Calm under pressure
6 articles on this topic.
September 28, 2026
When someone's angry at you, they're handing you their fear
Anger is how fear moves between people. Read the fear underneath instead of matching the heat, and an outburst becomes something you can answer calmly.
September 21, 2026
Nervous before the pitch? Good.
Cold hands and a racing heart before a pitch are your body showing up for you. How to reframe the nerves, and what to do the week, the hour, and the minute before.
August 31, 2026
How to defuse someone who's looking for a fight
Defending yourself, correcting the facts, matching their volume: all three give the fight something to push against. What works instead is responding like a vacuum, which takes the oxygen out of the exchange.
June 29, 2026
What two decades of martial arts taught a non-fighter about conflict at work
More than twenty years of martial arts, and I never once wanted a fight. What that training teaches about conflict at work, where the real opponent is internal.
May 18, 2026
Burnout recovery that sticks
Rest is only half of burnout recovery. The other half is changing the conditions that produced it, and that half decides whether you stay recovered.
November 2, 2022
Anger is contagious, but so is compassion
Anger spreads from person to person automatically; compassion spreads too, but takes a little effort. The mechanism behind both, and how to choose what you pass on.