Hello. My name is Mark Walsh from Integration Training.
This is a short video about managing stress.
I worked a lot with very stressed people on different organizations.
It seems like everyone's stressed today. I've mind stressed too to manage.
These are few simple tips and tools, things you can actually use that will help you
be happier, get more done and have better relationships with people around you.
This is old stuff my mum told me. It's things like getting enough sleep that might be 8 hrs, it might be more or less.
Eating healthy food. Regular exercise. Not drinking too much. Not smoking. Those kinds of things. You know these, right?
That's a good place to start if people adjusted to that they'd be a lot less stressed.
It might mean right now making a commitment for example to going to the gym three times a week.
so, you could phone your friend tell him you're gonna do that. Tell him to check up on you and
offer him a check for a hundred pounds if he don't do that. So, that's the basics.
It's not all in external things that make us stressed its actually how we think about them.
So, if you have a thought like my boss is a total nightmare and he always gets on me.
Change your thinking around that. You're in control of your thinking.
So, it could be, you could ask yourself. Well, is that true? Is he always a nightmare?
Well, no, not always or you could ask yourself, is there another perspective on that?
So, you might say "Yeah my boss is unhappy and they need some support at the moment. That's why they're acting the way they are."
So, by changing your thinking, you can make yourself a lot less stressed.
If you keep your environment fairly neat and ordered that would help.
It could be simple things like getting a plant for your office. Getting some time outside in natural light each day,
nature and by the river in London or walking in the park.
Social support is rarely important to people we're social animals.
Yeah we need empathy so listen to other people to help them with their stress. If you're a manager, definitely do that.
If you have a partner, do that and build that culture in your team, in your department, in your company,
organization of empathy and listening.That makes a big difference to peoples' stress.
So, take a moment to become aware that you have a body.
Feel your feet, wiggle your toes.
Become aware of the weight of your body. Scan your attention up your legs. Become aware of your breathing.
Notice you have a back. Some people tend to get into their computers as they work and a coned back can help.
So, you're aware that you have a body and you're breathing.
Next, balance your body. So, put your feet flat on the floor.
So, you're grounded yet upright sense of rising slowly from top of your head.
Reaching out to the sides of your attention and balanced front and back.
Next, relax your center line. So, relax your eyes if you're doing this.
Let Your tongue be loose in your mouth if you're holding tension in your jaw
and let your abdominal muscles be relaxed. That way your diaphragm can move down and you can breathe in a relaxed way.
Take a hand and put it just below your belly button and take two or three deep breaths.
So, your tummy goes out as you breathe in.
Little bit of mindfulness there So, a great way of dealing with stress.
So, those were just a few very basic tools for managing stress early.
I hope that has helped you. If you want more information you can find us at
integrationtraining.co.uk or
email me at mark@integrationtraining.co.uk
We help organizations of all different kinds about with their stress.
So, they can get all done, have more fun, have better relationships, have less sick days and stop time.
So, if you're interested give me a call. Thanks.