Stress Management

About the Workshop

By defining stress and learning to understand its effects on emotional health and in turn examine strategies for coping with stress as well as employing meditation techniques, make personal contacts positive and meaningful and explore ways to attain and maintain emotional maturity, you will be able to acquaint others with stress management skills which will increase productivity, performance levels and better attitudes.

Who should attend?

• Anyone coping badly with stress

• Anyone who needs to manage stress effectively

• Anyone with a low tolerance level leading to stress

• Anyone looking to enhance their emotional health

Covered Topics

1. Understanding stress

a. Recognizing stress

b. Identifying behaviour patterns

c. The three stages of stress

d. Examining workplace stress

e. Stress in your workplace

f. Understanding burnout

g. Finding the right amount of stress

2. Taking responsibility for your own stress

a. Identifying stress in your life

b. Coping with stress

c. Stress release

d. Case study: Maria’s overwhelming stress

3. Reducing stress through biofeedback, mindfulness, and meditation

a. Understanding biofeedback and mindfulness

b. Meditation exercise

c. Seven attitudes that contribute to emotional health

4. Improving relationships with self and others

a. Accepting yourself as a unique individual

b. Realistic and unrealistic expectations

c. Assessing your strengths

d. Acknowledging universal human needs

e. Building better relationships

f. Recognizing negative relationship patterns

g. How well do you relate to others?

h. Case study: john relates to family and friends

5. Enhancing your emotional health

a. Understanding emotional maturity

b. Case study: roger deals with a common problem

c. Exploring your own emotional fitness

d. Building self-confidence

e. Solving problems openly

f. Ten tips for maintaining emotional fitness

g. Case study: carol looks ahead

h. Setting personal goals

Approach

• Visual/Audio techniques

• Story telling

• Case studies

• Practice

Duration: 12 hours