This is a 50 minute facilitated session with 10 minutes for self-reflection.

Individuals who cope well, are committed and motivated to undertake self-care and have a high level of self-awareness. Individuals who are most protected have adequate coping strategies in place to boost resilience, alleviate stress and deal with “big emotions”. If stress is not identified, and not effectively resolved, it can become cumulative, building more and more until we reach a point of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion, also known as ‘burnout’.

This session aims to provide participants with an understanding of what stress does to our minds and bodies. How unmanaged stress may present in our lives, as well as practical strategies on how to manage stress and anxiety in our work and personal lives.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the role that motivation and mindset has on our ability to engage into self-care
• Understanding how are you “right now” – identify signs of how unmanaged stress presents at work and in our lives
• Learn practical strategies to check-in and build emotional self-awareness
• Managing stress and self-care through resilience, mindfulness and lifestyle

Content

• Introduction to the mental health continuum – thriving, languishing, burnout & ill-health
• Impact of languishing and the stress vulnerability model, the relationship between stress and mental health