Managing Stress and Achieving Wellness

Course Code: ASKSAW

Managing Stress and Achieving Wellness

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the demands at work, at home, and in your social or personal lives? In a fast paced, high tech environment in which we operate, there is an increasing demand to achieve balance between work, family and your personal life. In our course, Managing Stress and Achieving Wellness, we will teach you how to better manage stress in the workplace or in life so you can become more productive and effective.

Managing Stress and Achieving Wellness

Within our 2-day course, participants will be provided insights into the causes of stress, both physically and psychologically. They will also learn to identify the symptoms of stress and various stress relief techniques to better manage their mind, body and soul.

Course Objective – Managing Stress and Achieving Wellness

By the end of the course, you would be able to:

Use stress as a motivator and recognise the symptoms of burn out
Recognise how our thinking and personality contributes to stress
Practice good eating habits and promote health through regular exercise
Practice stress relief techniques like breathing and visualisation exercises

Alongside this course, participants may also want to consider taking up the course Effective Relaxation Techniques to understand more about the different relaxation techniques they can use to manage their stress.

Course Dates and Venue

Course Duration: 2 days (16 hours), 9:00am – 5:00pm

Course Venue Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20

Managing Stress & Achieving Wellness JTC Summit - - 05-06 - - 13-14

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Course Outline
- Understand what is macro and micro stress
- Personal stress check exercise- self evaluation
- Adaptive and mal-adaptive solutions to stress
- Recognising the symptoms of stress, physical, mental, emotional
- Video case studies of individuals who face stress ad their reactions
- The four major sources of stress, work, family, social and personal
- Reducing stress by applying time management skills
- Managing negative emotions like anger so as to alleviate stress
- Positive thinking techniques to harness the power of the mind
- Our eating habits and how it contributes to stress reduction
- Exercise and its benefits to stress reduction and wellness
- Sleep and rest – the importance of restful sleep and mental breaks
- Rewarding the senses and reducing stress through aroma therapy, pet therapy, massage, stretching, laughter therapy and music therapy
- Visualization exercises to promote a healthy mind
- Self-evaluation and action plan for personal wellness
The Managing Stress and Achieving Wellness course is designated for individuals that would like to have insights of the causes of stress, both physically and psychologically. With the help of this course, the individuals will likely be able to identify the symptoms of stress so as to help themselves and others to seek solutions before the breaking point. Understand and manage the four major sources of stress that comes from work, family, social and personal.

In addition, the individuals will also be able to understand the stress relief techniques to better manage their minds, bodies, and souls. As such, one can be in control of their mental and physical well-being.
“Learn about methods of distressing, why people stress and signs of stress.” – Norizan Binte Hossain; MSF (16-17 Oct 2017)

“Learning stress management techniques & knowing the importance of exercise. Trainer James Suresh is approachable & humble. Plain & smooth delivery.” – Gerard Martin S/o Lourdes Nathan; Prisons HQ Institution (14-15 Aug 2017)

“Trainer James is very engaging. 2 days course was paced out with activities. Notes are very simplified and comprehensive.” – Nalini D/o Maniam; MSF (14-15 Aug 2017)

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