This document provides information on stress management techniques for women. It discusses that stress can be either beneficial or detrimental depending on its source. It defines stress and identifies common stress symptoms. The document outlines sources of stress in relationships and provides techniques for managing stress, including exercising, meditating, maintaining a positive attitude, and creating a calm atmosphere. The overall goal is to help women understand stress and develop plans to reduce and manage it in their work, home, and personal lives.
2. Overview
"stress is not necessarily something bad –
it all depends on how you take it. The
stress of exhilarating, creative successful
work is beneficial, while that of failure,
humiliation or infection is detrimental."
3. Objective
Understand that stress is a positive,
unavoidable part of everybody’s life
Recognize the symptoms that tell you
when you have chronic stress overload
Identify those situations in your life that
cause you the greatest stress
Identify those actions which add to your
stress
4. Objective
Change the situations and actions that
can be changed
Deal better with situations and actions that
can’t be changed
Create an action plan for work, home, and
play to help reduce and manage stress
5. What is STRESS
A host of related experiences, pathways,
responses and outcomes caused by a
range of different events or circumstances
producing anxiety causing moments.
6. What is STRESS
stress is a condition or feeling experienced
when a person perceives that demands
exceed the personal and social resources
the individual is able to mobilize.(Richard S
Lazarus)
7. STRESS Identifiers
The amount of stress
that we experience
depends on how much
stress we have, how
long we have it, and
how we are able to
manage it.
13. What DO you SEE
Do you see with your eyes OR with your mind?
Remember the extent of your vision is the
boundary to what you can get.
Until you change your “state” you cannot
change your estate.
If you change the way you see, you change
your state and invariable change your estate
14. What DO you KNOW
Knowing your worth is determine by the value you
place on yourself
Looking in the mirror and seeing yourself as a nobody
is not humility but Stupidity
Nobody is going to ever value you more than you
value yourself.
Put a “price tag” on you and KNOW the price.
Make a quality decision to never negotiate lower for
you than what you are priced.
16. Stress Management Techniques
-Take Care of You
Healthy Eating
Healthy Relationships
Better Sleep
Exercise
Hobbies
Good Nutrition
Healthy Sex Life
Choose the thoughts to allow
17. Stress Management Techniques
-Maintaining The Right Attitude
Optimism
Be in Control
Overcome perfectionism
Let GO of Anger
Have Fun
Don’t complain about what you allow
Determine the thoughts to allow
18. Stress Management Techniques
-Creating The Right Atmosphere
Live from the inside out
De-clutter
Time Management
Take time to “Design” your life
Take charge and take control
Live your life and not someone else’s
The more changes you have, the more likely you are to get sick. Of those people with over 300 Life Change Units, almost 90% get sick in the near future; with 150 to 299 Life Change Units, about 50% get sick in the near future; and with less than 150 Life Change Units, only about 30% get sick in the near future.
There are many different ways to manage stress. Basically, it's best to eliminate as many stressors as you can, and find practical and emotional ways to better handle the stressors that are left
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