As a Staff Software Engineer, I'm trying to reformulate the stress management formula. Hearing you, I noticed what I thought it was obvious: "Everyone feels stress, even the Principal and the Staff" I noticed that been transparent to your team helps better. Some people told me "how you can handle this kind of work? I do not feel capable to do it". Been transparent and say, "I feel the same way today, or I remember last month another day. But look what we have been accomplished" Share with transparency helps yourself and team morale. I started hearing, "I can be Staff too, lets keep going"