Smart Tips: Managing Stress

Brand new research-based strategies to help you feel better, work smarter, and live happier

What you'll learn

Recognize the differences between helpful and harmful stress

Apply new and practical stress management approaches to work and life

Challenge current ways of thinking to reduce anxiety, stress, and overwhelm

Develop and practice simple strategies you haven't considered yet

Connect with others to reduce loneliness and increase healthy relationships that mitigate stress

Requirements

No requirements for this course,.

This course is NOT a substitute for seeking mental health or medical support.

Description

We’ve all seen the headlines:“How to get more done in less time!”“How to get more hours out of your day!”“Work smarter, not harder!”And chances are, you’ve clicked on one or two…or ten headlines just like that.Most of us find ourselves in a pickle: we want to get more done and we recognize that we can’t do it all. And that contributes to us feeling overwhelmed, overworked and stressed.But recognizing that dilemma and doing something about it are two different things. And when we learn to prevent, reduce, and manage our stress, we function better – and we feel better. Smart Tips: Managing Stress can help.I’m Deborah Grayson Riegel, a professional speaker, consultant and coach. I am the author of the Amazon bestselling book "Go to Help: 31 Strategies to Offer, Ask for, and Accept Help" and "Overcoming Overthinking: 36 Ways to Tame Anxiety for Work, School, and Life".  I’ve taught at Wharton Business School, Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, Columbia Business School, and at the Beijing International MBA Program at Peking University. My clients are global, and have brand names you certainly know – and probably use every single day. I also write for Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc, and Psychology Today.I have a BA in Psychology from The University of Michigan, a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University, and I am certified as a coach with the International Coach Federation, as well as in Mental Health First Aid.And here’s what I know: you can feel better – and you deserve to.While this course is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed mental health or medical professional, Smart Tips: Managing Stress can help you with:Techniques to anticipate and identify your stress early so that you can deal with it when it's manageable Shortcuts to change unhelpful mindsets (which then change your feelings and your behaviors)Insights into how to transform your stress into something healthy and motivating (and even worth celebrating!)Tips for turning off your catastrophic thinkingIdeas for "snack size" self careStrategies to take advantage of a Mental Health DayWays to bounce back from feelings of rejectionApproaches for dealing with complex and overwhelming problemsIdeas for bouncing back from disappointmentsTools for sharing your stress with people who are "safe"Skills for asking for the kind of help you need successfullyPractices for saying no without guilt                   …and so much more!Again, while this isn't a substitute for working with a licensed mental health or medical professional, taking this course can be one strategy to help you feel better, have more energy, change your mindset, and bounce back from setbacks with resilience. And it's something you can start NOW!I hope you'll join me for this timely, engaging, and practical course!Warmly,Deborah Grayson Riegel, MSW

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome to Smart Tips: Managing Stress

Lecture 2 Before You Take this Course

Lecture 3 What Do We Mean By Stress?

Section 2: Part 1: Challenge Your Thinking

Lecture 4 Treat Your Mental Health like Your Physical Health

Lecture 5 What Does Stress Look Like?

Lecture 6 Learn Your "Launch Sequence"

Lecture 7 Shop at the “Mindset Marketplace" (and Everything is FREE!)

Lecture 8 Name Multiple Perspectives

Lecture 9 Manage your Catastrophic Thinking

Lecture 10 Ask Yourself Better Questions

Lecture 11 Stand in the R.A.I.N, to Reduce Your Stress

Lecture 12 Have a Creative Conversation with Your Stress

Lecture 13 Can You Celebrate Your Stress?

Lecture 14 Detach from a Single Outcome

Lecture 15 Stop Making Up Stressful Stories

Section 3: Part 2: Consider New Strategies

Lecture 16 Use Appreciative Inquiry to Focus on What’s Working Now

Lecture 17 H.A.L.T. Your Stress

Lecture 18 "Ground" Yourself

Lecture 19 Reframe How You Manage Transitions

Lecture 20 Create a "Happy List"

Lecture 21 Bounce Back From Disappointments

Lecture 22 Choose Another You from Your "Portfolio of Selves"

Lecture 23 Break Down Your Day, 15 Minutes at a Time

Lecture 24 Manage Your Stress by Managing Your “Spoons”

Lecture 25 Look at Your Stress Through Four Lenses

Lecture 26 Be Compassionate Towards Yourself

Lecture 27 "Carve Up Your Turkey"

Lecture 28 Move your Body

Lecture 29 Do Less of This and More of That

Lecture 30 Take a Mental Health Day

Lecture 31 “Snack Size” Your Self Care

Section 4: Part 3: Connect with Others

Lecture 32 Come Clean about Your Mental Health to Someone You Trust

Lecture 33 Ask For The Kind Of Help You Need

Lecture 34 Find Your Helpers

Lecture 35 Help Someone Else

Lecture 36 Say No (When Saying No Is an Option)

Lecture 37 Use a "Body Double"

Section 5: Wrap Up and Takeaways

Lecture 38 Wrap Up and Takeaways

This course is for anyone who experiences stress, anxiety, worry, or overwhelm, at work or in life, whether once in a while or every single day,This course is for anyone who wants to support others at work and home who experience stress,This course does NOT provide clinical counseling, and is NOT a substitute for seeking mental health or medical support.