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This is the theme of the Seminar. It enables people to examine where they are in terms of their life. Ask them:

“How’s your life going?”

Are you enjoying the level of health you expected to enjoy at this time in your life?

Are you making as much money?

Having as much fun … leisure?

Many diseases are know to be related to stress … here are a list of them.

Extra Information:

Peptic Ulcers: “now known to be brought on by a virus in the gut but stress could be a triggering factor”

Toxicomanias: “The overwhelming desire to consume poisons … never been found to be a good way of dealing with stress !!!”

Ask participants to write down and share what comes into their mind when they see or hear the word stress …

• perhaps certain adjectives
• images
• maybe even a person’s name

Get participants to share what they have written down.

Many people have sought to define the word stress … here is one of the worst definitions I have come across.

The world HOMEOSTASIS however gives is a clue. Derived from two Greek works HOMEO meaning the “same” and STASIS meaning “standing”.

This refers to the fact that the body works best in a BALANCED STATE … most body systems are homeostatic

e.g. body temperature; blood pressure; biochemistry etc.

My definition of stress is much easier to understand …

Read definition

So what should be your response when the balance is disturbed ???

Here is the healthy response

Think of the vertical line as representing two extremes

(Point to the word RELAXED) … at this point you’re so relaxed you’re in a coma

(Point to the word EXCITED) … at this point you’re so excited your hysterical.

Most people prefer to be mid-way between these two points.

Explain that the orange line means that everything is going along OK when suddenly up goes the pressure. If you’re sensible you’ll take a break and bring yourself back to the normal line

Can you identify with this pattern? The pressure is on all the time and if this persists for a long period of time then it may lead to a BREAKDOWN in your health.

Not everyone has the BREAKDOWN (some are naturally stress tough) but you can hardly call this a great lifestyle.

Participants are then invited to to complete the Stress Symptoms Questionnaire in the Get Tough With Stress Handbook.