Staying Cool Under Pressure

Staying Cool Under Pressure

In the article “Staying Cool Under Pressure” it talks about how our bodies respond to outside stress factors. It was interesting to read that our bodies at a cellular level are reacting to what is happening to us in our environment. I didn’t honestly understand half of what they were talking about but it was an interesting read.
I know I’m behind in this assignment but I read this article after my class with you on Thursday. It got me thinking about my own case loads and how I was reacting to them. Friday after my component and all staff meetings I sat down and looked at four of my families files and took fresh notes and in two cases did a drive by their homes just to get a visual of their neighborhood. I made lists of strengths and areas for growth for the families. I then really focused on myself and how I felt about the families and situations of each. Two of the families I felt good about the plan I already had in place and acknowledged the progress they had achieved. I was still seeing both of these families in crisis when I should have stopped to see where they had started and where they were now.
As I was looking and organizing my notes and thoughts on the third family I felt my stomach kind of clinch a little and my jaw tighten. I physically felt the effects of thinking about this family. I actually put the file away and sat for a while trying to clear my head. What I came away with is that I could see myself in the mom, how I would be in life if I hadn’t been intentional in my actions when I became a single mother. What I didn’t want for my children and myself was my focus to not let happen. The mom is at a place where it is more comfortable to stay with what you know than to take a chance and try something that will change how you live and think. The clinch in taking a chance is there is no guarantee that your life will be better than what you live with now.
I called the mom and said I needed her to do a visit and I met her at her...

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