s common for people who are grieving the loss of a spouse to feel pressured by well-meaning family and friends who offer all kinds of advice. It makes us want to withdraw into our shells and never come out. Pressure is a demand upon us that automatically creates anxiety. We fold under the slightest amount of pressure. Pressure, when experienced without sufficient energy to counteract it, becomes stress, strain, and burden. When we’re grieving, our energy levels are depleted. People with a strong sense of ego often thrive under pressure. ![]() Those who view pressure as exciting-as a fun way to play the game of life by making the stakes higher-tend to win in life. Have you ever wondered what separates people who succeed under pressure from those who collapse from it? Perspective. People Have Different Ways Of Dealing With Pressure To pressure is to compel or make someone do something.Įarnest Hemingway coined the often-used phrase, “Courage is grace under pressure.” I wonder if what he meant was that courage is the quality that gives someone poise and a sense that they can handle pressure. The dictionary defines pressure as stress, a constant state of worry and urgency. And when we are experiencing pressure, it’s a signal that we have an opportunity to call our energy and power back to ourselves. We think we need to take our power back from these external forces. We want to pin the blame for the pressure we feel on outer situations, circumstances, and/or people. We experience financial pressures, social pressures, career and professional pressures, relationship pressures found in marriages, partnerships, parenting, and more. We feel pressured to perform, conform, and please others. ![]() We all experience pressures in our lives. “Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what the hell you’re doing.” – Peyton Manning Have you ever wondered how some people seem to thrive even under pressure? In this article, Carrie Doubts, founder of Life’s Next Chapter Coaching, talks about grace under pressure.
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