enable success & balance, stress less relax for performance
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A look at the effects of stress, its origins and how to ovrcome stress through relaxationTRANSCRIPT
© Success Partners
Enable Success & Balance:
Stress-Less & Ree-Lax
April 2010
Julie Silfverberg
Circle of Concern
Influence or Concern
Circle of Influence
Control over:• Think• Say• Do
Competing Demands
YouFamily
Work
Hobbies & Fun
FriendsFinances
Health
Partner
Emotional Intelligence
General Mood
Effective Performance
Intra-Personal Inter-Personal
AdaptabilityStress Management
What am I Learning?
Live Now!
Guilt What if..
FuturePast NOW
Energy Management
Time
Energy
90 Minutes
Key Imperative
• Learn how to rhythmically spend & renew energy.
The Power of Full Engagement – Loeher & Schwartz
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State
Inte
nsity
Energy / Stress
Time
Stress AccumulationIn
tens
ity
Time
Fight or Flight
Effects of Stress• Cortisone• Thyroid• Endorphins• Digestive shutdown• Sugar + Insulin• Cholesterol• Heart rate• Oxygen
• Allergies• Metabolism• Pain killer / high• Blood diverted• Energy• Long distance• Blood pressure• Breathing
Impact of StressHeadaches
Neck & Back Pain
Joint pains & Aches
Chest tightness
Stomach
Stress
Paradox
• “The best moments [in our lives] usually occur when a persons body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult & worthwhile”
– Flow --Mihaly Csikszenmihailyi
• Live in world celebrates work & activity• It ignores need for – Rest – Renewal & – Recovery
• And it fails to recognise• Both necessary for sustained performance
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State
Inte
nsity
Energy / Stress
Time
Workaholics• Significantly higher incidence of:– Alcohol abuse– Divorce– Stress-related illnesses
Study – America Online - 2000
• 47% Laptops on holiday• 26% Checked emails every day• PDAs?
Stress AccumulationIn
tens
ity
Time
Fight or Flight
Freeze
Flexible
Stress ManagementIn
tens
ity
Time
RecoveryExpenditure
RecoveryExpenditure
Stress-Less
Stress-Less• And
•Ree-Lax
Choosing Self Care• Accept compliments• Give compliments• Speak well of yourself• Praise yourself• Separate your behaviour from
yourself• Treat your body well
Choosing Self Care• Let people know how you expect to
be treated• Get around good people• Have pleasure (let go guilt)• Read books for ideas & to be inspired• Picture in your mind’s eye how you
want to be.
Choosing to Ree-Lax• Learn Progressive Muscle Relaxation• Develop the Ree-Laxation Habit
Remember - Be Happy
• Most people are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
– Abraham Lincoln
• Decide to be happy & relaxed• Accept you are centre of your life• Notice your ability to choose• Discover the value & joy of time out• Take time to smell the roses
• Decide to be happy & relaxed• Accept you are centre of your life• Notice your ability to choose• Discover the value & joy of time out• Take time to smell the roses
Up Coming Training• Words that Change Minds– 22 April, 6, 20 May, 3 June 2010– 4 x ½ Days 14:00 – 18:00
• NLP Practitioner Certification– 17-24 July 2010
• Call Julie for special Network Savings
Julie SilfverbergSuccess Partners
www.successpartners.ie
http://www.meetup.com/NLP-Coaching-Success/