From the course: Get in Tune: Foster Interpersonal Communication and Connection at Work

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Co-regulate while communicating

Co-regulate while communicating

From the course: Get in Tune: Foster Interpersonal Communication and Connection at Work

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Co-regulate while communicating

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- Have you ever tried to communicate with someone, but their way of communicating stresses you out? For example, your colleague may interrupt you while you're working on a project to ask for immediate feedback on their work. They're speaking a million miles a minute, telling you about how they're so worried about making the deadline and that they don't want to mess this up. It's clear that they're feeling overwhelmed and insecure in their abilities. As they demand your attention, you might notice that your emotional experience is shifting. Their overwhelm is starting to become your overwhelm. Your heart rate quickens, your breathing changes, and you feel the stress building up within you. In response, you sharply let them know that you are busy right now and you have no idea how they're going to be able to get this work done because it's due tomorrow and they're only halfway through. In turn, they feel even more overwhelmed. And instead of receiving reassurance from you, they feel…

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