Covid-19: The ultimate stress management test

Opinion: Philippa Wilkin, former underwriter and mindfulness expert, explores ways to manage anxiety during the coronavirus pandemic.

Few could have possibly predicted the events unravelling at the beginning of 2020. With the announcement of a pandemic we are living in unprecedented times and enterprises are making valiant attempts to continue ‘business as usual’ across the globe. In the space of a few days entire workforces have been uprooted to work remotely, cease activity entirely, or enter some type of social and/or physical isolation.

For most people, such sweeping disruption, and blanket press coverage generates