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Managing Stress Without Losing Calling With Pat Welsh

https://faithfulontheclock.com/managing-stress-without-losing-calling-with-pat-welsh

In Episode 149 of Faithful on the Clock, speaker and law enforcement officer Pat Welsh offers tips and insights for how to deal with stress even in the most difficult jobs.

Timestamps:

[00:04] - Intro

[00:38] - Pat’s background and experience

[02:39] - Pat’s integration of faith and work

[04:47] - Feeling obligated toward law enforcement and meeting unique purpose

[06:55] - Reconciling being in a stressful job or situation with the story of Job

[17:34] - Why our identity is not what we do; our “life sentence”

[23:42] - How Pat’s job influenced his marriage; advice for managing how your work influences the stress others experience

[28:55] - Delegating and facing the fears underneath not doing everything yourself

[42:51] - How the business world trains us to be on edge; addressing work culture to address stress

[51:53] - Practical recommendations for managing stress as we adjust work culture to be healthier

[01:01:32] - How to get in touch with Pat/Prayer

[01:03:50] - Outro/What’s coming up next

Key takeaways:

1. Stress has biblical precedent, and it is not evidence that God is absent. As the stories of Job and Jesus in the garden show, God often sits with us even in our most stressful hour. God does not create our suffering to test us, but can use it to rebuke the Devil and strengthen our faith.
2. Calling often includes high stakes environments. In this sense, leadership is less about position and more about influence and impact.
3. Faith calls believers to live out the unique purpose God created them for. This might mean we carry a significant stress load, but rejecting being a “photocopy” increases our impact.
4. Stress around our calling or work often comes from trying to control what belongs to God. If we accept His sovereignty, the stress we might encounter is often reduced.
5. Our work doesn’t just influence our own stress. It can influence the stress of those we care about. We can be loving to others by staying aware of this influence and working intentionally to examine our habits and goals.
6. We can use practical strategies to manage stress even as we intentionally work to improve work environments that lead to anxiety.

• Pat Welsh on LinkedIn
• Warrior Servant Leadership Podcast

CTAs:

1. Reflect about your work tasks and obligations. Identify what produces the most stress and select 1-3 strategies you can proactively use to regulate yourself.
2. Have a candid discussion with your loved ones about how your work might be causing them stress and what you can all do to minimize the damage.

What’s coming up next:

Stress can lead us into unhealthy coping mechanism and poor choices. But in Episode 150 of Faithful on the Clock, Laurette Willis shows us how to transform our mistakes into a new foundation for our work.

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