Stress Management Plan Analysis

To help reduce stress for myself, even through I know its quite common practice for most managers I would write down a list of all my tasks and then put them in priority order according to timescales, importance and whether I could or could not delegate the task I would also consider how long they might take, having a list especially when I am feeling stressed helps me focus and ticking areas off can have a positive effect on me as the list reduces.

My physical wellness continued to increase, my stress management as well and also my time management increased. Similar to my first year in the program as entering my second year my physical wellness increased. I’ve been trying to live a healthy life and having a better diet, I thank Colonel Oetjen for this and how he gave me a lecture in my first year after he saw me drinking my regular 1.5 litter soda, and explained how sugar was bad for you and how he said “white death’. I can say my stress management has improved because of my time management skill increasing, with priorities this better I have more time and are less stressed. I adapted a new quote over that summer to help me with my time management and that is Stephen Covey quote “The Key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your

Following January 17, on January 18 I implemented my modified health behavior. My first time meditating, I found it difficult to adequately clear my mind and concentrate on my body. Because I practice mindfulness regularly, I am accustomed to being aware and present in my thoughts; therefore my initial start time of five minutes was not sufficient time to quiet my mind and begin “controll[ed] attention” (Taylor, 2014, p. 185) on my

Stahl, B., & Goldstein, E. (2010). A mindfulness-based stress reduction workbook. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Choose and explain stress management techniques that can help you cope with each of your four stressors. Do not use the same techniques for each stressor. Your answer must include at least four different coping strategies and the circumstances when you have or plan to use them. For each stressor take into account: techniques or lifestyle behaviors that can prevent a stressor from occurring; techniques that can change your thinking about the stressor; ways to calm yourself or change the situation while the stressor is

Meditation is something that, prior to this semester, I had never experienced. I wanted to incorporate it into my self-care plan because I struggle with stress management and pessimism. Negative thoughts and feelings will sometimes get the best of me; meditation seemed like a good habit to create in order to control and manage my stress and cynicism. Meditation was difficult at first, but the more I practiced it the easier it became. It assisted me in processing my feelings and thoughts, more importantly it led me to insights about myself. It helped me to understand how I function and areas where I need to improve. For example, I never processed my fear surrounding death; meditation assisted me in recognizing that my fear stems not from my facing my own mortality, but rather from the prospect of losing my son or husband. Nothing scares me more than losing them in any form, and death is a form of loss. Meditation also assisted me in recognizing areas where I have improved, but previously did not observe (e.g. my view of alcoholism has drastically changed and for the better). Finally, meditation helped me to process some extremely intense negative emotions unrelated to the course (having learned to meditate could not have happened at a more necessary time). Meditation was by far the most useful self-care activity for me; it is one habit I plan to cultivate and utilize throughout my

One of the ways I believe I could improve my stress management is to learn to just block everything out and focus on one thing at a time. Not to let it overwhelm me to become calm and try and not let it take over my life because when I do I get no sleep and I get headaches. That whatever I’m stressing over shouldn’t be affecting my health. That the people who stress me out and the things are just a part of life that I need to learn to accept it to be fine with that thing like this

Throughout life stress is a common problem whether it’s at work, school or home. The many negative effects of stress in fact affect individuals differently varying from health issues to work performance. Therefore, all individuals have different views of stress and various ways of handling it or otherwise managing their stress. Stress is when any living thing feels endangered and its homeostasis is at risk (Varvogli & Darviri, 2011, p. 74). Ways of dealing with stress are efforts of cognitive, behavioral, and psychological nature that allows a person to manage stress. Although there are different causes of stress, there are also many techniques for relieving it. The following articles are intended for the reader to

The goal I choose to follow over the last two months was to have some form of organized exercise a day, whether it be running, basketball, or lifting weights. When I first made the plan, it was to run every morning at 11am and then again at 9pm, and any other exercise that happened to cross my way that day I would also include. However, by then end of my trip I found my plan had changed much from what it started as out. To help with the work of accomplishing this goal, I used two useful tools I had that I thought would make it easier. Firstly, I had my parents send me a text every morning to make sure I was awake and working out, or at least putting in some kind of effort to do something. Second, whenever I went running I brought along my roommate

In order to become stress free, millions of people choose meditation and mindfulness as a source of relief. Choosing the two can help a person, not only get stress relief, but also achieve a much better physical body and response. Being mindful of one’s health by meditating can help a person achieve a better mental health.

Jon Kabat-Zinn created the mindfulness-based stress reduction method. This meditation method is different than normal methods because it is performed with a group of participants for a series of eight to ten weeks, each weekly session lasts about two and a half hours, and includes one all-day session, as well as completing 45-minute daily homework assignments. The MBSR includes traditional meditation practices, yoga postures, and requires you to maintain mindfulness (Hansen, 2012).

Zeidan et al. (2014) concluded that twenty minutes of mindfulness meditation significantly reduced state anxiety in each session that meditation was practised. After each meditation training session there was a decrease in anxiety. In MRI session one four subjects showed results of decreased anxiety and nine subjects in MRI two. Throughout the four days of training results also showed that mindfulness levels increased. The average of the mindfulness levels increased by 14% (after

On my stress assessment quiz, I scored an 8. It was on the AllPsych website and called the Stress Vulnerability Quiz. My score was relatively high because the high vulnerability range for the quiz was 6-10. I was recommended to focus on the more positive aspects of my behavior and change the negative ones that affect my stress level/vulnerability. Some stressors in my life would be school, SAT and ACT, college, and money. The biggest stressor would be school. My need to maintain an A in all my classes combine with my parent’s expectations overstress and worry me. I also don’t manage my sleep very well and tend to overreact on small matters. To reduce my stress at school, I need to manage my time better. I need to plan out what I need to do

For six weeks, September 7th to October 19th, I was determined to run five times a week in order to relieve stress. This would increase my physical and emotional wellness, which would help me reach my overall goal, to lower my level of stress by 3-5% (25% overall) each week for six weeks. I was able to keep track of this by using an online stress test and journaling on a weekly basis. I took an initial stress test before week one to establish a percentage of 49% (mild stress). Three out of the five days of the week I was to run two miles, with the intention of lowering my time each run. I kept track of this in my journal. Two out of the five days I did interval sprints on the treadmill (Walk for 1 minute, sprint for 2 minutes) for 15 minutes. My intentions were to increase my level of speed and incline each day, which I recorded in my journal as well. My six weekly objectives were:

      Stress is an ongoing dilemma that occurs in each and everyone’s life. It is a factor that is undoubtedly a part of daily living. Due to the trivial problems that occur in people’s daily lives massive amounts of stress can arise. People perceive and manage stress in many different ways. The causes and effects of stress are numerous and one’s ability to manage stress is vital in maintaining healthy living.