Stress Management Strategies and Techniques For Mental Health – Why You Stress

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Learn more about this course and sign up for a FREE trial of The Great Courses Plus here: https://www.TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/show/how_to_make_stress_work_for_you?utm_source=US_OnlineVideo&utm_medium=SocialMediaEditorialYouTube&utm_campaign=149639 Life is stressful. But while everyday stressors are a fact of life, they don’t have to control you. Rather, with the right scientific understanding, you can actually make stress work for you instead of against you. According to fitness and wellness consultant Dr. Kimberlee Bethany Bonura, trying to live a completely stress-free life is a zero-sum game. The true goal of your relationship with stress is to figure out how to manage it effectively; how to use it to build and support a meaningful, resilient life. Recent years have seen a wealth of new insights into the science of stress and its effects on our physiological and psychological health. They’re vital, powerful tools you can use to transform how you think about (and react to) stress, whether everyday stressors like traffic jams or unexpected traumas like a death in the family. The bottom line in developing relaxation technique is, according to Dr. Bonura: “You can still find joy in this moment, in this chaos, in this life, by learning to be your own ultimate master of stress.” With the 18 lectures of our course “How to Make Stress Work for You,” Dr. Bonura shows you how to manage and minimize the stress in your life. You’ll learn how to identify the types of stress you’re most vulnerable to, what your current stress responses are, ways to manage your response to stress (including key behavior modifications and mental exercises), and a plethora of other relevant, practical, and even essential information on integrating stress into a healthy lifestyle. Rooted in scientific findings from experiments, research papers, case studies, and first-hand experiences from Dr. Bonura’s life and career, this course offers you nothing less than a bold new way of facing (and appreciating) daily life. Think of stress management as a toll road, with an initial cost to get on but with long-term savings. The strategies and techniques required to master the stress in your life take some initial work to learn—and ongoing practice to hone and strengthen. But the investment, in the long run, will end up saving you time, energy, money, and preserve your mental health. In this free lecture: Arousal plus your value judgement equals your stress level. And what you respond to in life isn’t the raw stimuli you experience (like the traffic jam) but your perceptions of these stimuli. Explore this idea in a lecture that recasts the stress continuum as a positive – negative curve instead of a line. Learn more about this course and sign up for a FREE trial of The Great Courses Plus here: https://www.TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/show/how_to_make_stress_work_for_you?utm_source=US_OnlineVideo&utm_medium=SocialMediaEditorialYouTube&utm_campaign=149639 We have more YouTube videos on Health, Fitness, Nutrition, and Wellness here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBB9AA822BC52EA6F And subscribe to our channel…we’re adding new videos all the time! https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheGreatCourses

How to De-Stress & Relax | 6 Practical Self Care Tips to Manage Stress

All things on how to be less stressed, reduce anxiety, relax, and manages stress. Thanks Care/of for sponsoring this video! ❤️ Get 25% off your first month at http://bit.ly/2E9qqfu (Care/of website) using code: rowenatsai. As always, pop open description for time stamps, annotation, and links galore. 🤓 ••• ➊ [1:24] Make time for yourself ⇨ Article: 7 Science-Backed Reasons You Should Spend More Time Alone (Forbes) http://bit.ly/2CDyzn1 ➋ [3:25] Accept you’re stressed and that that’s ok ⇨ Book: Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuck http://amzn.to/2Fzgxpf ⇨ Article: Why Acceptance Is One of the Best Stress Reducers (Psychology Today) http://bit.ly/2ENPlSt ⇨ Article: Does Mindful Acceptance Reduce Stress, Increase Happiness? (Psychology Today) http://bit.ly/2BMRT4A ➌ [4:30] Identify what’s causing you stress ⇨ Article: Stress management: Know your triggers (Mayo Clinic) http://mayocl.in/2HDrQx2 ➍ [6:08] Defensive vs active coping ⇨ Article: On Coping, different ways of coping, how to positively cope (Positive Psychology Program) http://bit.ly/2CD5VST ⇨ Article: Why Avoidance Coping is the Most Important Factor in Anxiety (Psychology Today) http://bit.ly/2ELh5ev ➎ [7:19] Active coping in action How often should you take breaks from looking at computer? ⇨ Article: 20-20-20 rule (WebMD) http://wb.md/2ot93M3 Sleep & wake early: ⇨ Article: Why lack of sleep makes us depressed (Thrive Global) http://bit.ly/2BMu6Sl ⇨ Video: How to wake up at 4am (Youtube) http://bit.ly/2vcRZvw Better posture: ⇨ Video: Exercise to improve hunchback posture forward head carriage correction (Youtube) http://bit.ly/2CDsyXz ⇨ Article: Fixing posture with links galore (Reddit) http://bit.ly/2oj84Po ⇨ If you want to learn more about qigong and Falun Dafa, check out local contacts in your area – there are practitioners globally and in most big enough-ish cities: http://bit.ly/2E0PL6S ⇨ Qigong/my spiritual practice, Falun Dafa http://bit.ly/2z49zqz ⇨ If you’re interested in reading more, start with this to get an understanding of what qigong entails http://bit.ly/2u8DXOC ⇨ The main text we read is Zhuan Falun* http://bit.ly/2t48xJP *Best to read start to finish in the shortest time possible for the highest benefit. ⇨ My friend Chris over at China Uncensored made an incredibly informative video on what Falun Dafa is and why it’s being persecuted in China (YT video): http://bit.ly/2CR9yZQ ➏ [10:55] Turn stressful thoughts to grateful thoughts ⇨ Article: Tony Robbins on gratitude (Thrive Global) http://bit.ly/2Cd2839 ••• Equipment: ⇨ Camera: http://amzn.to/2khCf7V ⇨ Tripod: http://amzn.to/2sPRaIu ⇨ Edit: Final Cut Pro X ••• Don’t be a stranger ♡ ⇨ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subrowena ⇨ Instagram: http://instagram.com/rowenatsai ⇨ Email: rowenatsai@gmail.com