Who else wants to know how to manage their stress … take control of their emotional health once and for all … and know that it was worth it? The Stress Response covers nearly everything you need to know about managing stress so that it doesn’t impact on you for a minute longer than it [...]
Lesson 1: Your Emotional Brain
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What Do We Know About The Limbic System? There are two main parts of the brain, the Limbic System that does the feeling and the Cortex that does the thinking. The Amygdala, which is our fear center lies within the limbic system. The Amygdala never rests – it is constantly on alert, appraising the environment [...]
Lesson 2: The Physical Effects of Stress
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We want adrenalin generated to the optimal level of stress – no more! The body manages well with an optimal level of stress. Adrenalin generated to the optimal level of stress is needed for alertness and clarity and for being on guard – fight or flight.
Lesson 3: The Psychological Effects of Stress
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Personal stress is increased by the way you think! All the unnecessary, negative thoughts that you have are simply because of the imbalance of chemicals in your brain. Your personal stress is significantly affected by the way that you think.
Lesson 4: Normal Trauma Reactions
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Trauma causes strong emotional or physical reactions You have experienced a traumatic event (an injury, loss of a loved one or property, or a serious threat, or any overwhelming emotional experience).
Lesson 5: How Are You In The World?
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Events, appraisal and responses arise from self-interaction How you are in the world depends upon the events (needs, thoughts, beliefs, values, memories, and expectations) you experience that drive your emotional responses. We call this your EAR-Identity. Events, appraisal and responses arise from self-interaction. Central to EAR-Identity is appraisal, or your perception of how you know [...]
Lesson 6: Signs of Emotional Health
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Want To be Emotionally Healthy? How does one engage life ultimately? We engage life physically, cognitively, emotionally, and spiritually. A person who is experiencing the pain and confusion of personal distress and/or social and psychological problems is not healthy.
Lesson 7: Developing Emotional Awareness
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Emotions signal a level of need The human body gets its primary energy from burning sugar. You get your energy from taking care of your body well – not perfectly. In fact, you only need to eat, sleep, and exercise “well enough” for your body to give you all the information you will ever need [...]
Lesson 8: Raising Self-Awareness
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The Johari Window helps you change behavior The Johari Window is particularly helpful in enabling you to increase your self-awareness. The model has four basic areas, or quadrants. Each quadrant contains a somewhat different self. No one knows you better than you which quadrant dominates your view of yourself.
