Support - Challenge - Inspire
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Sense
The awareness of change.
Think
Logical or impulsive.
Recognise
Which emotion is present?
”I feel…”
Investigate
What is triggering our change or emotion in this situation?
Visualise
The possible responses we can control to change the situation to being more desirable?
Emotions
Which emotions need to be visible and which need to be hidden, to improve the chances of a desirable response?
Response
Action your intended response
Recognise
Learn to recognise the physical sensations on your body when you are triggered or beginning to be emotionally compromised.
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These physical cues are the first signs of being triggered and can come before we’ve even
registered the emotion.
The earlier you can recognise the physical cues, the quicker you can start your regulation process.
Some common signs of physical cues can be clenched fists, tension in stomach or shoulders, fast and shallow breathing and jaw tensing.
Calm
When we try to calm ourselves, it is useful to label the emotion.
“ I am feeling really angry”
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Neuroscientists studies have found that by doing this the thinking part of our brains begins to kick in and reduces activity in the emotional part of the brain (Limbic area), that is used for the fight/ flight responses.
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Take a deep breath and ground yourself by feeling parts of your body connecting to the floor.
Focus your attention on this contact. You can also look around and see what’s around you, focusing on colours, objects and details to help reset our nervous system and emotional brains dominance.
Perspective
Perspective is important in these compromised moments as it can be easy to create false narratives around the situation. If we can recognise, calm and then coach ourselves through the challenging times.
Consider taking a hypothetical 'out of body' step away from the situation and take a different perspective. Imagine you are observing yourself from a distance, how would you coach yourself? Staying in this out of body state, move around the room and take the perspective of the person or event that might be triggering your emotional state.
What could be going on in their world? What emotions could they be trigger by that leads them to respond and behave in the way that they do? There may be a good reason that you are unaware of, that is making them behave in this way, and it may have nothing to do with you.
You may not be able to control this however
you can influence it with your response.
Do you fuel their emotional response or do you defuse it?
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That is all that you are in control of, your response.
The Striver band is a self management resource that is designed to improve performance.
It can be used in many different ways and for many different reasons. A few impactful ways we suggest using the Striver Band is for self regulation, reset triggers and pre-event anchor.
The Striver Band is used as a focal point to bring your attention to your current state. This is a crucial skill that is often needed in the world of sport however can be transferred into many walks of life.
In performance environments it is inevitable that there will moments when your emotional state will be tested and compromised.
When we are compromised, it is likely that our decisions are made from undesirable and impulsive parts of our brains.
The Striver Band is designed to bring an awareness to your current state, so you can catch yourself before being compromised and negatively impact your performance.