Managing Stress

Overview:

Explore strategies for managing stress and minimizing its effects. This program provides a look at the stress cycle and discusses how to intervene at each step in the cycle. It looks at how to achieve balance and gain renewed energy and enthusiasm.

Audience:

Anyone wanting to improve their performance as an employee.

Prerequisites

None.

Course duration:

1 day

Course outline:

1. Identifying your stressors

  • What is stress so stressful?
  • What stresses you: a self-assessment
  • Connecting stress and control issues
2. The stress cycle
  • Parts of the stress cycle
  • Understanding the role of perception
  • Identifying mental responses to stress
  • Identifying physical responses to stress
  • Preventing burnout: a self-assessment
3. Moods and stress
  • Understanding how moods affect stress
  • Strategies for minimizing the effects of moods
  • Recognizing when to seek professional help
  • Dealing with extreme anger
4. Setting boundaries and saying no
  • Creating boundaries
  • Saying “no” diplomatically
  • Delivering your message
  • Dealing with people who stress you out
5. Managing stress physically
  • Relaxation exercises and redirecting stress
  • Connecting nutrition and exercise
  • Environmental influences
6. Managing stress mentally
  • Mental strategies to combat stress
  • Solving problems
  • Using humor
  • Dealing with people who stress you out
  • Balancing your life: determining your optimal stress level
  • Having a “no regrets” attitude

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