3. Finding Balance with Change
• Give yourself time and space to adjust
because flooding creates panic/catastrophic
coping
• Create a path for yourself that works with the
change- this empowers yourself= productivity
• Sit down: Research shows this puts logical
mind in control and dealing with situations
• March to your own beat of the drum- this is
being true to self, self expression
4.
5. Happy People Are Better Able to
Think Logically
“Studies suggest that certain people’s ability to
see life through rose-colored glasses links to a
heightened left-sided brain function. A review of
brain activity indicates that individuals with
natural positive dispositions have trumped up
activity in the left prefrontal cortex compared
with their more negative counterparts.”
6. Happier = Healthier
“Evidence suggests that the left-siders may better
handle stressful events on a biological level.
Studies show a higher function of cells that help
defend the body, called natural killer cells, as
compared to people who have greater right side
activity. Left-sided students who face a stressful
exam have a smaller drop in killer cells than right
siders. Left-siders also may have lower levels of
the stress hormone- cortisol.”
7. Stress vs. Burnout
STRESS
• Over engagement
• Emotions are over
reactive
• Physical is affected
• Produces disintegration
• Loss of fuel and energy
• Produces a sense of
urgency/hyperactivity
BURNOUT
• A defense characterized
by disengagement
• Emotions are blunted
• Emotional well-being
affected
• Produces poor morale
• Loss of hope and ideals
• Produces paranoia,
detachment &
depersonalization
8. Solutions for Burnout Recovery
• When possible, leave time gaps in day
• Find one’s personal balance and work values:
reflect on reasons for being in human service
field; build up frustration tolerance
• Take life and work in moderation
• Set realistic personal and work boundaries
• Recognize your most efficient times of day,
schedule most difficult and pertinent then
• Be creative, brainstorm and express yourself
in your work- this restores sense of purpose
9.
10. Burnout Recovery Solutions
• Create an inner room of quiet within- lined
with inner calm, tranquility and freedom
• Exercise on regular basis- releases endorphins
• Avoid personalizing the negative and
internalizing this from work and home
• Know principle of emotional contagion/mirror
neurons – be aware of daily thought processes
• Use cognitive restructuring/reframing
11. Positive Attitudes and Creative Energy
• Create life from within by: thinking of what
you love
• Actually doing what you love – like the one a
day vitamin- do one thing a day you love
• Limit watching or reading about negative
events ; keep a daily gratitude journal
• The more you think positive, the more pro-
active you are- the meeting of challenges is
the reward- look for golden nuggets in events
12. PsychoBiological Mechanism of Resilience &
Vulnerability: Successful Adaptation to Extreme
Stress : American Journal of Psychiatry 2004
• Ability to bond w/a
group on common
mission; high value
placed on altruism
• Effective self regulation
of emotions attachment
behaviors, optimistic
• Most courageous
willing to work w/fear
inducing situations
• A capacity to tolerate
high levels of fear &
perform effectively, 9-
11 clean up crew, police
and fire fighters
• A capacity to convert
learned helplessness
into learned helpfulness
w/active coping styles
in confronting stress
13. Active Coping Style/Skills
• Problem solving focus
• Seeking information
• Seeking social support
• Changing work/school
home environments
• Plan activities- taking
initiative= personal
empowerment
• Active emotional coping
• Reframe the meaning of
problems- creatively
• Using humor to
decrease stress
• Secure attachment-
good self-worth:
sharing feelings
comfortably
• Resilience
• Strategic thinking
14.
15. High Proactive Personality
• Individuals w/high
proactive
personality (HPP)
are more likely to
use active coping
or problem
focused coping
• Controllability an
important factor
for HPP people,
more actively
searching for
change & solving
problems. Also,
open to challenges
16. High Proactive Personality
• More likely to recognize stress levels, events,
threats and accumulate reasons in advance to
lower stressors . Buffers negative, brings
positive energy until work situation changes
• Take initiative and prepare for potential
threats that they will be facing
• Usually network builders w/political skills,
interactive skills, reserve more resources and
maintain emotional stability in facing stress
17. Passion
• P Be proud of who you are and what you do
• A Master the ART of sharing what you know
• S Connect SOUL-SOUL. Every action, however
discrete & every thought, however brief,
impacts the souls of everything in the universe
• S Write down & speak of your unique
STORIES- often. Your journey & the lessons
you have learned have the power to heal and
inspire
18. PASSION
• I Light the IMAGINATIONS of others
dreaming aloud. Challenge them to imagine
what can be. Nothing compares to the power
of imagination and dreams
• O Participate in ONGOING research &
development. Rather than resting on
yesterday’s laurels, anticipate the next change
& get there first. Challenge dogma
• N NEVER give up, NEVER settle for
mediocrity, NEVER let fear hamper you from
risk taking.NEVER let a cynic stand in your way
19.
20. Workplaces with Great
Productivity and Morale
• Employees feel they are fairly compensated,
knew how performance was judged; also
believed compensation decisions linked to
performance
• Good teamwork occurred when the
supervisor actively encouraged teamwork
among group members, also continuous
improvement & demonstrated by day to day
decisions that quality is a top priority
21. Successful Work Places
• Employees were happy and productive when
the company invested in adequate training for
them to do their job. Also, when supervisors
took the time to provide ongoing coaching &
guidance to improve performance/service
delivery
• The employees with positive attitudes
reported that their supervisors listened to
their ideas, concerns, gave regular feedback
and respected them
22. Meaningful Work Activities
• Look over work/careers & find one event,
relationship, activity/project,
accomplishment, collaboration or recognition
by others that is a defining moment. How did
your gifts and co-workers talents contribute to
this?
• Form teams to solve real work issues to
improve real work processes- have fun awards
• Celebrate milestones/successes with potlucks,
sporting events, fun icebreakers- fresh starts!
23.
24. Your attitude and strength of
character
Will determine your altitude.
