Author: Baha Meier-Arian

The fashion industry is a fascinating world that is closely followed by an interested public. Designers, art directors, producers, photographers, models and many others who are not in the spotlight work for it. It has long been known that the fashion industry can also make its players ill. Emotional stress in the fashion industry. Our expert Baha Meier-Arian, founder and managing director of the private practice for business and character coaching for entrepreneurs and managers, knows the mechanisms. She knows that as a player in this business, you have to develop resistance to stress. But the fashion industry itself is also beginning to take more notice of its darker side. Do I want to work here? Anyone working in the fashion industry should ask themselves this question honestly. As in many industries, the art of success lies in knowing exactly what your own motivation is. It should at some point be clearly intrinsic and fed by joy in expression, in one’s own actions, in the resulting life and from loving devotion to beauty. The fashion industry has its rules, which are difficult to influence at first. Suffering and despair arise when your own professional role is supposed to fulfill unrealistic expectations (perhaps also those of other people?): Feeling beautiful even though you reject yourself. To feel loved even though you fight against yourself. To finally be tall, even though you feel small. These challenges can break a person, which is particularly evident in this high-publicity business. However, growth and maturation are also possible in this area of tension if essential things are not lost sight of. Keeping in touch with reality When we think of people who remain efficient and healthy in fashion, they are usually said to have what is known as a down-to-earth attitude. What exactly does that mean? The world of the beautiful and successful is ultimately just a fleeting dream. It does not exist in such a way that you can really live in it and from it. Being down-to-earth means knowing this. Your own life is then based on real and personal values: for some, it is the family, children and friends with whom you share your life. Anything that grounds you and reminds you of your own connection to life, such as nature, living with animals, gardening and crafts, endurance sports can be just as useful. Those who are rooted in a real world experience it as a protective and nourishing place.… weiterlesen