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Stress- It's No Big Deal

WOULD YOU LIKE DRAMATICALLY REDUCE YOUR STRESS?

In today’s very challenging work environment over 70% of all employees say they are “stressed out” and not satisfied with their work/life balance.  After years of research on stress in the workplace and at home author Ken Zeigler has developed a course that provides each participant with an effective action plan for reducing his/her stress.

His program called, Stress – It’s No Big Deal will take each participant on a path of self-discovery that will help him/her develop strategies to reduce their stress.  All of the activities are done in teams to encourage participation and sharing.

Course Objectives

This course will help each participant to determine which events causes him/her stress and why.  Each participant will then learn how to identify his/her own symptoms of stress so they can take action to reduce it

Finally, each participant will learn tips, tools, ideas, and strategies for reducing their stress and develop an action plan they feel is realistic to implement those strategies after they leave the class.   For example, each participant will learn:

ü      To identify their stressors

ü      The different stages of stress

ü      The difference between good stress and bad stress

ü      The true definition of stress

ü      How to recognize their symptoms of stress

ü      That they have choices and more control than they think

ü      Ways that they create their own stress

ü      The root causes of their stress (work, home, and/or personal)

ü      To embrace change instead of fighting it

ü      Strategies for reducing their stress

ü      Thirty proven stress reducers from the American Lung Association

ü      To develop a stress reduction action plan to improve their stress level

ü      That many of the other participants in the class are experiencing the same high level of stress that they are

This class is available in a half or full-day format.  Cost is based on the size of the group.  Please call (800) 835-6839 for a price quote for your group.

Course Description

Ice Breaker

Discussion concerning modern day stress.  Breaking into teams to complete the exercises.  Participants discuss why they signed up and what they want to get out of the class.

 

Identifying Your Stressors

In groups participants identify their personal stressors.

 
  • Boss
 
  • Spouse
 
  • Children
 
  • Work
 
  • Finances
 
  • Themselves?

 

Reacting to Stress

Discussion of the following stages:

 
  • Alarm
 
  • Resistance
 
  • Exhaustion

 

Good Stress/Bad Stress Discussion. Can stress be good?

 

Stress. "What is it really?"

Discussion on Dr. Hans Selye – the pioneering investigator of stress.

 
  • Webster's Dictionary definition of stress

 

Exercise Participants complete a self-assessment of their stress symptoms.

 

The Signs of Stress

Participants identify ways they can recognize stress in themselves. 

 
  • Physical
 
  • Psychological
 
  • Behavioral

 

Taking the Bull by the Horns
Participants begin to recognize they have choices

 

Ways to Reduce Stress
Participants learn strategies to reduce stress. Each group then shares what they're willing to do differently in the future.

 

 

How We Create Our Own Stress

Participants discuss ways we create our own stress.

 
  • High Expectations
 
  • Negative thoughts
 
  • Life gets in the way

 

Exercise

Participants begin to identify the root causes of their stress.

 
  • Work
 
  • Family
 
  • Self

 

Keys to Successful Change
Discussion on how we look at change, fight change, and developing a starting and ending point.

 

Exercise
Participants complete a self-assessment on how they handle change.

 

Stress Management Action Plan

Participants begin developing their action plan to conquer their stressors.

 
  • Identify the three most important areas of your life.
 
  • Write up four things you want in each of these areas.
 
  • Choose one thing in each area to work on as a short-term goal.
 
  • Decide on three things you could do immediately in each area.
 
  • Assign dates.
 
  • Write a short paragraph on how things are going in their lives.

 

Final Exercise
Participant’s review the lessons learned from the course and identify some of the key actions that they will be taking within the next 72 hours to begin removing stressors.

 

 

 

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