stress management
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Slides from the Reed Learning seminar "Stress Management" presented by Bradley Honnor in the office* seminar theatre.TRANSCRIPT
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Stress Management
Bradley Honnor
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Stress is the body’s reaction to a change that requires a physical, mental or emotional adjustment or response.
What is stress?
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Stress levels
Per
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Levels of stress-
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Bor
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ComfortStretch Strain
Panic
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Adapted from Finding Flow (1997), Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Physical
Behavioural
Emotional
Stress symptoms: manifestation
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Action-oriented– Used: When you have a chance to affect the cause of the stress– Strategy: Confront the problem, change the environment or situation
Emotional-oriented– Used: When you do not have the power to change the situation – Strategy: Change your interpretation of the situation
Acceptance-oriented – Used: When you have no power or emotional control over a situation– Strategy: Focus on riding the stress
Stress strategies
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Acknowledgement
Acceptance
Action
The three ‘As’
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“Give me the courage to change the thingswhich can and ought to be changed, the serenity to accept the things which cannot be changed and the wisdom to know the difference.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
American theologian
Serenity prayer
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Serenity
Calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil unaffected by disturbance; calm and unruffled
Courage
The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger or fear with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery
Wisdom
The ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting. Common sense; good judgment
Three key traits
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“IF you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you…”
If…
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Finding courage, serenity and wisdom
Feelings
Thoughts Behavior
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FearAnger
HeadacheNausea
Paralysis
This is stressing me out…This is too much
Snapping AggressiveRetreatingDistracted
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Perpetual stress
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ClearPositive
ResolvedDeterminedResourceful
Now here’s a challenge…Let’s see what can be done
Take controlTake actionFind a way
Get it done
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“If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same…”
If
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• Take control - don’t be controlled
• Reframe what is ‘stressful’
• Accept real limitations
• Take action early not at brake point
• Stretch your ‘Stretch’ and ‘Comfort’ zones
• Balance the physical, behavioural and emotional
Management checklist