Why Anchoring? It began with a phone call. “Do you have anything on stress? I am finding many people are coming to me saying how stressed they are, how full of anxiety and fear. They feel their life is out of control and not sure if they can handle anything more. It seems post-covid stress is worse than the stress we all felt during covid. Would you be able to speak into that?” I wasn’t sure whether to laugh hysterically, cry, or stare speechless at the phone. Anything on stress? I had just staggered my way through one of the most stressful seasons of my life on the back of the covid pandemic. Did I have something to say, to help people navigate stress? The internal bruising of my recent experience was still raw. “Yes, I have something to say about stress,” I replied cautiously. “Don’t just teach them about stress, we know what stress is, can you give them some tools, some pointers to coping with stress, anxiety and fear?”...