The American Psychological Association recently reported that
79% of people believe "stress is a way of life." And nearly half
of Americans believe their stress has increased in the last five
years, negatively impacting their personal and professional
lives.
When we are stressed it is often because something is pressing,
or we are overwhelmed with to-dos and projects, or a
relationship needs time we can’t find. When pressure reaches its
peak, we carve out time to handle a particular stressor. Any
guesses on where we most often carve that time out from?
We tend to pick up the needed time by neglecting healthy habits.
While this might seem a solution in the short-term, it is
actually a catch-22. By skipping healthy habits, we reduce our
physical and emotional energy making it harder to cope with the
stressful situation. So what’s a gal to do? While eliminating
all stress would be ideal, it isn’t a realistic solution. Since
we can’t eliminate it, we need to learn to manage it.
Proactively minimizing stress and increasing our coping
abilities can drastically reduce the impact of stress on our
lives.
Studies have
linked stress to headaches, heart disease, intensifying existing
asthma, gastrointestinal problems, fatigue, and chronic pain.
In this workshop we begin with a quick stress-test to check your
current stress-level. Then we uncover your stress-triggers and
sources so you can work to stop stress before it starts. A 7-Day
Anti-Stress calendar will give you simple activities to do each
day to help eliminate stress and create contentment.
