Find Your Anchor In A Sea Of Fear

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Your heart skips a beat for every news headline about a new virus, volatile market or any other unsettling item. ‘What if’ questions may occupy your mind about an elderly parent or grandparent in a nursing home. Uncertainty about what else this year will bring and the future at large, may keep you up at night. While some people may be just annoyed with the lack of certain supplies on the store shelves. Toilet paper, anyone?

Find your anchor…

Many of you may be up at night because you were thrust into job transition mode. It wasn’t your fault. But you are now looking for work. Or it may be that your company is now talking about layoffs or restructures, which is unsettling for you.

Find your anchor…

Some of you may have recently lost someone very dear to you, as I have. The pain from heartbreak is so deep that it’s hard to put into words. “Now what?’ or ‘will your heart ever heal?’ are questions that creep into your thoughts and threaten to take away your inner peace.

Find your anchor…

Angry waves bring endless reasons to be fearful, tossing our ship around like it is a canoe without a paddle. Whether you lead a team or not, people depend on us to find and hang onto our anchors in a time of fear. Teams, co-workers, future co-workers, future teams, friends, family, your social network, customers. Much is at stake and depend on all of us to pull together.

Here are 5 ways in finding your anchor and keeping inner peace in a rising sea of fear.

1) Face reality and stare it down

While it’s important to acknowledge when a storm is upon us, don’t make the waves bigger than they are. Assess whether or not there is a risk or threat. Oftentimes if we get to a place where there is no threat, fear shrinks. You can overcome it.

2) Quiet your mind

Learn to arrest the thoughts of fear. If the thought is not current reality, don’t dwell on it. Escape for a while and clear your head. Take a walk. Breathe. Disconnect for awhile. Let inner, spiritual, or mindful peace come in and calm you.

3) Focus on good

Insist on focusing on the good. Don’t let the news or social media influence you into a state of panic.

· Create a grateful list. A grateful list is composed of things, places, animals, and people that make you smile. Revisit the list frequently. This helps to put things into perspective.

· Speak truth and kindness. Let karma take care of the rest.

· Focus on being productive. Hobbies are a good thing.

· Think of it as a test of your resiliency. Will you let this derail or deliver you to a greater purpose?

· Trust that there is a greater good, purpose, blessing, personal growth, healing, or lesson on its way.

4) Limit the incoming waves of endless news

Let’s face it, the worse the news, the higher the ratings. Limit the incoming news and social media. Personally, I might watch the first few minutes of the news and then switch over reruns, Hallmark movies, or my taped favorite shows.

Your inner self and peace of mind will thank you.

5) Take care of yourself

The world won’t benefit from your voice and influence if you don’t take care of yourself. Trust me I know this is easier said than done. While my close friend was in the ICU for two weeks and later died, I had to keep reminding myself to eat, drink water, and to simply breathe.

Surround yourself with supportive people. Develop healthy habits such as exercise and good eating. Try, yes try…to get some sleep.

The sea of fear ebbs and flows. We’ve gone through many stormy seas in the past. This too can be overcome if we find our anchor and all pull together.

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Tresha Moreland

Tresha Moreland is a 30-year organizational effectiveness and strategic workforce planning expert. She partners with business leaders to develop workplace strategies that achieve best-in-class results. She has held key organizational leadership roles in multiple industries such as manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality, and healthcare. Tresha is the founder and principal consultant of HR C-Suite, LLC (www.hrcsuite.com). HR C-Suite is a results-based HR strategy resource dedicated to connecting HR with business results. She has received a master’s degree in human resource management (MS) and a master’s degree in business administration (MBA). She has also earned a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Six Sigma Black Belt Professional (SSBBP) Certification. She is also recognized as a Fellow with the American College Healthcare Executives with a FACHE designation.