Healthy Ways to Cope with Stress

COURSE CONCEPT

Stress is a normal part of life that can have a negative impact on your health if it is not managed. Understanding how to deal with stress is essential for maintaining your well-being.

The online course will give you the knowledge, skills and strategies to manage stress effectively. You will learn to identify the signs of stress, cope with stressful situations, and develop a personal plan to improve your well-being and live a healthier and happier life.

AUDIENCE

People who are stressed and seek strategies to cope with stress for their physical, mental and emotional well-being.

AIMS

Identify stress factors and early warning signs impacting your work and well-being
Manage stress and apply coping strategies to improve your professional and personal well-being

COURSE CONTENT

Define stress and discriminate between functional and dysfunctional stress, recognise the optimum level of stress for performance, internal and external stress
Stress factors in your life, the positive benefits and negative effects
Signs of stress – physical, emotional, physical and behavioural, and assess symptoms
Apply strategies to deal with stress, prevent burnout, and improve mental health and well-being for work-life balance
Create a personal stress-management plan

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Define stress and discriminate between functional and dysfunctional stress, recognise the optimum level of stress, internal and external stress
Identify the stress factors in your life, the positive benefits and negative effects
Identify signs of stress – physical, emotional, physical and behavioural and assess symptoms
Apply strategies to deal with stress, prevent burnout, and improve mental health and well-being for work-life balance
Create a personal stress-management plan