e-Stress Free Me ™

1A. eSFM Welcome

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1A1 ‘brought to you by your Live-Well team’

1A1 image of Jeff with Physicians and OST: ‘Jeff is a health behavior coach’ (keep up for 6-7

seconds and slowly fade out)

Arrow point to ‘my personal profile’ when I mention it verbally…and then fade out.

1A1 OST when I say the goal of the program is to (then list the two items below as say them)

1. Sharpen your existing set of tools 2. Add a few new tools to your tool belt

1A1: (at the alt read) OST: ‘Award yourself 1 location specific wellness credit for each module

you complete—up to a maximum of 8 credits’

Arrow pointing to the LiveWell Resource box when I reference it.

1A2 eSFM Welcome

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After I say in the first module we will touch on—add the following OST:

‘Stress in America Today’

‘Defining Stress’

‘The Mind Body Connection’

‘A Prelude of Modules 2-10’

1B. STRESS: The American WorkerLO: Motivate the learner to take the training. PO: Given stats about harm/benefits of stress/stress resilience from eSFM, the learner will choose to take the rest of the training modules.

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1B True false quiz

1. Over 75% of all visits to primary care doctors are related to stress, and stress is linked to the

top 6 causes of death: (heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver and suicide) (true)

2. About 25% of Americans report that stress has a negative impact on both their personal and

professional lives (false- Nearly half of Americans report stress has a negative impact).

3. Chronic, unmanaged stress is six times more predictive of heart disease and cancer than

cigarette smoking, high cholesterol and obesity (true)

4. 80% of workers feel stress on the job, 40% feel severe stress, and frighteningly, 25% have felt

like screaming and one in 6 people have felt like striking a co-worker..(true)

5. One million U.S. workers are absent any given month due to stress (false—any given day!).

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1B HUB AND SPOKE (as soon as I say ‘if you are like most americans (fade in)

1C. STRESS Hardiness & VitalityLO: Motivate the learner to take the training. PO: Given stats about harm/benefits of stress/stress resilience from eSFM, the learner will choose to take the rest of the training modules.

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OST Instructions (with Jeff Audio): Take a look a the top 10 health benefits of reducing stress. Are some of these

important or interesting to you? Click on the health benefit sentence, and drag that benefit over to the see-

saw and place it on the ‘DROP ZONE’. See if you can place enough stress reduction health benefits onto

the see saw to make stress disappear… and the image of two vibrant people appear!

1. stress reduction can lower your risk of heart attack and lower high-blood pressure by about 74%.

2. Cut the number of colds you get in half with stress resilience tools and elevate your overall immune system.

3. 75% of people will sleep challenges can learn to fall asleep within 20minutes with relaxation skills.

4. Stress reduction can significantly improve memory, concentration, creativity and critical thinking skills.

5. Relaxation and stress reduction can increase ‘feel-good’ chemicals in the brain and boost your mood.

6. Irritability, frustration and anger can be significantly reduced with stress management and relaxation tools.

7. Stress reduction can raise energy levels and reduce burnout and fatigue.

8. Depression and Anxiety have been shown to be significantly reduced (or eliminated) with stress reduction.

9. Medical studies demonstrate that stress reduction can even help to prevent weight gain and diabetes.

10. Workers who better manage stress have 3-4 time fewer operational errors or injuries on the job.

1D. What exactly is STRESS? (Marker 16)

LO: Contrast the relationships between stress-stressor, distress- eustress.PO: Given the information from eSFM, the learner will correctly identify 2 examples of the relationship between stress-stressor and distress- eustress

IE1D1: OSG: Image of weight on a wall---(weight says ‘stressor’: mucho heavy) and wall says ‘stress

fractures’—

1D2: Moving cartoon of buckets- deflect and diffuse stress with arrows bouncing off and water draining out. key visual is like the rays of sun—stress coming in and 50% being reflected back out—and the 50% that gets into the ‘bucket’ (which represents the human body) can be drained off with a faucett.)

OST/G1D1 OST- Over 75% of doctors visits are due to stress

OSG: roller coaster image with OST: Fun or Fear?!—possible roll over feature with happy expression vs scared expression for a bit of interactivity here (roll over OST)

OST Your perception of the stressor determines your body’s reaction.

1D3 OST: bullet the two kinds of stress as I mention them verbally (Distress, followed by Eustress)…perhaps OSG of guitar strings snapping vs sounding good when I say this.

1E. STRESS, Mind-Body Medicine and You MARKER 35-38

LO: Identify the components of the mind-body connection.PO: Given information about the mind-body connection from eSFM, the learner will be able to correctly identify at least 3 of the components. 

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1E1 OSG: rear view mirror lowers—cop lights and OST about red alert (when we are stressed, frustrated, feel under pressure or scared—it triggers that ‘fight or flight’ red alert system in our body. This is the body’s ‘sympathetic branch’ at work which accelerates your heart rate, releases cortisol (a stress chemical) and adreneline into the body- and prepares you to ‘fight’ or ‘take flight’. When facing daily stressors at work and home—we are typically not physically running and therefore we do not burn or drain off the stress related chemicals. Over time, high levels of stress cause us to literally ‘stew in our own juices’ causing digestive problems, high-blood pressure, poor sleep and more. You’ll learn about how to easily shift out of ‘red alert’ during this training. Then prompt the user to click ‘next’ to advance…

1E2 : Human body image with shifter: user interaction ability to shift from ‘Red Alert Side’ to Relaxation and Stress Free Side’ and OST benefits pop up (see below notes sec.)

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1E1 RED alert icons and Relaxation Icon for repeated use?

1E2 hammock visual or similar

1F Motivation to Manage Stress: Scenic RouteLO: choose to use tools for stress reductionPO: Given the common causes of stress and current proven tools to deflect/diffuse such stressors, the learner will rate their motivation to change (learn) and continue the training.

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1F2- potholes roll over self defeating thoughts

1. (watch): ‘I don’t have time to deal with all my stress’!

2. (Nile River): ‘Stress won’t harm me—I’ve been fine so far’. (Denial ain’t just a river in

Egypt)

3. (bootstraps): ‘I should just be able to ‘buck-up’ and pull myself up by my bootstraps—I

don’t need any specific tools or skills’.

4. (starting line): ‘I’m so overwhelmed I don’t even know where to begin’

5. (No use): ‘There is nothing I can change- so why even try’

OST: As you probably guessed—each one of these are myths! Each one of these are potholes which can stop us from making stress reduction progress. Most folks are learning to bust these myths and take control of their own health and well-being…are you? NEXT

1F2 Motivation to Manage Stress: Scenic RouteLO: choose to use tools for stress reductionPO: Given the common causes of stress and current proven tools to deflect/diffuse such stressors, the learner will rate their motivation to change (learn) and continue the training.

1F2 (Second IE). Stages of ChangeOST: First, check off where you are in your journey to be more stress resilient. Are ya just kickin’ the

tires, or are you ready to step on the gas, gain new tools and go? Click on which statement below best describes where you are right now. This will be saved to your personal profile. Plus you’ll reveal some next best step suggestions for mapping out your drive to THRIVE!

1. No way no how—I’m not even thinking about changing how I deal with stress. (Suggestion: If you just want to see what others are doing to reduces stress and enhance well-being…then come along for the ride to observe what it’s all about. Some folks like to write out a pro/con list of reasons for changing and see if the reasons to change outweigh the reasons to do nothing. And for some inspiration, you may want to watch the moving ‘Falling Down’….or ask your self what your life could look like with less (less frustration, fewer colds/illness, less heart attack risk, etc.).

2. I’m Kicking the tires and interested in learning what stress reduction tools look like.(Suggestion: Glad you are interested—look at modules 2-10 and choose which area of stress reduction you’d like to begin with. If you like what you see—start slowly—try practicing just a couple of new tools at a time. And remember—like learning any new skill– it takes practice so go easy on yourself)

3. I’m highly motivated to use new tools, reduce stress and boost my resilience and well being- let’s go! (Suggestion: GREAT! Which module interests you most?! Review the tools, put them into practice and you are on the road to reducing illness, raising resilience and optimizing your health!)

4. I’ve been practicing stress management for some time…looking to add a few new tools or sharpen existing ones. (Suggestion: Excellent—Keep an open mind and see if you can gain any new approach to an old tool—or perhaps a couple of new tools to add to your tool belt).

5. Been there- done that—I’m an expert at stress management and at best this will be a nice refresher.(Wonderful!—Enjoy the journey and perhaps you’ll gain a nugget of wisdom here and there, plus some great reinforcement of the tools you are currently using—nice job!).

1G. STRESS: Summary

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1G Between Module Tip: ‘Things are neither good neither good nor bad- is thinking that makes it so’ Shakespeare’s Hamlet.