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Mindful Stress Management for Caregivers
61% of caregivers work full-time. We work across industries and socioeconomic status. Along with a strong sense of purpose, caregivers report feeling physical, emotional, and financial strain. This course offers evidence-based, practical stress management tips and strategies for the millions of people caring for (or preparing to care for) a loved one. As a caregiver for my mother, I share from personal experience as well as professional training. (4 hours over 4 - 8 weeks)
- How stress impacts your body, brain, behavior
- Cultivating mindfulness for engaged care
- Breath work, gentle movement, simple practices to ease stress
- Reflecting on loss and change
- Caring for yourself with adequate sleep, nutrition, exercise, connection, breaks
- Sustainable compassion
- Healthy, effective communication
An Introduction to Mindful Stress Management
An interactive one-hour introduction to Mindful Stress Management. Get a taste of what we offer and walk away with a few practical tools to help you deal with everyday stress. (1 hour)
- How stress impacts your body, brain, behavior
- Learn how attitude about stress can change your relationship to stress
- Understand the impact of stress management on your health and wellbeing and that of your organization
- Proven mindfulness and stress management techniques based on neuroscience and mindfulness research
- Opportunity to practice techniques to help soothe your nervous system
- Focus on applying strategies into everyday routines, improving relationships and overall health
POP Stress Now: Stress Management for Daily Life
We don't hesitate to plug in our phone, our devices, our car when energy is low. But how do you recharge? How and with what do you 'plug in', to regenerate? This course provides science-backed tips and strategies to help you manage everyday stressors so you can live with more ease and focus. Learn to POP throughout your day: Pause, Observe, Proceed (8 hours over 8 weeks)
- Learn how stress impacts the body, brain, behavior (the good, the bad, the ugly)
- Develop the capacity to address personal and organizational stressors
- Practice simple stress management tools you can apply immediately
- Reflect on the Fab 5: Sleep, nutrition, exercise, recharging during the day, and connection
Effective Communication in Times of Stress
Have you ever said something that you wish you could take back? In a stressful moment, overwhelmed, defensive, we want to protect ourselves, our ideas, our status. As a result, our communication can suffer and in a moment, trust can be broken. Learn to communicate more effectively even in times of stress. (4 hours over 4 weeks)
- Focus on developing clear communication skills to foster a collaborative environment
- Recognize the impact of stress on communication
- Understand communication styles and recognize yours
- Practice mindful speaking and listening
- Incorporate strategies to improve communication
- Cultivate compassion and kindness to facilitate better communication and relationships
- Practice interception skills to calm your nervous system and get your brain back on track in moments of stress so you can interact more effectively
Mindfulness for Daily Life
Mindfulness is a shift from autopilot to present-moment awareness. In this way, you can pay attention to what's at hand, and respond more effectively. Mindfulness can be integrated with ease in the workplace. (8 hours over 8 weeks)
- Debunking myths and misunderstandings of mindfulness
- Benefits of mindfulness - beyond supporting stress management
- Practices include: "Formal" practices such as: focused attention, mindful breathing, body scan, gentle movement, mindful walking
- Practices include: "Informal" practices such as: bringing mindfulness to everyday correspondence - written or verbal, preparing for a presentation or meeting, eating, waiting for a meeting to start, problem-solving
Sleep Your Way to Better Health
We know that sleep helps with mental and physical health, mood, immune function, resilience, clarity, and weight loss. We also know that most people are not getting enough of it. Assess your sleep and apply solutions that fit your lifestyle. (8 hours over 8 weeks)
- What happens when we sleep – restoration to the body and brain
- Common obstacles and challenges to falling asleep, staying asleep, and getting enough sleep.
- Effects and danger of sleep deprivation
- Working with common sleep disruptors you can control - including food, alcohol, behavior
- Working with common sleep disruptors that you can’t control – working night shift, caring for children, menopause
- Improving your bedroom hygiene and behavior hygiene
Strengthen your Mental Fitness
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Manage stress by replacing saboteurs with sage practices to soothe the nervous system and build mental fitness. To change any behavior we need simple, consistent practices. This 6-week program offers that consistency and accountability. The Positive Intelligence Program©, created by Shirzad Chamine, provides an accessible approach to lasting change. (12 hours over 6 weeks)
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Focus on habit formation builds new neural pathways
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Recognize the saboteurs that impede your wellbeing and ability to access your strengths
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Receive daily notifications that help you create habits that support your mental fitness
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Receive a robust app, Positive Intelligence®, that guides you through the process and tracks your progress
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
A deep dive into mindfulness, developing a solid practice to take with you for life. A scientifically-backed 8-week program created by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts, Center for Mindfulness. (24 hours over 8-10 weeks)
- Explore your conditioned behaviors and beliefs that no longer serve you
- Increase emotional regulation
- Shift from reacting to stress to responding to stress
- Practice "formal" practices of mindfulness: body scan, focused attention, gently yoga, walking meditation, sitting meditation
- Incorporate "informal" mindfulness practices in daily routine activities
7 Practices to Change Your Relationship to Stress
This 30-minute self-paced course offers practical strategies to manage stress, continuing the momentum of this important focus on mental health. Join me and learn how to:
✅ Identify sources and impacts of stress
✅ Manage stress effectively
✅ Cultivate mindfulness and stress management practices in everyday life
If you are seeking a life with more ease, with the capacity to deal with daily stressors, this course can help you.
Testimonials
"Terre's course has been inspiring and life-changing. Thank you [Terre] for leading the way (with patience) toward developing my own, more consistent mindfulness practice. I'm more grounded and I recognize more quickly my reactions/feelings to things and people." - Technology Executive
"Nearly a year after Terre's workshop and we're still using POP [Pause, Observe, Proceed] practice at the beginning of our meetings! It helps us get focused." - CEO, Software Company
"By going through Terre's different exercises you can literally feel yourself relax and refocus on your most important tasks." ― Data Storage Engineer
"Applying the mindfulness practices [helped me] to optimize myself at work, study, and in life, from pleasant to good to meaningful." ― Director, Sales and Management