Fear Management Pillows

"It's the apocalypse!"

'Yours, is one of the worst cases of acrophobia I've ever seen.'

"There was a bee."

'Relax! It's a bottomless pit!'

"I have an existential dread of falling off your couch."

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

'What sort of mission statement is that?'

'I'll be late for dinner, dear. I'm up to my neck in paperwork.'

In basket-case.

A female patient in an exam room sees a sign that reads, 'Break glass in case of physician burnout'

IN box...OUT is wastepaper basket on fire.

"Clear my schedule for the next five minutes. I feel the need for some spontaneous frivolity."

"Worst case of month-end burnout I ever saw."

'Yes, I know there's a deadline on this project.'

Doug had trouble getting home at a decent hour.

"I think I'll be late back for tea. . . about a week."

Skiing.

Work Parfait

'A few more years in this job and you'll learn how to delegate stress.'

Be Healthy

Surfing the daily stress

"Well the good news is that after the reorganisation you'll be leading the team."

Man at desk with two in-trays reading 'urgent' and 'too late'.

What My Day Feels Like

Busy Workload Today and Especially Tomorrow

'Dang it, I just washed this street. Boy, every time...'

Fight or Flight

"Give me all the caffeine you have."

"They've hiked up our targets again...I'm going to have to put in some overtime to have any chance of meeting them!"

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

'I can't control my anger when people get too close to my kids...'

"Try thinking about something else."

'Yes, as a matter of fact, you have caught me at a bad time.'

'I have much less stress since I replaced my in box with a paper shredder.'

"Yes, I saw the obituary. So, is that why you weren't in yesterday?"