Helping You Manage Your Lifestyle Stress Management

TRIPLE SUMMER TREAT STRESS MANAGEMENT Taking CONTROL of your lifestyle TODAY!

LET’S TAKE THE 1 st STEP Effectively Balance Your Life & Work

What is STRESS MANAGEMENT
Stress is neither good nor bad…
It is collective & VERY personal.

Our Objectives
To increase understanding of the dynamics of stress at work & at home
To increase awareness of the role of stress in an individual’s lifestyle
To increase appreciation of individual choice around stress
To increase awareness of multiple stress management

DEFINITIONS
A STRESSOR is the stimulus or challenge to which the body reacts
STRESS is a thought response, an emotional response or a physical response to the demands and pressures of everyday life at work or at home

Mind & Body CONNECTION
Simple as 1,2,3….
When your MIND is stressed
your BODY is stressed
– This LIMITS your productivity, your creativity, your ability to manage a healthier lifestyle.

UNDERSTANDING STRESS
Stress is the "wear and tear“ that individuals experience, as we adjust to our constantly changing environments.
It has physical, behavioral and emotional effects on us and can create positive or negative feelings.

FIGHT or FLIGHT RESPONSE
We are all given a fight or flight response mechanism that protects us and preserves us.
It is an adaptive function placed in us for the sole purpose of self-preservation.
Anxiety or Stress, in a sense is an ally. When we experience a danger or a threat, the fight or flight response kicks in, adrenaline and other chemicals are activated and physical symptoms occur, rapid heart rate, palpitations, increase in blood pressure, etc.
For most people these debilitating symptoms taper off and the body is restored back to it’s normal state.

Stressors & Stress Outcomes WORK Stressors Physical environment Role-related Interpersonal PERSONAL Stressors Our Individual Differences Stress STRESS OUTCOMES Physical Behavioral Emotional

STRESSORS - Simplified
WORK
ON THE JOB STRESSORS
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS
CHEMINCAL & NUTRITIONAL STRESSORS
HOME
LIFESTYLE STRESSORS
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS
CHEMINCAL & NUTRITIONAL STRESSORS

TYPES OF STRESS
POSITIVE STRESS
NEGATIVE STRESS
How YOU view the world
depends on how YOU deal with stress…

Signs of Stress
PHYSICAL
BEHAVIORAL
EMOTIONAL

STRESS ASSESSMENT Now that we have a general knowledge on what stress is all about, its time to understand YOUR stress…

I Know I am Stressed when….
I Ask Myself These Questions:
Right now how am I feeling? Am I tired, strained, worried?
What is going on with me at home?
What is going in with me at work
Am I productive at home?
Am I productive at work?
Let’s take a Stress Assessment!

My TYPE of Stress… Simplified
SEVEN (7) Simplified Stress Types:
The Fast & The Furious
The Worrier
The Floater
The One Man Show
The Nut Job and Cliff Hangers
The Positive Thinker

The Fast & The Furious

The Worrier

The Floater

The One Man Show

The Nut Job and Cliff Hangers

The Positive Thinker

THIS IS THE STRESS TYPE FOR YOU!!!
ARE YOU A
POSITIVE THINKER ???
Are you the type who takes a time out – to evaluate situations, effectively manages time, connects with others, takes steps in taking care of their mind, body & spirit, knows their limitations and looks for the good in any given situation???

OPTIMUM STRESS LEVELS
The level of stress under which you operate is important: if you are NOT under enough stress, then you may find that your performance suffers because you are bored and unmotivated. If you are under TOO MUCH stress, then you will find that your results suffer as stress related problems interfere with your performance

STRESS & PERFORMANCE P E R F O R M A N C E OPTIMUM STRESS LEVEL AREA OF BEST ACTION Relationship between Stress & Performance LOW STRESS HIGH STRESS BOREDOM ANXIETY

When STRESS goes TOO FAR…
BURNOUT
physical exhaustion
or mental exhaustion
DISTRESS overwhelming and chronic

TAKE CHARGE You have a responsibility to YOURSELF, you and only you!

Effectively Balance Your Life & Work
To bring into harmony or proportion
Set priorities
Say no when necessary
Let yourself off the hook

Managing Stress Effectively
Rules to Live By
Changing Views
Relaxation techniques
Making the Right decisions at the Right time

COPING WITH STRESS
Accept it if necessary, change it if possible.
Get enough sleep.
Exercise for at least 30 minutes, at least every other day.
Nurture the healthy, social relationships with others important to you in your life.
Focus on your good qualities and accomplishments.
Learn to say “No.”
Be assertive.

PERSONAL LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT You are the KEY to your lifestyle success… Only you can make those decisions for yourself.

Your PERSONAL Lifestyle Management
Keeping a Stress Diary
Use your T. O. O. L. S.
T ime when the situation occurred
O rganize your thoughts & feelings
O mit the Negative
L evel of Stress – 10 Being the highest
S timulate your mind & body by Destressing

Some DAILY DESTRESSORS
DEEP BREATHING
RELAXATION/ MEDITATION
POSITIVE LAUGHTER
PLANNED DAY

Your Pathway to Knockout Stress
K.O. 1: Managing Stress
K.O. 2: Motivating Yourself
K.O. 3: Managing Your Time
K.O. 4: Building a Support System
K.O. 5: Developing Skills
K.O. 6: Modifying Your Job
K.O. 7: Positive Thoughts
K.O. 8: Developing a Healthier Lifestyle

UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF Living and working are two different things but they are both a part of YOUR life….

ONLY YOU…
Thought Awareness - the development by which you observe your insights.
Rational Thinking - negative thoughts are reviewed sensibly and logically.
Positive Thinking and Affirmation - clear facts to overturn the damage of negative thinking .

Questions to Ask Yourself
What am I trying to accomplish with my work and life?
What are my key interests in life and does my work fit with them?
What are my key skills in life and does my work use them?
What are my core values about life balance, about family, about money, about the treatment of people? Is my work in synch with these?
Am I overworking? If so, why?
Where is the balance in my life between work and play?
What does work accomplish for me and what is it preventing me from accomplishing?
Can I shift the focus of my current work or should I look into another type of work to fit my life?

SELF-REFLECTION
The one thing to be successful in taking care of myself is _____________________________.
It makes me be aware of _______________________. I have tried ___________________________ without much success.
However, ____________________ has minimized some of my stress. Spending time with ___________________, ________________, and _______________ is fun and __________________.
When I maintain my sense of __________________, I feel healthier about ___________________.
When I learned more about _______________ and _________________, I feel _____________________.
From this day forward, I will try to do _____________________ as a way of caring for myself.

WHAT YOU CAN DO … Managing A Healthier Lifestyle

Managing a Healthier Lifestyle
PHYSICAL HEALTH
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Take A Breather - IN & OUT…
Sit down or lie down.
Inhale slowly and say to yourself I am...
Exhale slowly and say to yourself relaxed .
Breathing is not something you DO. Rather it is something which you ALLOW to occur smoothly and naturally.

CHANGE YOUR VIEWS
Keeping things in perspective
Is it really a problem at all
Does it really matter anyway?
Being in control
Change
Attitudes toward other people
Positive approach, positive image, assertiveness, compliments, pleasing tone

SUMMARY Knowledge is the BEST medicine to manage stress for a HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE

KEY POINTS
Thought awareness, rational thinking and positive
Exercise
Proper Nutrition
Deep Breathing
Meditation
By anticipating stressful situations
– Stress Diary
Positive Attitude

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