Managing Expectations & Maintaining Cognitive Flexibility - Ep. 38

When we fail to examine our expectations, and they don’t become a reality, we can have strong feelings of disappointment, resentment, anger, frustration, discouragement, or resignation.Expectations are another word for predictions. Our senses of predictability and control are the primary variables determining how strong our stress response is within any situation. A higher degree of both equals a smaller stress response.Conversely, our stress levels increase when our predictions don’t come tr...