25 Jan Do You Have Too Much Good Stress?
I will be teaching stress management workshops this week, focusing on helping identify the good stressors in their life. Yes, there are good stressors…..
I will be teaching stress management workshops this week, focusing on helping identify the good stressors in their life. Yes, there are good stressors…..
These are the ones that get us moving, they motivate our ambitions and actions. While too much stress or chronic stress can wear us down and bring on illnesses, good stressors help us grow, develop and contribute to our world and our lives.
Good stress gets us out of bed in the morning, it gels us to brush our teeth and take a shower every morning and get us out the door to work or school. This kind of stress is good for us because they give our life meaning and purpose. They provide us with direction or a reason to live. In the absence of good stress, we would have no meaning or direction in life and we would live without aim nor purpose; in a depressed state.
The saying goes, “Too much of anything is good for nothing.” As such, we can have too much or too intense good stress, which can lead to overwhelm and burnout. Enjoying your work is fine, but too much work can make one a workaholic. Managing stress requires us to have a balance of how much and how intense or long we let good stress persist in our lives without a break.
Here are a few things you can do to ensure you don’t get overwhelmed with too much good stress. They include: taking breaks, having one day off per week, doing something fun and enjoyable or changing the nature of our focus more often.
I encourage you to come up with two things you can do to balance your good stress, so they remain good for you.
To your wellness,
Joyce Odidison
Joyce Odidison is a Conflict Analyst Coach, who is the founder of Interpersonal Wellness Services Inc. & Coaching Institute. She consults, teaches and coaches with mid-career professionals and organizations to improve performance, skills, competencies, and workplace wellness. She can be reached at www.interpersonalwellness.com or by phone at: 1 877 999-9591.
Author Profile
- Joyce Odidison is a Conflict Analyst, Speaker, Author, and the world’s leading expert on Interpersonal Wellness Competency Mindset teaching. Joyce is President & CEO of Interpersonal Wellness Services Inc. as well as founder and host of the Annual Global Workplace Wellness Summit. Joyce has authored five books and is also a Certified Coach Training Director and Founder of Coach Velocity School of Coaching. Joyce is a C-Suite level workplace wellness expert and trainer, working for over 24 years with governments, the private sector, non-profits, and post-secondary institutions struggling with difficult work relationships or stressful situations. She is host of the What’s Happening at Work podcast. Joyce can be reached at e-mail: www.joyceodidison.com or phone 1 877 999-9591 www.interpersonalwellness.com
