Personal Stress
Management Techniques:
Excerises
Designed Just for You!
Personal stress management is about honoring yourself
enough to manage
your stress in a healthy way. And these following exercises are
designed to help you do just that. Read each question and do the best
you can! Your health is depending on you.
Feel
free to print this page out for your personal and/or professional
needs. If any of these exercises are confusing please contact me (the
bottom of the page) so I can help you.
Coping Exercise:
1.) What stresses you out? Make a list of your daily
stressors here.
2.) How do you cope with these stressors?
3.) How does your mind and body feel after you have
coped with a stressful situation? Do you feel better or worse? If
you feel worse, you have coped in an unhealthy way. If you feel better,
you have coped in a healthy way. Write how you cope here.
4.) If you have the habit of coping in unhealthy
ways, my goal is to teach you healthier skills for better mental,
physical, and emotional health. Here are some examples of how to manage
your stress:
Circle the examples that you enjoy or add your own at
the bottom.
- Reading
- Taking a bath
- Exercising (i.e. Yoga, Running, etc.)
- Socializing with friends
- Listening to music
- Your own hobby
- Meditation
- Deep Breathing Exercises
- Journaling
- Enjoying nature
- Petting and/or playing with an animal
- Drawing, painting, coloring
- Taking a nap
- Cooking
- Fishing/hunting
- Praying
- Laughing
- Playing with your children
- Lighting candles, sitting by the fire
- Doing nothing
Add your own here....
Stress and Time Management Chart:
Now that you have your healthy coping skills picked out,
it's time to practice these on a daily basis. One of the most difficult
things about personal stress management is "not having enough time" to
get everything done, let alone taking time for yourself.
Yet, that's just what needs to happen for managing
stress.. time for yourself! The next stress management technique is
about time management. This exercise allows you to add one personal
coping skill to each day that is accustomed to your hectic schedule.
This exercise is just an example of how you can manage
your time in order to feel less stressed. At the end of this chart you
will see three blank spaces. This is where you can add your own stress
management ideas.
Download the exercise here
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