Emotions are a fact of life; without them life would be nothing
more than an endless progression of events. However, emotions can
get out of control and when they do, life can seem to be endless
despair. Creating a balance in one's emotions is a key to creating
balance and harmony in one's life. The following sessions will help
you create this balance in your life.
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Session Title: What is Stress (2 sessions)
Content Summary: This presentation discusses how
stress can throw the body out of its normal state. Stress can
stimulate the body and heighten a person's level of alertness.
Stress is related to all aspects of our lives and how we deal
with it affects every aspect of our lives.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will be able to identify the relationship between
their life style and stress. The participant will understand stress
more completely and how stressful situations affect the body,
mind and spirit. In addition the participant will identify positive
and negative stressors and their effects.
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Session Title: Stress Signals
Content Summary: This presentation continues the
discussion of stress and how it can affect our lives. Stress embodies
physical, emotional or behavioral signals. Each of us deals with
stress in different ways. The ways we respond to stress is important
in managing our daily lives. Managing stress in the early stages
can be an important part of avoiding physical burnout and/or mental
breakdown.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will be able to identify the signals of stress
and ways that we can cope with stress. In addition the participant
will be able to identify the psychological and behavioral responses
to stress.
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Session Title: Conflict Resolution
Content Summary: This presentation identifies that
conflict and problems are a normal part of life. Conflict resolution
is a cooperative problem solving technique, with the fundamental
concept that to resolve conflict, the individual with the dispute
solves the problem by their self.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will have a better understanding of how conflicts
can be resolved and how to choose a solution and act on it. In
addition the participant will learn the importance of communication
in the resolution process.
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Session Title: Listening Responsively (2 sessions)
Content Summary: This presentation provides an effective
method to improve listening skills. By listening responsively
you let people know that you care about them. By listening more
attentively you help people around you feel understood. Once people
feel that their message and feelings have been heard, they start
to relax and they have more attention available for listening.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation the participant
will be able to improve listening skills by applying the techniques
provided. Strange as it seems, learning to listen to others will
result in others listening more to us. Participants will learn
to listen to what others want and need as opposed to just hearing
what they saying.
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Session Title: Identifying Stressors
Content Summary: This session identifies how stress
is recognized in our lives and how we react to it. The sessions
provides some insights in what we need to do to reverse the ways
we deal with the negative stressors in our lives. It introduces
the concept that good time management skills can alleviate some
of our stress. The session also shows the participant how to break
major tasks into smaller more manageable parts in order to reduce
stress levels.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will be able to identify and more aptly handle
some of the stressors in his/her life.
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Session Title: Harnessing Angers Energy
Content Summary: This presentation presents a discussion
of how an individual can harness the energy generated by anger.
One effective way to harness the energy of anger is to use it
to address the situation that originally caused the anger. Each
individual can develop skills to overcome anger and use it to
their advantage.
Objective: Upon completion of the presentation the
participant will add to their understanding of anger and the effects
it has on the individual. The participant will develop skills
that will help them overcome and deal with the anger response.
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Session Title: Positive Stress Management
Content Summary: This presentation continues the
discussion of Stress from and its effects. This presentation shows
how positives can affect stress. Positive images and thoughts
and the changing of the way that we express ideas has a great
influence on stress management.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will understand how a positive self-image is essential
in dealing with stress. Each individual must learn to manage stress
before it reaches crisis proportions.
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Session Title: Rebuilding Your Life
Content Summary: This presentation discusses relationships
and how they can affect your life. The importance of developing
strong communication skills is emphasized. A six step process
is presented that will assist the participant in "rebuilding their
life".
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will recognize the need for building and strengthening
relationships. In addition, the need for developing good communication
skill is introduced as a basis for developing strong relationships.
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Session Title: Goals-Plans-Commitment
Content Summary: This session focuses on following through
on your goals. Goals are nice, but useless if they are not accompanied
by planning. Planning in the absence of commitment is also a waste.
This session will teach you to meld all three aspects so that
you can accomplish your life desires.
Objective: Upon completion of this session the participant
will be able to determine what they are willing to do, create
realistic plans that will help keep the participant motivated
to achieve his/her goals.
