Building Resilience And Managing Stress

Building Resilience and Managing Stress

What Is Stress ?

Stress is the physiological and emotional response to a situation of excessive or overwhelming pressure, usually over a period of time. It is seldom a single life event that affects our ability to cope.

Despite our best intentions, the impact of stress at work can be felt on our personal lives and vice versa. Common physical signs of stress include sleeping problems, headaches, muscle tension and difficulty concentrating. Common emotional signs include racing thoughts, worry or low self-belief.

 Stress can affect how you feel, think, behave, and how your body works. If you feel stressed, it can be difficult to see a way to manage the pressure, and it can affect everything you do.

Stress is one of the largest causes of work-related absences and can be indirectly responsible for many other causes, including mental health illnesses, musculoskeletal disorders, colds, and flu.

It has also been proven to negatively impact performance, relationships, decision making, and creativity. Stress itself is not an illness, but it can result in more serious problems such as Anxiety and Depression.

If you would like to understand more about stress and its impact and effective measures to reduce and prevent stress for yourself and your teams, then you may want to try our workshops Stress Management: Building Personal Resilience - Online,  Mindful Effectiveness - Online, .