9. Be Positive
•Regardless of what life deals today, let’s be positive.
•Even when walking into a bad situation.
•It’s a choice, and it’s up to you.
•Bring your own attitude.
Do you bring a positive attitude even when things are tough?
When was the last time you won because of your positive attitude?
A positive attitude can be the tipping point, between
mediocrity and excellence.
It is a energy source…….people are attracted to it.
“Don’t underestimate the power of positivity”
Bring Your Positive Attitude
10. “10 Ways a Positive Attitude Can Help You Win”
Attitude is Contagious
You influence those around you It is as contagious as the flu.
Complaining is Procrastination in Disguise
Complaining wastes time.
Turn an Enemy Into a Friend
A positive attitude can melt even the toughest opponent
From Bad to Good
Ever turned around a problem simply with your attitude
Brighten a Stranger’s Day
Spread your positive attitude even with those you don’t know. Make someone smile.
Remember, it’s a small world out there.
Stand Out in the Crowd
A positive attitude can make you stand out like a shining beacon.
Bring Your Positive Attitude
11. “10 Ways a Positive Attitude Can Help You Win”
Get Through That Tough Task
There is truth in the sayings, “A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down
Make Others Like You
People are attracted to a positive attitude. People want to hang out with those that are positive and fun.
See the Opportunity
When things seem at their lowest, can you see the silver lining??
Sometimes the biggest problems lead to the biggest opportunities
The Difference Between Winning & Losing
Attitude wins.
Bring Your Positive Attitude
Ask the interviewer who gets the job.
The interviewee with the positive attitude
or
The one who tells them about all their troubles?
12. Transactional model
Stress shoots -up
•from an “imbalance between demands and resources”
• or ,when “pressure exceeds one's perceived ability to cope”.
Stress is managed through
•one's resources
•and ability to cope the stress response and willingness to change,
•thus allowing stress to be controllable.
•The model contends ;
Stress may not be a stress……….Till a person perceives it as a threat .
Health realization/innate health model
The health realization model focuses on the
Nature of thought,- to cope with stressful external circumstances.
Through
• A mental filter of insecurity and negativity,
• Whereas a feeling of well-being results from approaching the world with a "quiet mind
This model proposes:
Helping stressed individuals -understanding their nature of thought
•Removing their insecure thinking,
•Reviving natural positive feelings
Understanding Stress & Resilience
14. Elimination of emotional blockages
Deprogramming of erroneous mental attitudes
Development of just mental attitudes
Cultivation of healthy emotions
15. To understand the stress response, we must possess a fundamental knowledge not only of psychology
but of physiology as well.
Why do you feel stress in the first place?
What is the purpose of the complex interaction of nerves, muscles, hormones, organs and systems that
leads to such unpleasant symptoms ?
The Science of Stress
Fight-or-Flight Response
To describe our body's automatic response when we perceive threat or danger
.This response is amazingly complex,.
16. •Homeostasis is a state of internal stability of
our physiology and our emotions.
•The function of the parasympathetic nervous
system is to slow things down, to return us to a
more calm state.
• The body regenerates and restores for future
activity.
•The autonomic nervous system is controlled
by the hypothalamus, which is commonly
known as the “master gland.”
•The hypothalamus receives the message of
danger from the mind and delivers a message
through the nervous system that connects with
neuron system to rest of the body and
•the secretion of hormones. Is initiated
•primarily, adrenalin and cortisol, flood the
bloodstream and travel throughout the body to
aid in creating the ability to be more speedy
and powerful to prepare for fight-or-flight,
The Science of Stress
17. Life Skills:: Techniques – Managing Stress
Autogenic Training
Social Activity
Exercise
Getting a Hobby
Meditation
Mindfulness
Deep breathing
Yoga Nidra
Reading Novels
Prayer
Relaxation Techniques
Spending Time in Nature
Stress Balls
Clinically Validated alternative Treatments
Relaxing Music
Spending time with pets
18. Negative self-talk Positive thinking
I've never done it before. It's an opportunity to learn something new.
It's too complicated. I'll tackle it from a different angle.
I don't have the resources. Necessity is the mother of invention.
I'm too lazy to get this done. I wasn't able to fit it into my schedule but
can re-examine some priorities.
There's no way it will work. I can try to make it work.
It's too radical a change. Let's take a chance.
No one bothers to communicate with
me.
I'll see if I can open the channels of
communication.
I'm not going to get any better at this. I'll give it another try.
Don't say anything to yourself that you wouldn't say to anyone else.
Here are some examples of negative self-talk and
how you can apply a positive thinking twist to them.
Positive thinking: Reduce stress by eliminating negative self-talk
19. Research suggests a regular practice of yoga
may lower an inflammatory protein that is
normally linked to aging and stress
Yoga means "union" in Sanskrit,
Union between the mind, body and spirit.
Life Skills :: Holistic Therapies
Bringing body mind and soul in harmony
20. Meditation allows your mind to
become calm and peaceful.
All you need to do is sit with your eyes
closed and you might experience
deeper rest than the deepest sleep
which you can ever have!
Benefits of Meditation
Embarking on trip of meditation, you experience manifold benefits:
•Increased creativity
•Better concentration
•Boost in productivity
•Deep relaxation
•Improved awareness
•Freedom from stress
•Better decision-making
Life Skills :: Holistic Therapies
Bringing body mind and soul in harmony
21. Seven major chakras are found within the body. Beginning at the base and
ending at the crown.
These seven chakras form the energetic basis of :
•Security
•Power
•Relationships
•Love
•Truth
•Insight
•Enlightenment.
Life Skills :: Holistic Therapies
Bringing body mind and soul in harmony
22. Life Skills :: Holistic Therapies
Bringing body mind and soul in harmony
23. A scientific explanation is that the pressure may send signals that balance the nervous system or
release chemicals such as endorphins that reduce pain and stress.
Why do people get reflexology?
•Stress and stress-related conditions
•Tension headaches
•Digestive disorders
•Arthritis
•Insomnia
•Hormonal imbalances
•Sports injuries
•Menstrual disorders,
•Such as premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
•Digestive problems, such as constipation
•Back pain
Reflexology, or zone therapy, is an alternative medicine involving the physical act of applying
pressure to the feet, hands, or face with specific thumb, finger, and hand techniques.
This controlled pressure alleviates the source of the discomfort.
Life Skills :: Holistic Therapies
Bringing body mind and soul in harmony
24. Life Skills :: Holistic Therapies
Aromatherapy is an art and science of utilizing naturally extracted aromatic essences from plants
to balance, harmonize and promote the health of body, mind and spirit.
In the hands of a qualified therapist, essential oils are the only remedy that can be used to treat
internally & externally making them truly holistic.
Research shows that aromatherapy can alter brain
waves and behavior and thus reduce :
•The perception of stress
•Increase contentment and
•Decrease levels of cortisol, the “stress hormone.”
Bringing body mind and soul in harmony