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  beverlyworth 4:36 am on July 15, 2019 Permalink | Reply  

  MindTools 

  MindTools provides a variety of tools and resources to aid in users’ sleep, anxiety, stress management, anger management, and burnout prevention and treatment. Included in the website’s “Toolkit” are tools relating to leadership, time management, decision making, stress management, learning skills, and many more. The Stress Management Toolkit include several different ways to assess, manage, and decrease perceived stress. The Toolkit provides users with the Holmes & Rate Stress Scale, which is a quiz that assesses different stressors in an individual’s life. This Toolkit also includes a stress diary template, in which the user can track stressors and reflect on and identify causes of short-term stress. Other resources in the Toolkit are mainly information-based, such as how to support others in times of stress and understanding stress responses.

  Through using MindTools, I discovered Albrecht’s four types of stress. These types of stress are time stress, anticipatory stress, situational stress, and encounter stress. MindTools also stressed the importance of recognizing burnout, citing crankiness as a tell-tale sign.

  MindTools directly relates to my guiding questions as it breaks down stress management in a variety of ways, so it can be accessible to most people. Additionally, the Stress Management Toolkit cites exercise and recreation as viable means of self care to combat stress.

  

  MindTools. (2019). Retrieved from: mind tools.com

   

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  beverlyworth 1:51 am on July 15, 2019 Permalink | Reply  

  Stress to Strength 

  Stress to Strength is a website that provides various tools and resources to aid in combating stress for its users. There are blog posts linked on the website, including traditional written blogs, video blogs, and podcasts. Stress to Strength, much like the American Institute of Stress, has a collection of tools and resources. These tools and resources include free books, stress tests, and stress management checklists. A part of the website that specifically sticks out to me is the section on Training and Events. In exploring this section of the website, you can find stress management certification trainings, general trainings, speakers, and other events.

  I took the stress test provided by Stress to Strength. On a scale of 0 to 300+, I received a score of 256, which means I have a “moderate to high chance of becoming ill in the near future”. I was then given a breakdown of what this level of stress could do to my body (increased risk of illness, loss of energy, etc.) Stress to Strength then provided me a list of resources that I could use to combat my stress levels. One of these resources was a self care checklist. An item on this checklist was to remember to not judge myself for missteps, but rather appreciate myself in my own growth.

  Stress to Strength is relevant to my research in that it provides practical resources, educational tools, and event details to help users combat their perceived stress. Its variety of resources all tackle the issue of stress, its effects on the body, and how to manage it.

  

  Stress to Strength. (2019). Retrieved from: stresstostrength.com
   
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  beverlyworth 7:30 am on July 6, 2019 Permalink | Reply  

  yogamaris Blog 

  Maris Degener’s blog yogamaris focuses on yoga, self care, and mental health. All of her blog entries focus on searching within ones self, deep reflection, and acceptance. In regards to “fixing” mental health-related conditions such as disordered eating and drug abuse, Degener states that “if we address what’s truly going on, then the path becomes clearer. If we’re able to begin to work through and fully confront the things that manifested our disorder or dependency in the first place, like trauma or lack of control or struggles with identity, then the symptoms begin to heal in a more long-lasting and tangible way.” Degener argues that an effective method of stress management is to do the work in deconstructing the root of the problem, rather than treating symptoms superficially.

  Degener discusses self-care as an act of non-violence. Rather than the go-to thought of restraining from physical altercation, she cites healthy self-talk as a way of managing internal stress. She also discusses accepting ourselves and moving forward. If we have been a “shitty person”, acknowledge it and move forward rather than succumbing to further negative self-talk. The yogamaris blog relates to my guiding questions as it focuses on mental health and taking care of your body.

  

  Degener, M. (2019). yogamaris.net. [Blog] yogamaris. Available at: http://yogamaris.net

   
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  beverlyworth 10:14 pm on June 1, 2019 Permalink | Reply
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  Guiding Questions 

  Content-specific Questions:

  • What are the physical effects of mental and emotional stress on the body?
  • How can exercise and self care minimize the effects of stress on the body?