Action4Balance

I would like to share a story I just heard from my friend and The Change Expert Ariane de Bonvoisin ,author of The First 30 days .

Here is an inspirational story:

A son and his father were walking on the mountains.

Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

Curious, he yells: “Who are you?”
He receives the answer: “Who are you?”

And then he screams to the mountain: “I admire you!”
The voice answers: “I admire you!”

Angered at the response, he screams: “Coward!”
He receives the answer: “Coward!”

He looks to his father and asks: “What’s going on?”
The father smiles and says: “My son, pay attention.”

Again the man screams: “You are a champion!”
The voice answers: “You are a champion!”

The boy is surprised, but does not understand.

Then the father explains: “People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.

• If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart.
• If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence.

This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life.

Life will give you back everything you have given to it.

 ”YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. IT’S A REFLECTION OF YOU!”
– Unknown Author

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Stress in the workplace has become an occupational health and safety risk worldwide.

There are many causes of stress and burnout in the workplace but research shows that women’s stress in the workplace is related more to lack of balance and demands of home and work combined.

Today I want to share with you simple steps recommeneded by Carol A. Turkington her book "Stress Management for Busy People"

Take Action:

Implement those proactive steps and let’s celebrate your success together:  

• Learn to say no.
• Reevaluate your goals.
• Reduce your commitments at work and at home.
• Learn stress management skills.
• Get plenty of rest and eat a healthy diet.

You might be interested in my  Stress Management Books recommendations.

To assess your present ability to manage stress, ask yourself the following questions:

• When I feel agitated, do I know how to quickly calm myself?
• Can I easily let go of my anger?
• Can I turn to others at work to help me calm down and feel better?
• When I come home at night, do I walk in the door feeling alert and relaxed?
• Am I seldom distracted or moody?
• Am I able to recognize upsets that others seem to be experiencing?
• Do I easily turn to friends or family members for a calming influence?
• When my energy is low, do I know how to boost it?

Source: The Language of Emotional Intelligence  by Jeanne Segal

Relaxing is important for balance,stress management and for physical and emotional health.

Whenever you perceive stress, an inbuilt alarm-system in your brain triggers the adrenal glands to release complex hormonal cascade of over 30 stress hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol. Those stress hormones give you the extra strength and speed you need to deal with the threatening stressful situation. This reaction is known as the "fight-or-flight" reaction, or the stress response.

The bodies balance is destroyed, which leads to multiple health related problems and premature aging to name just few.

Just as your body has an inbuilt fight-or-flight response mechanism, it also has an inbuilt mechanism for triggering relaxation.

This is called "the relaxation response". It turns off the fight-or-flight response returning the body and its biochemistry back to pre-stress levels. In other words - back to the state of balance and wellbeing; back to the health.

Unfortunately nowadays when you live in a constant tension, in a state of chronic stress, your stress response never turns off and this doesn't let the relaxation response to turned on.

Therefore the relaxation response is supposed to be consciously stimulated by applying of any relaxation technique by your choice.

You can get more info about relaxation techniques here:

• Aromatherapy
• Physical relaxation
• Mental relaxation
  

There are many activities that people find relaxing--and what relaxes one person may not feel relaxing to another.

What activities do you find relaxing? Share your experiences here in the comment box.

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According to the 'stress father'Hans Selye, any stressor, imagined or real, can cause the certain range of reactions in our body. For you your emotions act as stressor.

The emotions play a crucial role in the stress response and consequently influences an overall health.

Click HERE to read.