This document describes an Emotional Fitness Refueling Station program for stress management. The 6-week program teaches 6 principles of emotional fitness to help lower stress levels. These principles include becoming aware of authentic emotions, exploring the needs linked to emotions, disconnecting from hot buttons, extending olive branches to resolve conflicts, and doing self-mediation to create new neural connections and ensure long-term stress management. The program costs $185 and is designed to help participants learn if their stress levels are unhealthy, apply stress-reducing principles, use conflicts constructively, and increase their energy levels.

1. EF Refueling Station
A New Approach to
Stress Management
Karin Vagiste www.emotionalfitness.info

3. Physical Fitness
Emotional Fitness

4. Physical Fitness
Emotional Fitness
Emotional Fitness
Physical Fitness

5. The Economic Cost of Stress
Stress, over time, can lead to debilitating
anxiety and depression – such mental
health conditions contribute to 83% of
short term disability claims in Canada.
Mentalhealthroundtable.ca.

12. EMOTIONAL FITNESS PRINCIPLE
 Be aware of your authentic
emotions

14. EMOTIONAL FITNESS PRINCIPLES
Be Aware of authentic emotions
Explore the need that’s linked
with your emotion

19. “An Arrow Through the Heart”
by Deborah Hefferman
(She suffered a near fatal heart attack during her Yoga class.)
Pg. 11 “I was your typical harried
woman. I’d been a giver of time,
meals and gifts. It led to
disappointment and exhaustion.”

20. Medical
scientists have
discovered that
56% of people
who did well
on the
treadmill stress
test had
significant
Coronary
Artery Disease.This test carries a serious risk of heart failure.

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Predisposition to Stress Stress Resiliency Occasional Personal Ongoing Personal Physical Symptoms
Pre and Post Stress Scores
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22. Word Association Game

23. Word Association Game
Share your first thought and
feeling that comes to your
mind when you
hear the word.

33. Six Week Program
Benefits:
1. You will learn how healthy you are
in 5 categories of stress.
2. You will apply 6 Emotional Fitness
Principles to lower stress
3. Your conflicts become a catalyst
for positive change.
4. Your ENERGY TANK will fill up!

34. THANK-YOU FOR TUNING IN!

36. 6 Emotional Fitness Principles
1. Kokoro connection
2. Authenticity, thought testing
3. Needs, emotional openess
4. Dis-connecting hot buttons, instinct. re.
5. Extend the olive branch, peace invite
6. Do-it-yourself mediation, creating
new neural connections – this ensures
a long term, healthy response to stress.

37. The 6 week program,
costs $185.
Pre-payment is required via
website’s PAY PAL
www.emotionalfitness.info
Option exists : cheque

38. THANK-YOU FOR TUNING IN!

39. Six Week Program
Benefits:
1. You will learn if your stress
level is unhealthy.
2. You will discover 6 Emotional
Fitness Principles
3. Your conflicts become a catalyst
for positive change.
4. Your ENERGY TANK will fill up!