   How to Manage Stress and Avoid Burnout培训

Stress & Its Causes
There are two types of stress – distress (bad stress causing negative feelings and dis-ease) and eustress (good stress causing positive feelings and motivation towards a goal.) Discussion of the stresses the delegates face. Discussion of burn-out and how it is different to stress (more permanent and pervasive.)
Impacts of Stress
Discussion of the chemicals involved and where the natural peaks are in the day. We look at how the different chemicals trigger fight or flight responses, create short term thinking (not good for problem solving that the stressful situations require) and how they keep the parasympathetic system turned off (this system is crucial for good health: you need it to digest food and store memories for example.)
Reducing Stress, Routines & Plans
We look at the well documented benefits of mindfulness (becoming aware of how you are feeling, what you are thinking, where your attention is) physical exercise, morning routines, meditation, belief remapping and energy techniques such as tapping or visualising the feeling and moving it.
We then make a plan of a doable morning routine that can be built upon and an ‘emergency’ go to technique for when overwhelm / panic / stress strikes.
Reflection & Action Planning
Reflecting on what you wanted to get from today (which we looked at in the beginning of the course) you advise yourself on the one to three things you will do differently on getting back to work and how you will get back on track if you forget!