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What Is Stress? CHALLENGE Stress is our mental, emotional and physical reaction to the PRACTICE THE ART OF internal and external experiences we have. Experiencing some SAVORING BY PICKING ONE stress is natural and can be healthy but too much stress and EXPERIENCE TO TRULY SAVOR ongoing stress can be harmful to our health, well-being and to our EACH DAY relationships with others. AFFIRMATION
MAKING WELLNESS A PRIORITY, Mental, emotional strain or tension that results from demanding MANAGING STRESS & SLEEPING circumstances or situations can effect many areas of our well- WELL, GIVES ME THE ENERGY TO being. We can experience emotional, mental, social, spiritual and PURSUE MY DREAMS physical stress in our daily lives. We can all see how stress affects us when we look at how we respond when we're placed in a JOURNAL PROMPT challenging or threatening situation. HOW DO YOU MANAGE STRESS IN YOUR LIFE? ARE THESE Perhaps more understandably, stress can come from negative HEALTHY OR UNHEALTHY experiences such as unhealthy relationships, work deadlines, legal WAYS? issues and experiencing abuse. Prolonged stress causes illness and can weaken your immune system. You are more at risk of illness WEEKLY CHECK-IN when you're under a large amount of stress. WHAT FAMILY CONNECTION ACTIVITY DID YOU PICK TO DO Keep in mind, stress can also result from positive situations such WITH YOUR CHILDREN? as a new job, graduation, marriage or moving into a new home. A certain amount of stress in life is natural and even helpful. J U N E 1 1 , 2 0 2 0 V O L . 6 BECAUSE WE CARE
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Coping Strategies
All of us use coping strategies to get through life. Some we learn from our family of origin, some we develop ourselves due to our life experiences. Coping skills are not inherently good or bad, because they all do their job of getting us through the moment, but some have negative consequences. If you find yourself using a lot of coping skills from the negative side, you might want to consider re-evaluating.
Positive Negative • Deep breathing •Yelling •Acting aggressively • Stretching •Overeating • Meditation •Drinking excessive amounts of • Listening to music alcohol • Exercising •Smoking • Reading •Pacing • Going for a walk •Biting your fingernails • Taking a bath Reducing Stress •Taking drugs • Socializing with friends There are many different strategies for •Skipping meals • Sitting outside and relaxing dealing with stress and each plan will be •Withdrawing from family and • Engaging in a hobby different for each person. We strongly friends recommend completing a self-care plan (links •Dangerous driving to a few examples on the next page) and putting it into action. A few other ideas to consider for reducing stress are: Talk it out - talking about troubles with a trusted person can help to make things clearer Change of scenery - go for a walk or to the park Learn to say no - maintain healthy boundaries! Do something for someone else Schedule recreation - Set routines for relation and physical activity Take one thing at a time J U N E 1 1 , 2 0 2 0 V O L . 6 BECAUSE WE CARE
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