What Stress Is Telling Us with Vivienne Edgecombe

Even when we’re experiencing stress and overwhelm there’s far less for us to do than we sometimes imagine. In this episode I talk to Vivienne Edgecombe about that, about her experience grappling with the idea that she might never have children, and about her work with businesses helping their staff uncover their innate resilience.Vivienne Edgecombe has a background in HR and Organisational Development. Her fascination with human beings and what stops us from showing up at our beautiful best every day, led her to an understanding of the mind that is transforming psychology, mental wellbeing and organisations the world over – from prisons and the streets of Chicago, to boardrooms, meeting rooms and living rooms. This understanding now forms the foundation of the work she does in business and with individuals who are struggling with stress, anxiety or overwhelm.You can find Vivienne Edgecombe at VivienneEdgecombe.com and on Instagram @vivienneedgecombe.You can listen above, on your favorite podcast app, or watch on YouTube. Notes, links, resources and a full transcript are below. Show Notes* How other coaching tools become unnecessary once we understand the 3 Principles * The insight about how often we make up stories about our future * How insight about anything can change our entire outlook in a moment * How thought carries on even when our circumstances have changed * How change and shifts in perception are so natural to us * The difference between overwhelm and overworked * The liberation of seeing how our thinking impacts our stress levelsResources Mentioned in this Episode* Vivienne’s Life in Colour webinar * About Vivienne’s two booksTranscript of Interview with Vivienne EdgecombeAlexandra: Vivienne Edgecombe, welcome to Unbroken.Vivienne: Thank you very much, Alexandra, it’s lovely to be here.Alexandra: Lovely to see you. Why don’t you tell us about a little bit about your background and how you came across the three principles?Vivienne: My background has been mostly in human resources throughout my career. And that led me through a whole raft of personal development, professional development, and combinations of the two, throughout 25 years.I came to the UK in 2009. I wanted to study NLP with Jamie Smart, which I did. And Jamie at the time, was just starting to explore the principles. And so his NLP had a little bit of a different flavor about it, I think. And when he started teaching pure principles rather than NLP, I went along for that journey and never looked back. Really, it made so much sense to me and I got so many insights from it. And things just shifted and changed. So I didn’t, and still don’t, really see any reason to veer off that path. Because it just makes sense to me.Alexandra: You mentioned being in HR. And had you also felt like you were a bit of a seeker? Was there some searching going on as well?Vivienne: I would say so. I don’t know if I would have termed it that at the time. I think it was, but I definitely was looking at the next cool thing, next interesting thing to learn. The next thing that could help me, that could help someone else, because I was doing quite a lot of coaching and my HR jobs. And so yes, there was definitely one of those that mindset of, oh, this is a great thing to add to my toolkit. And oh, and, and great. Now my toolkits complete. Oh, no,