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Chapter 17 Stress Can Be Beaten
Stress management starts with identifying the sources of stress in your life. This isn’t as easy as it sounds. Your true sources of stress aren’t always obvious, and it’s all too easy to overlook your own stress-inducing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Start a stress journal it can help you identify the regular stressors in your life and the way you deal with them. Each time you feel stressed, keep track of it in you journal. Write down: what caused your stress; how you felt; how you acted; and what you did to make yourself feel better. As the saying goes, “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.” When facing major challenges, try to look at them as opportunities for personal growth. If your own poor choices contributed to a stressful situation, reflect on them and learn from your mistakes. Unfortunately, many people cope with stress in ways that compound the problem.
Northwest National Life Insurance Company (NWNL), Minneapolis, offers a free stress booklet to companies interested. The booklet contains results of a national survey commissioned by NWNL. According to the survey, seven out of ten workers experience stress often…. In addition, the NWNL booklet includes a workplace-stress test constructed by a panel of stress and wellness experts from across the country. The National Resource Center on Worksite Health Promotion. It maintains a computerized database for use in promoting sound health policies and preventing disease on the job. Dr. Michael McKee, a national expert in biofeedback and stress management in the psychiatry dept. of the Cleveland clinic foundation. His stress management programs conducted for companies start with a one-hour health-awareness lesson on stress management followed by a six-to-eight-hour stress management workshop.
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