Your Pathway From Stress to Wellness

8/14/2019 Your Pathway From Stress to Wellness

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Your Pathway from Stress to Wellness

Presented by Dr. Derek Lee,

HBSc, DC, CAFCI, Certified Stress & Wellness Consultant

In association with

betterHEALTH providers

Core materials in this presentation are copyright (2006) to the Canadian Institute of Stress and Dr. Derek Lee


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A Step-by-Step Process to Managing Your Stress

6 Objectives to Cover1. What is Stress? How does it work?

2. Examine the Impact of Stress on us emotionally &

physically.3. Stress affects us differently from person to person

and that is dictated by our particular Stress Type.

4. Different people need different stress management

strategiesa personalized program.5. Vitality Quotient Test to determine your stress type.

6. Choose the top 2 proven interventions for reducingour individual levels of stress.


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What is Stress? How does it work?

Stress is energy more precisely, stress is your bodyshormonal system for producing the physical and emotional energyyou rely on throughout your day.

Every time you need energy whether its lifting a barbell, simply getting out of bedin the morning, or leading a meeting your stress level will automatically go up.

Its a reflex like closing your eyes when you sneezeyou cant help it.


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5 Stages of Stress

Fatigue & Insomnia

Relationships Diminish

Emotional Distress

Chronic Aches & Pains

Illness and Disability

These issues becomeprogressively worse in

frequency and severityover time.


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The SPEED FREAK

Constant foot to the floor on

their stress accelerator;

borderline workaholic

Everything must get 110%

effort, no matter what itspriority

Rapid speech; interrupts

frequently

Periods of fatigue after all-

out effort General state of emotional

turbulence

Two skills best for Speed Freaks

First, clarify the life goals you value most, and then learn autogenic

relaxation to control how you invest energy in those goals.


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The WORRY WART

Have trouble turning offtheir thoughts

Drive themselves athigh RPM, but rarely put

themselves in gear, i.e.worry leads to uselesswheel spinning

Frequent anxiety, andslow to recover / comedown from high stresssituations

Tension headaches

Two skills best for Worry Warts The first step is psychological relaxation

or reframing, then supported by clarifying values and goals.


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The DRIFTER

Tend to shotgun theirenergy across manyoptions

In perpetual mid-life

crisis Often feel dissatisfied;

that life is not addingup; or that something isseriously missing intheir lives

Doubts existing goals /satisfactions in life

Two skills best for Drifters First, focus on more self-affirming relationships,

then follow up by pinpointing the satisfying experiences you value most in those

relationships.


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The LONER

Feel lonely, often

unfulfilled in

relationships

May feel uncomfortable

with others; often

masked with a smile

Difficulties in giving /

receiving easy, relaxed

closeness or intimacy

Feel alone in carrying

burdens or worries

Two skills best for Loners -- First, clarify what you value and truly enjoy in work

or personal life, then cultivate relationships which affirm what you value.


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The BASKET CASE

In constant energy

crisis

Energy often fades by

mid-day

Frequent aches / pains

in low back, muscles or

headaches

Sometimes depressed;

feel most activities are

too much to do

Two skills best for Basket Cases -- The first foundation skill is high

performance nutrition, then supported by essential exercise.


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The CLIFF WALKER

A walking life insurancecompany risk factor chart[e.g. blood pressure;smoking; alcohol misuse;

no exercise; hereditaryfactors]

Tends to be cavalier aboutrisks: Itll never happen tome.

Usually a somewhat wornappearance, and difficultysustaining energy

Two skills best for Cliff Walkers -- The first foundation skill is high

performance nutrition, then supported by essential exercise.


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Measure your Stress &

Determine your Stress Type.

Whats my overall stress score? How doesthat compare to other people?

Whats my Stress Type

? Am I a Worry

Wart a Speed Freak a Drifter aLoner or a Basket Case?

How can I improve my stress level? What

two steps will get the best results for myStress Type?

Take the Stress Test.


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Since people are quitedifferentin how they become

vulnerable to stress build-up, dodifferentpeople

needdifferentwellness strategies?

The answer is a scientifically solid Yes. There are five basic, proven stress control skills

which work better for one stress type overanother.

Many people who started with the wrong skillactually increased their stress.

The right stress control skill depends upon yourindividual stress type. (Review)


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Vital Skills

In descending order of their overall power

1) clarifying your personal values and daily

satisfiers

(2) being able to relax-at-will, anywhere, any

time (3) developing rewarding relationships

(4) high performance nutrition

(5) essential exercise.


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2 Dominant Skills per Stresstype

Two skills best for Worry Warts The first step is

psychological relaxation or reframing, then supported by

clarifying values and goals.

Two skills best for Speed Freaks

First, clarify the life goals you value most, and then learn

relaxation to control how you invest energy in those goals.

Two skills best for Drifters First, focus on more self-

affirming relationships, then follow up by pinpointing the

satisfying experiences you value most in those relationships.

Two skills best for Loners -- First, clarify what you valueand truly enjoy in work or personal life, then cultivate

relationships which affirm what you value.

Two skills best for Basket Cases and Cliff Walkers -- The

first foundation skill is high performance nutrition, then

supported by essential exercise.


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Do any of the much touted stress and

wellness techniques actually work?

1. To recap 25 years of research with 132,000 over-stressed Canadians

and Americans, heres what weve learned.

2. If you want a stress control program giving you deeply rooted

personalized results, with no time wasted on false starts on what

might work for someone else, but not for you, then

3. Personalize your from-stress-to-wellness strategy to match your

dominant Stress Type, focusing on the two skills you most need. They

will give you 65+% of your progress.

4. Later, focus on your secondary Stress Type for the other 35%.

5. Follow our advice on which of your two skills you should start with first.6. Use autogenic technology to reprogram your body mind habits [i.e.

autogenic relaxation + visualization + affirmation methods].


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Long-term Results of this Program

Program Results at Four and Eight Months Follow-Up

At 4 months At 8 months

Doctors office visits decrease 22% 53%

Days absent from work decrease42% 58%

Below target blood pressure 49% 91%

Immunoglobulin A increase 24% 31%

T cell increase 16% 28%

Stress hyper-reactivity down [EMG/GSR] 41% 46%

Stress recovery time down [EMG/GSR] 28% 36%

Ability to relax at will increase [EMG] 17% 31%


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Future workshops on

Stress Management?

Vitality Quotient Questionnaire.

Measuring your level of stress.

Determining your dominant and secondary

stress types

Choosing the top 2 most effective

interventions for you.

Make minor but profound changes that areproven to last.

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