The document discusses stress management and provides tips for managing stress reactions. It explains that stress is not caused by external events but by an individual's reaction to what happens. It emphasizes managing one's reaction, not the stressor itself, and using the "high road" of logical thinking to block the "low road" of emotional responses driven by the amygdala. Various stress-related health issues are listed, and it is noted that stress often disguises itself; therefore, one must stay alert to manage stress effectively long-term.

2. Stress management by staying alert

3. PUBLIC SPEAKER One who works through the night to put others to sleep during the day

4. Is V-day a stress buster or stress booster?

6. Answer: 1 cm long piece of your own brain Stress management is easy Just manage that 1 cm

7. Stress is not what happens to you Stress is how you react to whatever happens to you

8. Stress management: Manage your reaction Not the stressor

11. 3 million dollar AMYGDALA HIJACK Tyson bites off Holyfield’s ear

12. EMOTIONAL STIMULUS EMOTIONAL RESPONSE SENSORY THALAMUS AMYGDALA SENSORY CORTEX Low road High road

14. LEFT BRAIN Verbal Logical Analytical Mathematical

15. RIGHT BRAIN Emotional Diffuse Intuitional

16. Economic downturn Why stress?

17. Fear of the unknown What if? I lose my job I don’t have enough savings The stock market goes down further … .. ……

18. Living with uncertainty Butterflies in stomach Always due to low road

20. Get ready for the worst case scenario

21. Plan A – if things go fairly okay Plan B – if everything goes wrong “ Viable option” What if….?

22. Pay as much attention to plan B as to plan A

23. Power of positive thinking Remember, this too shall pass

24. Multiple intelligences of Howard Gardner

25. Daniel Goleman

26. IQ E Q

28. ANGER ANXIETY DEPRESSION TOXIC EMOTIONS When the high road is blocked

29. EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION When the high road is blocked

30. body immunity impaired high cortisol levels all body functions disturbed When the high road is blocked

31. Allergies Anxiety neurosis Angina pectoris Arthritis Aggression Asthma Behavior disorders Bereavement stress, Breathlessness Business stress, Chest pains Claustrophobia Cluster headaches, Compulsive eating, Cramps, Crohn's disease (intestinal inflammation) Crowd panic, Depression, Dizzy spells Dysmenorrhea Dyspnea, Marital stress, Menstrual disorders Migraine Money worries Nausea and vomiting Nervous stomach Nervous colitis Noises in ears Non-assertiveness Occupational stress, Overwork stress, Palpitations, Panic attacks, Perfectionism Photophobia Pins and needles Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) Pruritis, Recurrent cold attacks Recurrent infections Eczema Employment stress, Eye strain Exhaustion Fatigue Fear of the unknown Flatulence / gas pains Free-floating anxiety Gastritis Hypertension Impotence Incompatibility Insecurity Insomnia, Irritability, Irritable colon Irritable bowel syndrome Job stress, Low back pain, Low self esteem Shyness, Sciatica Situational Anxiety, ‘ Slipped disc’ pain Social phobias Spasms Stiff neck and shoulders Stress diabetes Stress headaches Tension headaches Thumping in chest Tremors Unexplained aches and pains Ulcerative colitis Unwellness Vascular headaches Vertigo Stress always comes in disguise

32. Ready-packages to combat stress Show you how to get away or turn off Yoga Meditation Pranayam ‘ Art-of-living’ Chanting Laughter & many more

33. Problem with ready-packages Re-entry into the real world of stress. That’s when the amygdala hijacks you all over again

34. Stress management by staying alert Let your high road block the low road

35. Thank you