Flight, Fly or Freeze: my client’s answer to her toxic boss

My client is an extremely clever, reliable, kind, ambitious (yes, kind and ambitious are not incompatible) and hard-working lady with high responsibilities in a global company.

She knows how to use best her brain and her heart so that she gets great results and leads her teams in the right direction.

However, she has an extremely toxic boss. On top of that, he has what seems an irrational and unpredictable behaviour, she doesn’t know how she should behave. Everything she has tried until now fails.

Our coaching session yesterday led us to talk about fear.

Have you heard about the “Fight, Flight, Freeze” responses to fear?

When facing a real or perceived danger or aggression, hormones are released in your body as an answer to stress and your nervous system will involuntarily make your body react in either one of these 3 ways:

• Fight: your body turns into fight mode as it thinks you can overpower the threat.
• Flight: your body turns into “run away” mode as it thinks you cannot overpower the threat.
• Freeze: your body is not able to move away from the danger or act against it.

There are numerous ways to overcome these physiological reactions. Breathing techniques, relaxation or meditation practices, regular exercices, etc.

As useful as they are, these solutions could be supported by coaching.

WHY?

Because you will never be able to tackle the root cause(s) of your stress if you don’t understand what it is really, how deep it impacts you and family/colleagues, where it is leading you to, etc.

Coaching can help you to find the answers to these questions.

Have you or are you lived/living a similar situation at work?

If so, don’t waste a moment, this is a serious challenge you are facing and coaching is a way to get out of it quickly.

Let me call you and we will find the best way for you!