Managing Change and Stress and Improving Health

Purpose:

People throughout history have struggled with and managed stress successfully. Paralleling the development of most fields of research, stress management has become a scientific discipline. The key concepts in stress management have come from the fields of physiology, psychology, medicine, health behavior, health promotion and philosophy, particularly Eastern systems of philosophy. In addition, one of the main purposes of this seminar is to promote the fact that stress management is also an art, as each person is a different entity whose differences need to be taken into consideration in building an effective approach for managing the stresses of work and life. Understanding and managing stress can be a powerful stimulus to personal growth. In this seminar, we will learn to turn it to our advantage and control the sources of stress in life both professionally and personally.

Objectives:
To increase individuals' knowledge of stress, its source and effective management strategies;

To increase the participants' ability to control stress;

To reduce the consequences and/or symptoms associated with stress.