This presentation was given at the Natural Therapy Expo in Auckland in September 2010.

1. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress – The Silent Killer

4. Do you really know what it is?

6. Do you really know what it is?

7. Do you know the damage it causes?

9. Do you really know what it is?

10. Do you know the damage it causes?

11. Do you know the difference between stress and non-stress?

13. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Inner Peace In other words Would you like to know how to be in a state of inner peace “You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” Buckminster Fuller

14. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Inner Peace In other words Would you like to know how to be in a state of inner peace All the time? “You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” Buckminster Fuller

16. Solutions (practical)“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” Buckminster Fuller

18. Clinical Depression and Anxiety

19. Unable to work 7 years

20. Tried 140+ therapies

22. 12 yrs - Appendicitis

23. 13 yrs - Thrush, Candida

24. 16 yrs – Chronic Bladder infections

25. 20 yrs – Hives

26. 26 yrs – Depression, Nervous breakdown

27. 28 yrs – Lower back problems

29. Major risk factor for developing heart disease

30. Known as the "silent killer" because the majority of people who have it don’t know it because there are no apparent symptoms. Source: Heartmath

31. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Common Denominator Stress

33. Figures

34. Understanding“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” Buckminster Fuller

36. 90% of the U.S. population suffers from some type of anxiety disorder

37. Over 70 million people in the United States have hypertension or high blood pressure Source: American Stress Institute

39. Activates changes in the autonomic nervous system and hormone systems

40. Cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause of death in the United States and in most countries todaySource: American Stress Institute and Heartmath Institute

42. 2010 - 17,000 legally registered diseases

43. 1908 - one in 8,000 people diagnosed with cancer

44. 2010 - anticipated number: 1 in 3Source: Don Tolman, Health Educator

46. Asthma

47. Arthritis

48. Back pain

49. Depression

50. Diabetes

51. Gastro-intestinal problems

52. Cardio-vascular problems

53. Obesity

54. Stress

55. Fatigue

56. Migraines

57. Blood pressure

58. Cholesterol

59. Inactivity

60. Smoking

61. Drinking

63. Asthma

64. Arthritis

65. Back pain

66. Depression

67. Diabetes

68. Gastro-intestinal problems

69. Cardio-vascular problems

70. Obesity

71. Hay fever

72. Fatigue

73. Migraines

74. Blood pressure

75. Cholesterol

76. Inactivity

77. Smoking

78. Drinking

80. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good So what is stress? First coined in 1930s “The consequence of the failure of an organism – human or animal – to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats, “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

81. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good So what is stress? First coined in 1930s “The consequence of the failure of an organism – human or animal – to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats, whether actual or imagined” Source: Wikepedia “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

82. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good A simple definition ‘An internal nervous system response “Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

83. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good A simple definition ‘An internal nervous system response where bye the fight-flight (sympathetic nervous) system of the body is triggered “Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

84. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good A simple definition ‘An internal nervous system response where bye the fight-flight (sympathetic nervous) system of the body is triggered as a result of either internal or external stressors’ Kim Knight “Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

87. Fight-flight response“Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

89. Fight-flight response

90. Red alert“Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

92. Fight-flight response

93. Red alert

94. State of emergency inside body“Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

96. Fight-flight response

97. Red alert

98. State of emergency inside body

99. Temporary State“Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

101. Fight-flight response

102. Red alert

103. State of emergency inside body

104. Temporary State

105. Designed for emergencies to get us out of danger“Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

106. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good The stress response All systems of the body affected: “Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

109. Breathing“Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

111. Breathing

112. Digestion, Elimination“Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

114. Breathing

115. Digestion, Elimination

116. Nervous“Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

118. Breathing

119. Digestion, Elimination

120. Nervous

121. Endocrine“Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

123. Breathing

124. Digestion, Elimination

125. Nervous

126. Endocrine

127. Muscles, Tendons, Bones“Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

130. Calm and relaxed“I cannot always control what goes on outside, but I can always control what goes on inside.” Wayne Dwyer

132. Calm and relaxed

133. Inner Peace“I cannot always control what goes on outside, but I can always control what goes on inside.” Wayne Dwyer

135. Calm and relaxed

136. Inner Peace

137. Internal systems working optimally“I cannot always control what goes on outside, but I can always control what goes on inside.” Wayne Dwyer

138. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Paradigm shift Our natural state is to be calm and relaxed “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

139. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Paradigm shift Our natural state is to be calm and relaxed ...all of the time “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

142. Body is Relaxed“Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

144. Body is Relaxed

145. This is our natural state“Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

147. Body is Relaxed

148. This is our natural state

149. The state of the Tao“Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

150. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Yellow Emperor “Be relaxed, calm and natural. If you are living according to the last principle, your pure Qi will continually flow in abundance and with vigour... ...when mind, Shen or spirit is in a harmonious state and abiding inward, rather than being orderless, scattered and directed outward, where can illness come from?” “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

151. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Paradigm shift So, if our NATURAL state is to be calm and relaxed (parasympathetic mode) “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

152. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Paradigm shift So, if our NATURAL state is to be calm and relaxed (parasympathetic mode) Then it must be UNNATURAL to be stressed (Sympathetic mode) “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

153. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Paradigm shift So, if our NATURAL state is to be calm and relaxed (parasympathetic mode) Then it must be UNNATURAL to be stressed (Sympathetic mode) Therefore what is normal has become abnormal “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

154. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Paradigm shift So, if our NATURAL state is to be calm and relaxed (parasympathetic mode) Then it must be UNNATURAL to be stressed (Sympathetic mode) Therefore what is normal has become abnormal What is abnormal has become normal “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

155. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Taoist Theory Being calm and relaxed is the key to: Health Wealth Longevity

156. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Taoist Theory HokLokSiu

157. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Taoist Theory “When we are in a good qigong state which is the healthiest state of life, we should trust that everything that is going to happen will be a good thing” Master Yuan Tze

158. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress – the root of disease Stress: fertile ground for the cultivation of disease

159. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good The true meaning of stress Disease is a state of dis-ease

160. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good The true meaning of stress Disease is a state of dis-ease Stress is a state of dis-ease

161. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good The true meaning of stress Disease is a state of dis-ease Stress is a state of dis-ease of body-mind-emotions

162. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress is internal Stress is ALWAYS an internal response. “I cannot always control what goes on outside, but I can always control what goes on inside.” Wayne Dwyer

163. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress is internal Stress is ALWAYS an internal response. Any external or internal events are merely triggers or ‘stressors’. “I cannot always control what goes on outside, but I can always control what goes on inside.” Wayne Dwyer

164. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress is internal Stress is ALWAYS an internal response. Any external or internal events are merely triggers or ‘stressors’. External events are always neutral “I cannot always control what goes on outside, but I can always control what goes on inside.” Wayne Dwyer

165. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress is an addiction We have unconsciously trained ourselves to live from the sympathetic nervous system response “Transformation does not come from struggle but from expanding awareness” Adyashanti, enlightened teacher

166. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress is an addiction We have unconsciously trained ourselves to live from the sympathetic nervous system response Step One for any addiction: recognition and acknowledgement “Transformation does not come from struggle but from expanding awareness” Adyashanti, enlightened teacher

167. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress is an addiction We have unconsciously trained ourselves to live from the sympathetic nervous system response Step One for any addiction: recognition and acknowledgement Step Two: Change habits and behaviours “Transformation does not come from struggle but from expanding awareness” Adyashanti, enlightened teacher

169. To differentiate between stress and relaxation

170. To connect with the body intelligence (internal health monitor)

171. To find solutions for current problems

172. To calm the mind and relax the body“An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory” P Hariharananada, enlightened teacher

173. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Three Brains Brain in head - Intellect Heart Mind - Wisdom Abdominal brain – gut feeling “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”

174. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good The role of emotions in stress “A symptom never comes without a preceding emotion. Symptoms are intelligent and necessary communication from the body to the head” Dr David Mickel “Transformation does not come from struggle but from expanding awareness” Adyashanti, enlightened teacher

177. Emotions“Transformation does not come from struggle but from expanding awareness” Adyashanti, enlightened teacher

179. Emotions

180. Stress“Transformation does not come from struggle but from expanding awareness” Adyashanti, enlightened teacher

182. Emotions

183. Stress

184. Physical, emotional and mental symptoms“Transformation does not come from struggle but from expanding awareness” Adyashanti, enlightened teacher

185. Levels of body communication Sensations www.mickeltherapy.co.nz www.mickeltherapy.com Gut feelings Sensation without pain

186. Levels of body communication Emotions Sensations Fear, Worry Sadness, Anger www.mickeltherapy.co.nz www.mickeltherapy.com Gut feelings Sensation without pain

187. Levels of body communication Emotions Sensations STRESS RESPONSE INVOKED Fear, Worry Sadness, Anger www.mickeltherapy.co.nz www.mickeltherapy.com Gut feelings Sensation without pain

188. Levels of body communication Mental symptoms Emotions Sensations Anxiety Depression STRESS RESPONSE INVOKED Fear, Worry Sadness, Anger www.mickeltherapy.co.nz www.mickeltherapy.com Gut feelings Sensation without pain

189. Levels of body communication Physical symptoms Mental symptoms Emotions Sensations Allergies Insomnia IBS Anxiety Depression STRESS RESPONSE INVOKED Fear, Worry Sadness, Anger www.mickeltherapy.co.nz www.mickeltherapy.com Gut feelings Sensation without pain

190. Levels of body communication Migraines Fibromyalgia CFS Physical symptoms Mental symptoms Emotions Sensations Food intolerances Allergies Insomnia IBS Anxiety Depression STRESS RESPONSE INVOKED Fear, Worry Sadness, Anger www.mickeltherapy.co.nz www.mickeltherapy.com Gut feelings Sensation without pain

192. Understanding

193. Action

194. Results“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” Buckminster Fuller

195. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Awareness Start noticing the ‘tell-tale signs’ “To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author

197. Never enough time...“To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author

198. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Impatience What is really happening when we are impatient? “To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author

199. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Impatience What is really happening when we are impatient? In emergency mode “To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author

200. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Impatience What is really happening when we are impatient? In emergency mode That’s why we feel or it seems we have to do everything ‘right now!’ “To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author

202. Never enough time...“To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author

204. Never enough time...

205. No time for ‘me’ things – I’m last on my list

206. Eating fast

207. Eating while working, no breaks

208. Always on the go“To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author

210. Never enough time...

211. No time for ‘me’ things – I’m last on my list

212. Eating fast

213. Eating while working, no breaks

214. Always on the go“To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author

216. Incessant mind-chatter, buzzing in head

217. Can’t switch off or fall asleep

218. Can’t sit still for five minutes

219. Talking fast

220. Emotional ups and downs

221. Drinking lots of coffee and energy drinks“Knowledge without application is useless”

222. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Insanity ‘The definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result’

223. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Keys to health ‘There is only one disease in world: Ignorance. If you know and feel how your body reacts, You can change anything’ Andre Noquet, Aikido Master

224. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Excellence ‘We are what we repeatedly do Excellence is then not an act but a habit’ Aristotle “Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin

225. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Solutions ‘Become aware and take care’ Self-awareness Self-responsibility Self-care “Excellence is won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is then not an act but a habit” Aristotle

226. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Solutions Three-fold approach: Self-induced stress Become aware Change habits External Stressors Identify Resolve Proactive self-care Look after self Daily de-stressing “Excellence is won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is then not an act but a habit” Aristotle

227. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Solutions Awareness and Action Self-induced stress Become aware Change habits “Excellence is won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is then not an act but a habit” Aristotle

230. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Solutions Awareness and Action External Stressors Identify Resolve “Excellence is won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is then not an act but a habit” Aristotle

233. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Exercise: 5 Step Process Become aware of and identify the situation that is creating the stress or tension inside your body-mind Identify the emotions your body is sending you about the situation Decide what ACTION you need to take to dispel the emotions Take the action Notice the result

234. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Exercise: I feel, I need Situation that is creating stress or tension Identify the emotions underneath the stress (nb anxiety is a symptom not an emotion) Communicate your feelings about the situation to the person involved using “I feel (sad, annoyed.....)” State what you need to feel better (“I need / want...”) Put steps 3 and 4 into action Notice the result

235. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Solutions Self-care Proactive self-care Look after self Daily de-stressing “Excellence is won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is then not an act but a habit” Aristotle

237. Put into place regular relaxation inducing exercises eg. Walks, Meditation, Qi Gong, Yoga

238. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Exercise: Putting self first Exercise: ‘How can look after myself today?’ Every day, when you wake up in the morning, ask yourself: “How can I look after myself today?’

239. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Exercise: Self-care habits Exercise: Your ‘self-care’ list Decide what self-care actions you could put into place to look after yourself in your life

241. Qi Gong

242. Walks

243. Yoga

244. Cooking

246. Brings us into our body

247. Calms the nerves

248. Brings us into the present moment

249. Calms the mind, stops the mind chatter

251. Calms the mind, relaxes the body

252. Stimulates seratonin, bathes the glands

253. Clears the organs of negative emotions

255. Calms the nerves

256. Stimulates seratonin

257. Nourishes the endocrine glands

259. Go outside, breathe in fresh air, sunlight

260. Go for a walk

262. Mouth and lips to spleen

263. Nose to lungs

264. Ears to kidneys

266. Six Healing Sounds Meditation

267. Qi Gong

268. Accept and feel ‘what is’ without the story

269. ‘This ‘feeling’ is welcome

271. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Five Intelligences FIRE Spiritual Intelligence WOOD Intellectual Intelligence EARTH Practical Intelligence METAL Emotional Intelligence WATER Instinctual Intelligence

273. Illness prevention

274. Work-life balance

275. Emotional management

276. Recovery from chronic fatigue, exhaustion, workaholism and burnout

278. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good End of Presentation Changing the way you think about health...for good