Naming and learning to recognize your emotions can help you thrive under stress, according to author and former FBI special agent Errol Doebler. He recommends logging how you are feeling four times a day for a week, because awareness is the first step for getting a better handle on your feelings. 'It could be you're angry because you have to log this emotion,' Doebler tells Vozza. 'I don't care what it is. I want you to be able to identify and articulate it. By the end of the first week, people come back and say, 'I didn't realize how angry or frustrated I was all the time, and I didn't realize this is how I acted on that.' It's the awareness and the recognition that has to be first and foremost on your mind.'
One technique is to use a less commonly used sense at work: smell. Poffenroth will rub a bit of tea tree oil under her nose before a big presentation. 'This burst of a strong scent helps to deregulate the amygdala, so you can step back more into a courageous space,' she tells Vozza. 'Peppermint works great as well. Anything that's pungent and strong will jolt your brain out of what I call a 'fear spiral.''
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