Positive and negative stress is a constant influence on all of our lives. The trick is to maximize the positive stress and to minimize the negative stress. The workshop will teach participants how stress can be positive and negative, understand its causes and provide tolls and develop skills for addressing any stressful situation, develop a stress log system, manage the routines joyfully and productively and learn powerful relaxation techniques. They will also understand what lifestyle elements they can change to reduce stress and bring work-life balance. By balancing a career with home life will benefit them to become healthier, mentally and physically and produce better results.
Stress Management & Work-Life Balance
Indicative Coverage
- Understanding Stress: Stress Vs Eustress
- Stress and Personality Types
- Identifying various causes of stress
- Creating a Stress-Reducing Lifestyle: Eating Properly, Exercising Regularly, Sleeping Well
- Understanding the Triple A Approach to Stress Management: Altering Situation, Avoiding Situation, Accepting Situation:
- Using Routines to Reduce Stress
- Environmental Relaxation Techniques Nature, Music, Humor
- Physical Relaxation Techniques: Exercises, Deep Breathing, Meditation
- Coping with Major Events: Establishing a Support System, Creating a Plan, Knowing When to Seek Help
- Creating a Stress Log: Recording Events, Identifying Stressors and Creating a Plan, Creating New Habits
- Clarifying values/goals and establishing a balance in work and life.
- Benefits of a Healthy work life Balance on Productivity, Health, Morale
- Signs of an Imbalance: Health Risks, Absenteeism, Burnout, Stress
- Set Boundaries: Learn To Say ‘Yes’ as well ‘No’. Know when to call it a day
- Ways to restore Work life balance: Telecommuting, Job Sharing, Job Redesign, Flexi Time, Some Me Time, Maintaining Boundaries. Dealing With Distractions. Make a Schedule and Stick to it
- Words of Wisdom