This document provides information on stress management techniques for women. It discusses that stress can be either beneficial or detrimental depending on its source. It defines stress and identifies common stress symptoms. The document outlines sources of stress in relationships and provides techniques for managing stress, including exercising, meditating, maintaining a positive attitude, and creating a calm atmosphere. The overall goal is to help women understand stress and develop plans to reduce and manage it in their work, home, and personal lives.

1. STRESS MANAGEMENT
For the WOMAN on the GO

2. Overview
"stress is not necessarily something bad –
it all depends on how you take it. The
stress of exhilarating, creative successful
work is beneficial, while that of failure,
humiliation or infection is detrimental."

3. Objective
 Understand that stress is a positive,
unavoidable part of everybody’s life
 Recognize the symptoms that tell you
when you have chronic stress overload
 Identify those situations in your life that
cause you the greatest stress
 Identify those actions which add to your
stress

4. Objective
 Change the situations and actions that
can be changed
 Deal better with situations and actions that
can’t be changed
 Create an action plan for work, home, and
play to help reduce and manage stress

5. What is STRESS
A host of related experiences, pathways,
responses and outcomes caused by a
range of different events or circumstances
producing anxiety causing moments.

6. What is STRESS
stress is a condition or feeling experienced
when a person perceives that demands
exceed the personal and social resources
the individual is able to mobilize.(Richard S
Lazarus)

7. STRESS Identifiers
The amount of stress
that we experience
depends on how much
stress we have, how
long we have it, and
how we are able to
manage it.

8. STRESS Identifiers
300 and Above – 90% get sick
150 -299 – 50% get sick
<150 – 30% get sick

9. Short Term Symptoms of Stress
 Increased breathing
 Increased heart rate
 Increased blood pressure
 Decreased digestion
 Irritability

10. Short Term Symptoms of Stress
 Fuzzy thinking
 Decreased memory
 Sleep disturbances
 Muscle tension/ soreness/ headache
 Poor eating habits

11. Women/Relationship/Stress
Relationship
Stress
YOU

12. Relationship KILLERS
 Criticism
 Undefined boundaries.
 Being unappreciative.
 Challenging
 Controlling.
 Manipulating

13. What DO you SEE
 Do you see with your eyes OR with your mind?
 Remember the extent of your vision is the
boundary to what you can get.
 Until you change your “state” you cannot
change your estate.
 If you change the way you see, you change
your state and invariable change your estate

14. What DO you KNOW
 Knowing your worth is determine by the value you
place on yourself
 Looking in the mirror and seeing yourself as a nobody
is not humility but Stupidity
 Nobody is going to ever value you more than you
value yourself.
 Put a “price tag” on you and KNOW the price.
 Make a quality decision to never negotiate lower for
you than what you are priced.

15. Stress Management Techniques
-Feel Better Now
Music
Guided Imagery
Exercise
Meditation
Laugh
Listen to the inspirational word

16. Stress Management Techniques
-Take Care of You
 Healthy Eating
 Healthy Relationships
 Better Sleep
 Exercise
 Hobbies
 Good Nutrition
 Healthy Sex Life
 Choose the thoughts to allow

17. Stress Management Techniques
-Maintaining The Right Attitude
Optimism
Be in Control
Overcome perfectionism
Let GO of Anger
Have Fun
Don’t complain about what you allow
Determine the thoughts to allow

18. Stress Management Techniques
-Creating The Right Atmosphere
Live from the inside out
De-clutter
Time Management
Take time to “Design” your life
Take charge and take control
Live your life and not someone else’s

19. QUESTIONS
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comments below and I will
definitely respond to your queries
and concerns.