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Stress Management: Reducing Stress by Taming your Mind

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Beckman Institute Administration
Location
Beckman 4269 - 4th Floor Tower Room
Date
Apr 30, 2019   3:00 pm  
Speaker
Michele Guerra, Director of Campus Wellbeing Services
Registration
Registration
Contact
Romanova, Elena
E-Mail
romanova@illinois.edu
Phone
+1 217 300 1932
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Participants gain an understanding of how stress affects them. They build awareness of their personal stressors and stress symptoms, of their ability to control how stress affects them, and how to address stress. The program is very practical; participants are taught lifestyle skills that they can use in their daily lives. The session is 90-minute long.

Objectives:

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Understand how your perceptions and thoughts impact your stress level

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Learn to identify and stop distressing thoughts when they occur

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Discover how to replace distressing thought patterns with stress reducing thought patterns

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Practice an affirmation and/or meditation technique

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