Monthly Archives: August 2014

4. TAKE ACTION (4) KNOW YOUR LIMIT If you know that the situation causing your stress can be changed, explore ways of making this change.  However, if you cannot change a specific situation, then acknowledge this and seek to work within … Continue reading →

4. TAKE ACTION (3) TAKE ACTION Once you identify the causes of your stress, you can develop effective strategies to increase your tolerance and manage your stress. First determine your level of control over your stress, by determining what you … Continue reading →

4. TAKE ACTION (2) IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF YOUR STRESS Knowledge is the key to managing your stress! So the first step to successful stress management is to identify what is causing your stress. / Some people have a good … Continue reading →

4. TAKE ACTION (1) Types of Stress Response a. PHYSICAL (a) Tense Muscles, (b) Queasy Stomach, (c) Pounding Heart, & (d) Quickening Breath b. MENTAL (a) Change in your view of yourself, (b) Distractibility & Decreased Attention, (c) Forgetfulness, & … Continue reading →

3. SHORT TERM EFFECTS (3) Types of Stress For some of us, the typical stress response is physical, for others it is emotional, and for others behavioral. Usually there is a combination, with some levels being our primary responses and … Continue reading →

3. SHORT TERM EFFECTS (2) Short Term Effects of Stress Immediate effects of stress can be in response to significant feelings or thoughts, or to something or someone that has a direct bearing on our immediate goals, dreams and desires. … Continue reading →

3. SHORT TERM EFFECTS (1) Stress Defined (2) The question is not whether we are experiencing stress. We all experience stress every day. The best question is how are we responding to and managing that stress? Once we accept the … Continue reading →

3. SHORT TERM EFFECTS (1) Stress Defined Stress is the experience of strain due to real or imagined conflicts, frustrations, and demands.  Stress takes the form of predictable physical and psychological responses at every level of human experience. Ironically, this … Continue reading →

2. STRESS SKILLS (6) POSITIVE VISUALIZATION Here’s how it works!  Just imagine yourself doing whatever you intend to do and doing it well. Start at the beginning and imagine what you would see, hear, feel, smell, and even taste if … Continue reading →