Workplace Stress:
How the S.T.I.L.L Method Can Help
A practical approach to reclaiming calm and confidence at work
Hello—I’m Sioned Roberts, ACCPH accredited anxiety and wellbeing coach, and emotional regulation practitioner. I’m passionate about helping individuals and teams navigate workplace stress and develop emotional resilience. Over recent years, I’ve seen so many professionals struggle with burnout, overwhelm, and anxiety in the workplace. That’s why I’ve adopted the S.T.I.L.L Method to support professionals, teams, and leaders in busy environments.
From Stress to Stillness: Finding Focus in a Busy Workplace
The S.T.I.L.L Method (Stop, Talk, Imagine, Listen, Learn) is a simple yet powerful five-step approach that supports people to manage immediate stress and build lasting wellbeing. We begin with Stop, which encourages you to slow down and connect with the present moment, helping you break the cycle of automatic stress responses. Talk follows as a way to give voice to what you’re experiencing. Naming emotions reduces their intensity and helps you move through them more clearly.
The Imagine step invites creative thinking and space to visualise new possibilities or solutions, especially during difficult or high-pressure situations. With Listen, we practise self-awareness, tuning into thoughts, physical sensations, and feelings in a non-judgemental way. Finally, Learn helps turn experiences into insights, allowing individuals to build habits that support emotional regulation over time. These steps draw from techniques in CBT, NLP, positive psychology, and coaching, combining them into a gentle, structured toolkit that can be applied in any workplace.
The S.T.I.L.L Method in Everyday Practice
Stress at work often builds slowly, showing up as tension, low energy, irritability, or disconnection. Left unmanaged, it can reduce productivity and morale across a team. By integrating the S.T.I.L.L Method into daily life, whether through short team sessions, coaching, or leadership workshops, we give people space to reflect, recharge, and rebuild. The method helps normalise self-care and emotional check-ins, creating a culture where wellbeing isn’t just a buzzword, but a lived value.
When introducing the method to a workplace, I begin with an engaging session that explains each step of S.T.I.L.L using real-life examples. As the weeks progress, individuals reflect on what they’ve noticed and begin applying the approach in small, practical ways. Someone might share how naming their stress helped them manage a difficult meeting, while another may describe a visualisation that gave them clarity during a busy week. Everyone develops their own toolkit, whether that includes calming phrases, grounding exercises, or journaling prompts to draw on whenever they need support.
Creating a Culture of Calm and Confidence
By the end of the programme, participants often describe feeling more in control, less reactive, and more confident in how they navigate stress. Managers tell me they see improvements in communication, empathy, and team cohesion. The S.T.I.L.L Method doesn’t just help individuals cope, it creates ripple effects across whole teams.
I’m always excited to work with new organisations, whether you’re a school, charity, business, or a leadership team. If you’re looking for a strategic, compassionate approach to wellbeing that meets people where they are, I’d love to hear from you.
Let’s Discuss How You Can Take the First Step Towards Workplace Wellbeing
Contact me today - in Welsh or English, in person or online, let’s talk about how we can bring calm, clarity and confidence into your team. Because from classroom to boardroom, wellbeing begins with the language we use, and it starts with S.T.I.L.L.
