Habit Breakthrough

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Coping with Stress An in-house workshop Our attitudes determine whether we ’re stressed or not. We either see people and events in terms of challenges and opportunities or as misfortunes and calamities. There is always a choice. Coping With Stress addresses these issues head on. It focuses on the attitudes and skills that create either failure or success. When our attitudes shift, our stress is reduced, our actions change, and a peaceful and energetic vitality naturally emerges. What is Stress? Simply put, stress results when we are pulled simultaneously in two opposing directions. At those moments the demands on our life exceed our ability to meet them and psychological and physiological feelings of stress are triggered. Stressors can be external, such as a sudden change in company expectations, or they can be the result of internal negative habits like habitual worrying. Since our body doesn't discriminate between internal and external stressors at the personal level both negatively impact our health. The good news is that stress can be radically reduced. The key is finding balance. Stress is only harmful when it's unbalanced. After all some kinds of stress are healthy and play a vital role in growth. Babies, for example, need to be challenged by obstacles to learn to walk just as athletes can't reach peak performance without competition. What we commonly think of as "stress" occurs when our personal capacity to adequately handle events erodes thereby creating adverse psychological, physiological and behavioral patterns. In other words we stop thinking of problems as challenges and start experiencing them as burdens. The key to living a healthy, productive life lies not in being stress-free but rather in understanding and expanding our capacity for handling stress. Once we know our limitations we can apply proven strategies to release excessive stress. This seminar not only helps employees understand the impact of stress, it teaches many different techniques that help people find balance and harmony in their lives. This occurs as we learn the art of communicating our needs more fully and precisely. It's a simple process but not an easy one because we've all been trained to push on ourselves unwisely and to blame others rather than take responsibility for what shows up around us. As we learn for new communication skills and receive expert coaching, our stress diminishes. STRESS FACTS Stress management training for heart attack patients achieved a 40% reduction in recurrence compared to patients who received only standard care. American Heart Journal One-third of the US population make New Year resolutions to begin stress management programs. Prudential Healthcare Survey More than half of all deaths between the ages of one and 65 result from stressful lifestyles. US Center for Disease Control Annually, over $800 million dollars are spent on "anti-anxiety" pills. The US accounts for 5% of the world's population and consumes 33% of the pills.

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