Wrap Up
Jan 15, 2016
Wrap Up
Stress Management Wrap UpWhat do you want out of life?Are you achieving this? What is stress?Why is it important to manage stress?What is margin? Do you have it?
Common Mistakes in Managing StressExpecting someone else to reduce your stressDeciding not to changeActing like a victimTrying to play anew game by the old rulesTrying to control the uncontrollableFailing to abandon the expendablePicking the wrong battlesPsychologically unplugging from your job or
family
Maladaptive Coping TechniquesAlcohol abuseSmokingDrugsOver eatingEscapism (T.V.)Spending spreesBlaming others
Physical and verbal abuse
ComplainingOver workingDenialMagnification
“Bring the Future Into the Present”If we live responsibly in the present we will
influence the future. The same holds true if we live irresponsibly.
There is a connection between the ‘present’ and the ‘future’ and it is called choices. Prepare for your future today in how you live.
Dr. Jerry Sittser
Stress Model Intervention
Choices & directionIdentify stressors &
specificsSimplifyBalancePevey bucketMoney managementTime managementDiet & nutrition
Noise reductionAssertivenessCommunication skillsConflict resolutionSocial support
networkingBehavior modificationRelational maintenanceEnvironmental planningFamily planning
Life Situations and How You Choose to Live
Perception Intervention
Selective awarenessPerspectiveLocus of controlAttitudeGratitudeContentmentForgiveness
HumorRe-labelSelf-talkThought stoppingSuccess analysisSand analogy
How You Choose to Think
Anonymous
Emotional Intervention
MeditationAutogenicsProgressive relaxationBiofeedbackPrayer
Down Time & Pauses in the ‘Pace’ of Life
Physiological Intervention
Physical exercise
ConsequencesBy intervening a little at each level of the
stress model, you can reduce the harmful effects of stress, thereby changing the outcomes from distress to eustress.
Queen Elizabeth, 1603on her dying bed
John Rockefeller
Asian Proverb
TimingSuccessful living is related to proper timing.
There is a time and a place for everything, and people who seem to be ‘successful’ understand when that is.