Understanding the causes of stress and how you can better manage your stress to avoid burn-out;

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4. Extreme
stress
Some
stress
Higher
stress
Rather
relaxed
Extreme
relaxed

7. • Tension
• Pressure
• Limitating
• Negative
• Tension
• Pressure
• Stimulating
• Positive

8. Physical stress Psychological stress

9. Acute stress Chronic stress

10. STRESS
PERFORMANCE
Bore-out
Joy
Challenged
Burden
Burn-out
Source: Theo Compernolle
Eustress/kickstress
Distress/shitstress

12. Performance
stress

14. 10% to 40%
of stress is transfered to
others
Bron: Annita Rogier, 2014

17. Exhaustion
(emotional & physical)
Personal
failure
Cynism/
depersonalisation

18. A warning signal from mind and body when a
situation is PERCEIVED as being a THREAT
for something we VALUE

19. + 30 years life expectancy -700 workhours/year

20. • Sensual overexposure
• Escapism addiction
• Biased expectations
• Spiritual void
• Underdevelopped stress resilience

22. • 150x/day
• Every 6’30”
• NOMOphobia
• FOMO
• CPA
• E-mail apnea
• Tablet neck

23. “They trigger those brain circuits
that were meant to help you make
an important decision:
Have lunch or be lunch.”
Dr. Theo Compernolle

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C
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25. Work in badges.
Allow your brain some
turnaround time
for a mode switch

27. Evolution did not give us
a brain that is made
to be happy…
It gave us a brain
that will help spreading
our genes

28. The negativity bias
• 2 + 3 = 5
• 3 + 4 = 7
• 4 + 5 = 8
• 5 + 6 = 11

29. The negativity bias
• 2 + 3 = 5
• 3 + 4 = 7
• 4 + 5 = 8
• 5 + 6 = 11

30. Seeing things
that are not there

31. Just a thought…
Thoughts & emotions are
chemistry in our brain

32. Neuroplasticity
What FIRES together,
WIRES together

34. Right
= avoidance
mode
- Unhappy
- Fear
- Repulsion
- Unrest
Left
= approaching
mode
- Happy
- Openess
- Curious
- Calm

35. 5 Brain functions
Vegetarian
function
Archiving
function
Cognitive
function
Emotional
function
Meta
Awareness
function

36. Awareness?

37. Sedate,
deny,
suppress
Strenghten your
stress resilience
Release,
relax
Prevent,
avoid
SLOW 1.0
1 2 3 4
SLOW 2.0

38. SLOW 2.0
• Speaking
• Listening
• Organising
• Work-it-out

39. SLOW 1.0
• Stopping
• Landing
• Observing
• Wise action

41. Jack Kornfield Jon Kabat-Zinn Metanoia Mindfulness
Fellows

43. Human
performance
Time
Average
Sub
Average
Above
Average
MBSR MBCT
Mindful@
work
Mindfull-
leadership
Mindfull-
society
1979 1991 2009 2010 2015

45. Trapped in the automatic
fast track
1. Physical
consequences
2. Emotional
consequences
3. Behavioral
consequences
Activating
event
ConsequencesBeliefs

46. The impact
of your MINDSET

47. Land Observe
FEEL/BE
MODE
THINK/DO
MODE
Activating
event
ConsequencesBeliefs
Intentional
Concious
Automatic
unconcious

48. CULTIVATING the FREEDOM
you DISCOVER when you are MINDFUL AWARE
of what you experience HERE and NOW.
Definition

49. “Between stimulus and respons
there is a SPACE.
In that space is our POWER
to choose our RESPONS.
In our respons lies our
FREEDOM and GROWTH.“

50. Stable/relaxed
Alert/vigilant
Openhearted/
curious
Mild/non-judging
Activating
event
ConsequenceesBeliefs

51. Benefits?Skill?

52. 1. Space to choose response
2. New perspective/creativity
3. Authentic/values driven
4. Mild/empathic
5. Calm/relaxed
6. Improving your EQ
7. Change your brain

53. SOURCE
PERSPECTIVE
MOUNTAIN
PERSPECTIVE
OPEN ARMS
PERSPECTIVE
OPEN HEART
PERSPECTIVE
SLOW
STABILITY
AUTENTICITY
CLARITY
EMPATHY
Focus Resilience
Integrity
Self-
compas-
sion
Creativity
Higher
purpose
Deep
listening
Compas-
sion

54. SLOW = Stopping?
• Thoughts?
• Opinions?
• Memories?
• Images?
• Feelings?
• Sounds?
• Body sensations?
• ….

55. I have no time to stop!
I have a battle to fight.

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58. THINKING, DOING,
BUSSY
Human DOINGS
In stead of
Human BEINGS

59. Radio Non-Stop Thinking
(Somewhat) Negative:
Repeating thought:
70%
90%
Number: 40.000

60. DOING
THINKI
NG
MODE
BEING
FEELIN
G
MODE
PAST FUTURE
HERE &
NOW

63. Feel/observe breath

64. Thoughts
Emotions
Bodily sensations

66. “If you just sit and observe, you will see
how restless your mind is. If you try to
calm it, it only makes it worse, but over
time it does calm, and when it does,
there’s room to hear more subtle things
– that’s when your intuition starts to
blossom and you start to see things
more clearly and be in the present
more. Your mind just slows down, and
you see a tremendous expanse in the
moment. You see so much more than
you could see before.”

67. • Stress is energy
• It can help you grow or burn you out
• Your mind set can make a difference
• Cultivating SLOW strengthens your stress
resilience

68. What is here now?
(Openheartedness)
How do I
relate to this?
(Mildness/
compassion)

69. buddhify
Headspace
Insight timer

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