Stress and Work - Personal Competence - Lecture Slides, Slides of Sociology

Download Stress and Work - Personal Competence - Lecture Slides and more Slides Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! 50 Minutes to CALM™ (Career and Life Management) A Systems Approach To Stress and Work & Life Balance Docsity.com What You Will Learn Today • To view stress and life balance from a systems perspective • How areas of stress in your life impact your internal systems • How stress impacts other areas and people in your life – How stress impacts areas and people in their lives • And how stress impacts areas and people… • How to reframe stress creating beliefs • How to gain control over negative stress by replacing it with a state of CALM™ Docsity.com Some symptoms of stress: •Headache •Tension •Backache •Irregular breathing •Palpitations •Breathlessness •Restlessness •Fidgeting •Facial tics •Dry mouth •Misjudging people •Misjudging situations •Inaccuracy •Anxiety •Higher vocal tone Worrying excessively •Lack of sense of humor •Withdrawal •Cold hands/feet •Skin problems •Ulcers •Forgetfulness •Memory problems •Inability to absorb information •Lack of co- ordination •Indecisiveness •Phobias •Panic •Panic attacks •Paranoia •Aggression •Cynicism •Guilt •Anger •Depression •Mood swings •Tearfulness •Nightmares •Rash decision making •Disorganization •Frequent mistakes •Sweating •Shakiness •Dizziness •Exhaustion/M.E. •Stomach ache •Indigestion •Lack of concentration •Nausea •Loss of appetite •Diarrhea •Insomnia Docsity.com These are the minor symptoms of stress some of the more serious include total nervous breakdown, heart attack and stroke. Docsity.com Stress Is Life. Life is Stress Stress is a necessary part of our life. Stress can be motivating or immobilizing. Most people are either: Generous with their stress Or they are stingy Or both So . . . Docsity.com The Systemic View of Stress  We are affected by everything that interacts with us in our environment Docsity.com The Systemic View of Stress  We affect everything in our environment The Systemic View of Stress Docsity.com The Systemic View of Stress  Stress can be externally or internally triggered The Systemic View of Stress Docsity.com Work Spiritual Circles Of Influence Environment Social Relationships Family Beyond Environment Self Docsity.com The Causes Of Career and Life Stress • What are your Energy Drainer and what are Energy Gainers • Examine the causes and cures for stress in our life Social Self Healt h Family Money Relationships Spiritual Career Mental Docsity.com Creating CALM Life Balance Energy Drainers Social Self Healt h Family Money Relationships Spiritual Career Mental No Exercise No physical Activity Not Eating Healthy Not Enough Sleep To busy to relaxation No Spiritual or Religious Practice Social Isolation and no time for social activities Over working Fear of downsizing No time for loved ones and those you care about No time for family Poor Communicating $$$ Problems Unemployed Inadequate compensation/rewards Isolation No time for yourself Docsity.com Data Processing Output Behavior Actions Process Values Beliefs Thoughts F I L T E R S Senses Emotions Input Information Data Docsity.com Logical Levels Environment: • What external events trigger your feelings/reactions of stress? • Do you have control over these events? • If you don’t have control or influence over these situations then all the worry, fear, and anxiety in the world will not change them. You need to redirect that energy into something you do have control over, like your perception and reaction to the events. • What resources does your environment offer to deal with stress? Knowing what options are available can be very empowering and create a sense of control. Docsity.com Logical Levels Behavior: • What Do You Do • How do you create your experience of negative stress? Examine your actions, behaviors, and feelings. Are your behaviors allowing you to meet your goals. Do they match your intentions? • Having someone point them out to you may help. • Notice the feedback your body offers you (true biofeedback). • Remember, the more flexibility you have, the more options there are and the more control you have. Docsity.com Logical Levels IDENTITY: • Who You Are • Stress is a combination of emotions, beliefs, behaviors, and physical reactions. It is not who you are! • Notice how it feels when you say; “I am stressed out,” “I am overwhelmed,” “I am depressed,” Now change “I am” to “I feel”. It feels different doesn’t it? • “I am” makes it part of your identity. “I feel” keeps it on a behavioral level. When we think and speak on an identity level we become what we say. We tend to create self- fulfilling prophecies. Keeping these messages on a feeling level provides distance from Then. It is easier to change behaviors than identity. Docsity.com CALM Color • Recall a time or place when you felt calm, relaxed, empowered or in control. If you have difficulty finding it in your past then create this place in your mind. • Notice: is it in color or black & white; what happens when you move it closer or further away; make it brighter, bigger, or more vivid. Experiment until you have created an optimal feeling. What happens when you double the feeling? • Now imagine if this image was a color what color would it be? Does this color have a texture or temperature? • Surround yourself with this color and have the color circulate through every part of your body, both inside and out. • Some people inhale the color, others bring it in through their chest, head or feet, others generate it from the inside out—it is all perfect • Some people find it more effective to use a sound, music or a song. They feel it resonating through out their body. • The CALM Color is yours to keep and use as you wish. Docsity.com Heart-Based* Calm • When you’re aware of feeling negative stress STOP and take a time out. • Redirect your focus away from your emotional state and racing thoughts to your heart. • Pretend you are breathing through your chest into your heart area and take several slow calm breaths. • Recall a positive time when you felt love, appreciation, or were having fun and vividly reexperience it. • Ask your heart for a more resourceful response to the event, a calm and effective alternative. • Be fully open to your intuition, subconscious mind and your common sense. • Listen to the answer you heart gives you. Based on the FREEZE-FRAME Technique developed by Doc Childre and the Institute of HeartMath Docsity.com