The Resilience Advantage · 2018-05-02 · The Resilience AdvantageTM Skills for Personal and...

© 2014 Copyright Institute of HeartMath

The Resilience AdvantageTM

Skills for Personal and Professional Effectiveness

Kent Watson


Some Questions:

If I said that you could shift from a state of stress or heart incoherence to a state of calmness or heart coherence in two minutes or less would you believe me?

Is there a volunteer in the house?


The Resilience Advantage

• Simple resilience building technique• Better Sleep• Improved teamwork and morale• Deal with difficult people• Ability to focus• Process information• Solve problems • Enhance creativity

• Takes practice – practical, on the go no matter what


What did HFB do?

1. I directed my own rescue

2. I controlled the pain to a tolerable level

3. Those around me remained calm and did what they needed to do

4. I remained in a state of gratitude

5. I was able to thank everyone


What is Science?

What is Experience?


• What does resilience

mean to you?

• When resilient what

do you notice about

yourself?

• Bounce back - more

• Stress effects body

12 hours


Capacity – How much you have

Frustration - Low energy – response

Frustration - When charged - response

© 2014 Copyright Institute of HeartMath11

To remain healthy and resilient, we have to manage how

we spend our energy.


Thoughts and Emotions

Thought is the greatest power in the universe. We have choice.

Thoughts are the only thing we have control over.

Thoughts, feelings and emotions are linked.

We can change our emotions by changing thoughts.

Energy follows thought - hand on your heart.

We can choose how to spend our energy

We have 1 thought per second: each tied to an emotion.


The Heart-Brain Relationship

• The heart has its own complex nervous system: the “heart brain.”

• The heart sends far more information to the brain than the brain sends to the heart.

• Heart signals especially affect the brain centers involved in strategic thinking, reaction times and self-regulation.

©2014 Institute of HeartMath

Pg 14The brain executes

what the heart says


6am – 9pm

6am – 11pm

6am – 1am

Performance

same as

Legally

Intoxicated


Coherence is when the heart, mind, emotions,

body and nervous systems are in sync

Emotional

Affected the

Most


Where Are These Domains?

Physical Domain – Our Body

Emotional Domain – Feelings &

Emotions

Mental Domain – Thoughts & Beliefs

Spiritual Domain – Consciousness

& Higher

Awareness

& Intuition


Emotions are primary drivers of physiology


21

Pg 20 - 21


Emotions directly affect our resilience


0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Ch

all

en

ge L

evel

& E

ffo

rt

Embraces challenge and improves performance

Period of maximum efficiency Hyper-reactive

stageEmotional exhaustion

stage

Breakdown

Time (Days)

Stress, Resilience and Performance

Anyone up for watching a movie?


Depleting and Renewing Emotions

• Emotions more powerful than thoughts• Control emotions with thought – we have choice• Emotions drain or renew us• Emotions drive physiology – nervous & hormonal systems• Emotions primary activators of hormonal release• Different emotions cascade biochemical changes• These tell our energy systems to use or conserve energy• Emotions motivate us and what we care about• Emotions determine how we chose to spend energy


1400 biochemical & hormone - cortisol

Under the radar


1400 biochemical & hormone – DHEA

(dehydroepiandrosterone)


Exercise: Energy-Draining Situations/Events


Heart signals affect the brain centers involved in emotional perception, decision making, reaction times, social awareness and the ability to self-regulate.

Heart Rhythms Directly Affect Physical and Mental Performance

IncoherenceInhibits Brain

Function

©2014 Institute of HeartMath

CoherenceFacilitates Brain

Function

Cortical

inhibition

Cortical

Facilitation


No

Coherence

Ride 27 km

Swim 1 km

Running

New House


No

Coherence

DEPRESION

Anti-

depressants.

Sinus

Infections.

Pneumonia.

Antibiotics.

Running

This is how a

person, an

organization

and even

societies

collapse.


Coherence is when the heart, mind, emotions

and body are in sync


Emotions are not

good or bad.

They are primary

drivers of

physiology

Regulate > 90%

of body functions


100 BPM

1 Emotion

1 Emotion

1 Emotion

1 Emotion

Pg 16

The Resilience Advantage · 2018-05-02 · The Resilience AdvantageTM Skills for Personal and...

Documents

Transcript of The Resilience Advantage · 2018-05-02 · The Resilience AdvantageTM Skills for Personal and...