stress management

1. STRESS
MANAGEMENT
Kristine Joy D. Perez
February 12, 2022

2. AGENDA
STRESS WAYS TO MANAGE STRESS (DESSERTS
APPROACH)

3. STRESS
EUSTRESS
(Positive Stress)
DISTRESS
(Negative Stress)
Michael W. Smith, MD., How To Manage Stress, WebMD 08/20/2021
- It’s a reminder that we are ALIVE!
- It’s the activated sympathetic nervous system that emits hormones throughout the body, giving you
the energy on fight or flight response.
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4. Ways to Manage Stress (DESSERTS)
Define the problem
D
Examine what is within your control
E
Set your goals
S
Set your habits
S
Energize to be your best self
E
Recharge with your family, friends and
community
R
Take one step, one task at a time.
T
Strive to be happy.
S

5. Define the Problem
Knowing the problem is already half-way of the solution
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6. Examine what’s within your control
Within your control- something that you can
ACT upon
Review for exams
Completing high school/ K12
Not within your control- something that you
cannot ACT upon
Natural disaster
Others’ opinion
When you do your best, let God do the rest! Let go and let GOD.
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7. Set your goals
Goal Setting
Vision Board Priorities
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Habit 3: Put first things first.
Differentiate what’s urgent from
important and not important.

8. Set your habits
• Within 30 days, aim for 1% Improvement through
steady and consistent micro step
- daily morning routine
- daily night routine
• Eureka/Archimedes Principle- Law of Physics once
displaced, it’s replaced!
- You cannot remove a bad habit, if you will not
replace it with a good habit
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9. Energize to be your best Self
Emotional Energy
Connected
Feeling valued
Mental Energy
Focused
Learning
Physical Energy
Exercise
Hygiene
Nutrition/Diet
Sleep
Spiritual Energy
Sense of purpose
Connection to God
Volunteering

10. Recharge with family, friends and community
People and relationship that
matters
Socialization even without physical
presence
Finding your passion/ hobbies and
engage in a community of same
interest
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11. Take one step, one task at a time
- BUSY-ness does not equate to being
productive
- Multi-tasking is not achieving a lot of
things at the same time. Most often, it’s
distracting.
- Be patient with your self. Aim for
progression instead of perfection
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12. Strive to be HAPPY
Desiderata’s last words - STRIVE
TO BE HAPPY
Do something that makes you
happy. Something that nurtures your
well-being
Attitude of Gratitude
“It’s not happiness that makes you
grateful. It’s gratefulness that makes
you happy!”
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13. I hope you learn
something from this
session!
Aim to achieve your
dreams! 
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