Stress Management

Although statistics suggest that we are more stressed now than we have ever been, stress has always existed. Viewed by many people as a normal part of life, stress is much more than just a modern-day problem; symptoms of negative stress include anger, an inability to concentrate, decreased performance in many areas of your life, weight loss or gain, irritability, breathing difficulties, confusion, heart disease, insomnia, high blood pressure, panic attacks etc. and in severe cases it can kill.

When stress is experienced, physiological changes occur in your body: your blood pressure is raised, your heart beats faster and your body is literally under pressure. Providing that this state is offset by a recovery period of calm and rest, your body can return to its usual state of balance.

Short-term positive stress has a useful function – it helps you to perform at your best during a crisis. However, a long period of stress without respite, when the body remains in a state of unrelieved pressure, is likely to result in negative stress. At this stage, you may begin to feel unwell, suffer from recurring ailments and feel unable to cope. Everyone’s level of tolerable stress is different and identifying your own ’stress triggers’ is the first step to successful stress management. Most people are never taught to manage stress and can find it very difficult to respond pro-actively without help.

Too little pressure can be equally dangerous – if you have recently retired, have been unemployed for a long period or are in a job that no longer challenges you, stress may also be a problem.

Stress management techniques are easy to learn, simple to use and effective in both treating and preventing stress-related problems. I use various techniques including breathing and relaxation exercises, reviewing priorities and commitments (emotional and physical) so that together we can select practical changes that you feel are realistic for your life-style and implement them.

If you accept that stress is a part of your life it is only sensible to learn how to manage it.

INVESTMENT PER SESSION: £60.00

For details of my one-day Stress Management Workshop, see ‘Life-Changing Workshops’.