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STRESS AND HEALTH: STRESS AND HEALTH: BALANCING OPTIONSBALANCING OPTIONS
At your desk and anywhere
K. Hathaway, Ph.D., L.P.Health Psychology
Center for Spirituality and HealingUniversity of Minnesota
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TO NOTE:TO NOTE:STRESS IS NOT ALL BAD!STRESS IS NOT ALL BAD!
• POSITIVES OF STRESS:– Alertness– Challenge-based – increases self-confidence– Learning occurs and coping improves– Interpersonal problem-solving
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COMPONENTS OF COMPONENTS OF STRESS RESPONSESSTRESS RESPONSES
• PHYSICAL– Heart rate, breathing, muscle– Move or freeze, yell or cower
• COGNITIVE– Intense concentration on target (stressor)
• EMOTIONAL– Less access to emotional reactions (except fear and
sometimes anger)
• SOCIAL– More inward-focused, withdrawal from social
interactions
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ENVIRONMENT STRESSORS ENVIRONMENT STRESSORS PARTICULAR TO WOMENPARTICULAR TO WOMEN
• Multiple role and related demands• Other’ views of roles and demands• Differences in emotional needs• Less training/modeling in assertiveness• Different physical needs (ergonomics, breaks, etc)• Flexibility needs• Conflict mediation skills• Satisfaction with work community• Physical safety, discrimination, glass ceilings
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PHYSICAL STRESS PHYSICAL STRESS RESPONDING IN WOMEN RESPONDING IN WOMEN
• Emotional responsivity differences?
• Cortisol production
• Hormone fluctuations
• Oxytocin and estrogen (different brain responses to stress during ovulation)
• Tend-Befriend (vs Fight-Flight)
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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE WORKPLACE BURNOUTWORKPLACE BURNOUT
• Role overload
• Role ambiguity
• Role boredom
• Lack of control (perceived or real)
• Lack of challenge, diversity or sense of purpose
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IT’S UP TO…IT’S UP TO…
• Stress management, then, is an individual challenge
• No one solution works for everyone
• The environment may supply the stressor; the individual supplies the coping
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COMPONENTS OF STRESS COMPONENTS OF STRESS REDUCTION REDUCTION
• PHYSICAL– Relaxation, BREATHING– Build health status: Increase resistance
• COGNITIVE– Re-framing, re-interpreting– Staying “in the moment”
• EMOTIONAL– Access to feelings– Peace-giving
• SOCIAL– Family and friendship support
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BUILDING RESISTANCE (VS BUILDING RESISTANCE (VS MANAGING CRISES)MANAGING CRISES)
• Increase physical strength
• Increase physical adaptability
• Increase energy
• Decrease toxins
• Build antitoxins
• Decrease heart rate, GI distress
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PHYSICAL: At Your DeskPHYSICAL: At Your Desk
• STRETCH!• POSTURE CORRECTION• FACIAL MUSCLE RELAXATION• BREATHING• LIGHTING• SOUND• AROMATHERAPY• NUTRITION, WATER
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PHYSICAL, Anywhere: PHYSICAL, Anywhere: Take care of Take care of self (treat illness, balance eating, balance sleep, get self (treat illness, balance eating, balance sleep, get
exercise, avoid mood-altering drugs)exercise, avoid mood-altering drugs)
• EXERCISE– Walk at breaks? Lunch?– Less sedentary activity (decrease TV/computer?)
• SLEEP– 8 hours? naps?
• GET OUTSIDE!!– Fresh air, new visual stimuli
• NUTRITION– 4-6 times per day, nutritionally sound– Vitamins?
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COGNITIVE: At Your DeskCOGNITIVE: At Your Desk• INCREASE “I CAN” SENSE OF CONTROL; DECREASE “I
CAN’T” STATEMENTS• DECREASE “WOULD’VE,” “COULD’VE,” “SHOULD’VE”• PLAN, RE-ORGANIZE, PRIORITIZE• DECREASE JUDGMENT, INCREASE ACCEPTANCE
• INCREASE PERMISSION FOR OPTIONS• INCREASE PLASTICITY IN THINKING• DECREASE ALL OR NOTHING• ELIMINATE THE WORD “BUT”
• MAKE VALUE-BASED DECISIONS
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• “For a mind burdened with fear, with conformity, with the thinker, there can be no understanding of that which may be called the original…”
• J. Krishnamurti, On Fear
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COGNITIVE: AnywhereCOGNITIVE: Anywhere• Work on ACCEPTANCE (this is not the
same as judging it to be good)– There has never been a time without war,
without hunger, without suffering– Our colleagues are not perfect either– Life is busy, confusing and distracting
• ADMIT OWN INFLUENCE • Unglue opinions from facts• Make VALUE-BASED decisions
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COGNITIVE: AnywhereCOGNITIVE: Anywhere
• ATTENTION AND INTENTION =MINDFULNESS– Observe self, observe thoughts – Be aware of sensation (body posture,
washing dishes)
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EMOTIONAL: At Your DeskEMOTIONAL: At Your Desk• PRACTICE OPTIMISM• FIND SMALL WAYS TO INCREASE JOY (PICTURES,
TEAS, ETC.)• ACCESS MEMORIES – ESPECIALLY OF TIME IN
NATURE• PRACTICE GRATITUDE• PRACTICE KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY• BE MINDFUL: PRACTICE STAYING IN THE MOMENT• IDENTIFY FEELINGS WITHOUT JUDGMENT• PRACTICE JOY
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“We consider bibles and religions divine…; I say they have all grown out of you, and may grow out of you still;
It is not they who give the life – it is you who give the life.
Will you seek afar off? You surely come back at last, in things best known to you, finding the best, or as good as the best –
Happiness, knowledge, not another place, but this place – not for another hour, but for this hour” Walt Whitman
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EMOTIONAL: AnywhereEMOTIONAL: Anywhere• IMAGINE PEACE
– Remember that the body and the spirit do not know the difference between what is imagined and what is real….
• FOCUS MORE ON CREATIVITY, LESS ON PRODUCTIVITY
• INCREASE SOCIAL SUPPORT• PRACTICE KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY• ATTEND TO “PURPOSE”• HAVE MORE FUN!!!!! LAUGHTER IS A GREAT
STRESS REDUCER
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PULLING IT TOGETHER: PULLING IT TOGETHER: LIFE DE-STRESS SKILLSLIFE DE-STRESS SKILLS
• Build mastery and competence with new work and social skills
• Focus on what works
• Play by the rules
• Attend to relationships
• Approach things you are afraid of
• Learn distress tolerance
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DISTRESS TOLERANCE DISTRESS TOLERANCE SKILLSSKILLS
• Activities: Hobbies, play games, walk, sports
• Contribute: Volunteer, make something for some one else
• Comparison: Compare self to less fortunate – or don’t compare at all…
• Distraction: Count to 10
• Self-soothe: Use five senses
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SUM: STRESS MANAGEMENT SUM: STRESS MANAGEMENT OPTIONSOPTIONS
• THINK ABOUT BALANCE
• STRESS MANAGEMENT MUST HAVE A PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL COMPONENT– Additional benefits from breathing!!!
• NO TIME PARAMETERS
• VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE
• BE MINDFUL, BE PRESENT
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OPTIONS FOR STRESS OPTIONS FOR STRESS REDUCTIONREDUCTION
• Relaxation exercise• Yoga• Meditation• Self-hypnosis• Daily rituals: Prayer,
candle-lighting, water rituals
• Music, sound• Laughter• Volunteering
• Light treatments• Time in nature – nature
images• Story-telling or story-
listening• Mindfulness• Social support• Animals, children• Attention to the present
moment…
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Center for Spirituality and HealingCenter for Spirituality and Healing
• ONLINE: Taking Charge of Health
• Coursework: SEE www.csh.umn.edu– MBSR training, options for learning alternative
ways of healing and health-building– Art of Healing– Plants and Health– Music, Art and Health– Healing Environments– Peacemaking and Health
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Look to this day!For it is life, the very life of life…In its brief courseLie all the verities and realities of your
existence:The bliss of growthThe glory of actionThe splendor of achievement;
For yesterday is but a dream,And tomorrow is only a vision;But today, well lived, makes every yesterday
a dream of happinessAnd every tomorrow a vision of hope!Look well, therefore, to this day!
“Kalidasa,” ancient Sanskrit poem