The Office Jungle. Judi James

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      • Sit still.

      • Place your elbows on the desk and start massaging your face. Nothing with a psycho-spin to startle your colleagues, just a little eyebrow- or earlobe-rubbing here and there. Maybe a gentle pinch to the bridge of the nose. Or a cool caress along the temples. Slacken the jaw muscles an inch or two along the way.

       Pulse Out

      • Sit still.

      • Place your fingers lightly on your pulse and close your eyes. Listen to your heartbeat. Then do everything you can to slow it down – relax your body. Empty your mind. Breathe deep and slow. The buzz of satisfaction you’ll receive when you realize you have regained control over your own bodily functions will be enormous.

       Age in Context

      • Sit still.

      • Relax your body and close your eyes.

      • Visualize. You are a very old person, now retired. There is no office any more, no work – just the annual nursing-home outing to Blackpool to look forward to. Look back on your life. Then think – does this problem I’m stressed about really matter that much? Will it matter to me when I’m reading the Peoples’ Friend and smelling of TCP? Will it? Will it really?

       Comfort Zones

      • Sit still.

      • Do something silly that you enjoyed as a child. Children are expert at formulating their own stress-busting. Cartoons are good. So are lollipops. Find a book you used to enjoy as a kid and drag it out of your bag and read it when the going gets tough. Do this in private if you have a low embarrassment threshold.

      Or, do it with enough élan at work and you may even find colleagues will treat you with renewed respect, believing they’re working for a true eccentric genius. Or, at the very least they’ll give you a wide berth in future, which could solve all your stress problems in one fell swoop.