6. Let’s talk about stress…. Workplace stress related to absenteeism, reduced productivity and worker’s compensation benefits costs the American Industry more than $300 Billion annually. Stress has been linked to sixleading causes of death 75-90% of visits to the doctor are stress related 43% of adults experience adverse health effects OSHA declared stress a hazardin the work place
11. Impacts of Stress Stress, Anxiety and Depression Domestic and Social Problems Physical Complaints Drug and Alcohol Abuse Crime, Violence and Suicide
12. Bargaining Depression Embrace &Commit Anger Acceptance Denial Emotional Energy Kubler-Ross Source: Kulber-Ross Source: Linkage Inc. William Bridges
18. Two Key Behaviors Hardiness Hardiness is a protective or preventive factor against stress.
19. Two Key Behaviors Hardiness Hardiness is a protective or preventive factor against stress. Resilience Resilience refers to the to rapidly and effectively rebound from adverse psychological or environmental events.
24. “The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort &conveniencebut how he stands at times ofcontroversy&challenges.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you answered the following:A It means you are a very active and reliable person. You address problems by dealing with them directly instead of letting things resolve themselves. It’s most likely that your stress coping mechanism is turning stress into a positive stress which allows you to benefit from it while dealing with it at the same time.B You’re most likely a very relaxed, laid back person and logical individual. You take your time with things, minimizing chances of error on your part. This methodological approach to things allow you to root out most problems before they become problems. Caution as this can become too passive of an approach.C You most likely tend to internalize stress and would be more stress free if you worked on new mechanisms for dealing with outside stress factors.
Examples of objects created. For the workshop you can have participants do play dough or crayons and paper will work. Participants really enjoyed the play dough.Dollar SignsPeopleChildrenHammersAnimals
