Workshop Overview

Stress at work is a major issue. It is the single largest reported cause of all work-related illnesses. Poor mental health accounts for more than half of all work-related illnesses and about 51% of long-term sick leave is due to stress, depression, or anxiety. Stress can be highly debilitating, effecting our physical and emotional health and reducing our performance and productivity.

However, this does not have to be the case. Stress is caused when we produce adrenaline and cortisol, when our alarm bell system goes off. This makes sense when we are under real external threat but not when we have a heavy work load or other situations that can feel stressful. When people understand this and start to explore what they are telling themselves to cause them to feel stressed they can start to manage this evolutionary error in thinking.

In this workshop we explore how the brain works, the difference between our emotional and rational brain and what happens to cause us to experience stress. We look at causes of stress and how we respond. Next we introduce a therapeutic tool to help people work out what they are telling themselves to cause stress and how they can start to rescript these internal messages to minimise the flight and fight response.

Workshop Outcomes

  • identify how and why we experience stress
  • learn tools to help manage stress individually and also to help others
  • understand how our response to events causes stress and consequently what we can do to develop better internal dialogues to reduce stress
  • create a plan to reduce stress

Further Details

  • this workshop is for all human beings
  • day workshop (can be tailored to half day or hour sessions)