3 Hour Stress Management
Program Presentation
Introduction
A. Background and Experience
B. Goal of this Program
C. Stretching Exercise to Release Tension and get Blood Flowing
Presentation of Stress Statistics and Discussion of Stress
A. Cite Stress Statistics in Handout
B. Good Stress vs. Bad Stress
C. Most Common Stressors
Expectations
Conflicts with our Values
Commitments and Obligations
Other’s Expectations of Ourselves - Real and Perceived
D. 4 Major Sources of Stress
Customary, Anticipated Events
Unexpected Life Events
Progressive Accumulating Events
Personal Trait Stress
E. Emotionally Induced Stress
Time Stress
Anticipatory Stress
Situational Stress
Encounter Stress
Stress Questionnaire and Discussion of Answers
Discuss Burnout and Causes of Burnout
A. Discuss Effect of Burnout
B. Burnout Questionnaire
Exercises
A. Discussion of Exercise, Walking, Movement, Yoga, etc.
B. Figure 8
C. Kidney Breath
D. Higher Self Applications
E. Forgiveness
F. Relaxation through Muscular Tension for Better Sleep
G. Vibrational Release through Tapping
H. Increase Creativity through Drawing
Break - 15 Minutes
I. Forward Fold
J. Seated Mountain Pose
K. Seated Child’s Pose
L. Release Stress, Anxiety, Tension and/or Anger through Journaling
M. Discuss the Difference between True Power and Positional power
N. Time Line Exercise
Discuss Benefits of Meditation
A. How it Releases Stress
B. Discuss how it Works
C. Give Suggestions on How to Meditate and Explode Meditation Myths
D. Guided Imagery Meditation
Questions and Answers