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Description

Letting Go: Separating What You Can Influence, Releasing Control and Refocusing

Two days to stop carrying what lies beyond your control and redirect your energy to what truly matters

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Some days end with nothing to show for them, even though no file has moved forward. You replay a decision taken elsewhere, redo a colleague's work, reread a message you have already sent ten times over. Attention scatters across what cannot be changed and is missing where it could make a difference.

This 14-hour programme is designed for professionals who already understand their own patterns and now want to change their practice. It offers a way to sort situations according to what genuinely depends on you, to identify the beliefs that sustain the need to control everything, and to test ways of releasing control without disengaging.

Learning objectives

  • Sort your concerns according to their real degree of influence
  • Identify the beliefs that sustain the need to control everything
  • Distinguish letting go from giving up and from disengagement
  • Apply a refocusing technique when tension rises
  • Redistribute your time and attention towards your professional priorities

What makes this programme different

A sorting exercise on your own live files according to your zone of influence
Short refocusing sequences tested under real working conditions
A written commitment on three situations the participant will stop carrying alone

Programme

1Sorting What Depends on You From Everything Else

Zone of influence and zone of concern

  • Inventory of the situations occupying your mind
  • Classification according to real capacity to act
  • Identification of time spent on what lies beyond reach
  • Formulation of what remains within reach of action

2Understanding What Drives the Need to Control Everything

Beliefs, personal demands and associated fears

  • Identification of high personal standards
  • Recognition of the fears that sustain control
  • Distinction between responsibility and over-responsibility
  • Effects of constant control on fatigue and working relationships

3Releasing Control Without Disengaging

Refocusing and distancing techniques

  • Stepping back through breathing and physical grounding
  • Moving from rumination to possible action
  • Reframing automatic thoughts
  • Choosing when to act and when to wait

4Putting Your Energy in the Right Place

Trade-offs and concrete commitments

  • Prioritising your professional commitments
  • Delegating and asking for support
  • Formulating a reasoned refusal
  • Spotting relapse signals and the countermeasures to apply

Who is it for

Professionals already familiar with stress management who feel absorbed by situations beyond their reach · managers and individuals exposed to a heavy mental load.

Prerequisites

Prior reflection on your own stress management or personal working patterns.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.