Stress & Work Life Balance

Manage it before it manages you

BioLakisha Bealer is the founder of Agility

Paralegal Service, LLC. Agility offers paralegal

services to attorneys, CLE courses to attorneys

and paralegals, and a virtual tradeshow for

Legal professionals. Lakisha earned an

Associates, Bachelor’s, an MBA as a single

parent and working full-time.

Overview1) Determining your stress triggers

2) Effective tools and resources for dealing with stress

3) Using technology to reduce stress

4) Creating boundaries between personal and professional relationships

What is stress?Although, this seems to be an elementary

question understanding the true definition of

stress allows for understanding how stress

affects you individually.

According to The Institute of Heartmath

“Stress is the term used to describe the wear

and tear the body experiences in reaction to

everyday tensions and pressures”.

Common Stressors

Juggling work/personal lifeLack of job secu-rityPeople issuesWorkload

What are you’re stress triggers?Stress triggers are those things that cause an

emotional imbalance and are different for

everyone

Stress Triggers

Stress Triggers

Stress Triggers

Stress Triggers

Picking up on stress cues• As members of teams or partners in

relationships it is important to pick up on others stress cues. This can help to create cooperative working environments and drama free personal and professional relationships.

Picking up on stress cues• Improves relationships with co-workers• Avoids conflicts

The obvious signs• Absenteeism• Frequent tardiness• Emotional outbursts• Poor work performance• Lack of focus• Sleeplessness

The not so obvious signs & Negative Coping Mechanisms

• Procrastination• Social drinking• Recreational drug use

Using technology to reduce stress• emWave2 portable stress reliever

• What it is?• What does it do?

• emWave PC desktop version• What it is?• What does it do?

Creating professional boundaries• Believing that your doing your employer a

favor by not taking a vacation• Taking business calls during time off• Being the office superman or superwoman

Creating personal boundaries• Never taking Me time• Buying in to the Superparent myth• Over scheduling personal events

Resource Links• American Institute of Stress provides

referrals to various organizations

http://www.stress.org/services/• The Institute of Heartmath provides various

resources for stress management and overall well-being

http://www.heartmath.org/free- services/solutions-for-stress/index-of-all-solutions.html

ConclusionOutside of all the tools and resources the best

way to eliminate stress is by understanding

what your stress triggers are and coming up

with your own method to manage it

Questions

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