
Explore stress fundamentals in the first 30 minutes, using simple language and real-life examples to show how you can apply stress management in your life.
Identify common emotional stressors like unemployment, work pressure, and financial headaches, and learn to manage anticipation stress by planning to reduce future risk and minimize worry through positive thinking.
Identify long term stressors like chronic illness and loneliness, and learn to manage stress hormones through changing thinking, relaxation techniques, and daily focus on today.
Explore how stress triggers the body and how focus, imagination, and regular relaxation reduce its impact. The water bucket analogy shows how lowering stressors lowers stress hormones.
Explore how sadness mirrors stress, driven by adrenaline and cortisol from the adrenal glands that influence the brain and body; learn to change thoughts to manage emotional responses.
Manage anticipation stress by staying present for upcoming appointments, plan risk measures, relax after the appointment, and set milestones to stay mindful and focus on today amid uncertain future events.
Many courses that try to teach you stress management can be overwhelming and filled with technical jargon and medical terminology. This course 'Stress Management Simplified' tries to keep things simple and uses analogies and real life examples to help you relate to what's being taught. It may not suit everyone perfectly but if you watch each video lesson with an open mind, I believe you'll gain some valuable knowledge.
The course starts by giving you a much clearer understanding of what stress really is. I have previously offered a short course called 'Understanding Stress' and have included it in the first 30 minutes or so of this course. If you completed the 'Understanding Stress' course some time ago, then I encourage you to do the whole of the 'Stress Management Simplified' course. If however you only recently completed 'Understanding Stress', feel free to fast forward through this section.
The remainder of the course is designed to get you thinking, and quite possibly thinking differently from what you're used to. Having gained a solid understanding of what stress really is in the first section, you will soon see that how you think about events and situations in your life plays a huge role in creating the feelings of stress you may experience. It will take time and practice to improve your skills in this area, but managing stress really does include managing your thoughts.
I have also outlined a risk management approach to stress management that may help you. In combination with effective relaxation, mindfulness, and thought monitoring, risk management as described in this course should help you free up your mind, and reduce the possible negative impact that dwelling on possible future events or situations may have on you.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you are finding your current levels of stress to be unmanageable PLEASE seek medical advice immediately.