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“Work/Life Balance for the Busy”
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• Define stress for you specifically and develop some action steps to overcome stress on a daily basis.
• Understand what balance is and learn how to make your day to day lives more balanced.
• Define your priorities and understand how they plan into your purpose and daily activity management.
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Open Mind
What is an open mind?
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Open Mind
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Burning the candle..
MY STORY
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Defining Stress
What is “stress?”
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Defining Stress
What is Stress?• Stress is the
interaction of a thinking person and a specific event.
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Understanding the Cause
What may be interpreted as
stressful is different for each person.
Example: roller coaster
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How many of you strive for success in your lives?
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Goals
“Success is the continuous achievement of your own
predetermined goals, stabilized by balance and purified by
belief.”
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Formula for Success*
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Understanding the Cause
THERE IS A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE WAY WE THINK AND THE WAY WE BEHAVE!!
Ex: Elephants, fleas and frogs
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Understanding the Cause
How do we interpret the events that happen in our lives?
We interpret events based on our
ATTITUDES and PAST EXPERIENCES!
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Understanding the Cause
Our subconscious and conscious brain
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Understanding the Cause
95 % of our brain activity is regulated by the subconscious mind.
5% is regulated by the conscious mind.
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Understanding the Cause
• Affirmations with belief
• Re-wiring your subconscious mind
• Must be specific – like talking to a 5 year old
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Understanding the Cause
• Define what you want
• VAK to the future so the subconscious understands EXACTLY what you want.
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What can we do and pay attention to daily to make things easier?
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Sleep• 82 Million Americans are troubled sleepers• Only 32% of all adults and teenagers get the
recommended eight hours of sleep• 40% of us suffer some form of sleep loss• 70,000 highway accidents and 1,550 deaths each year
are due to sleep deprivation• Huge demand for drugs to assist sleep –or to stay
awake• 65% of office workers have trouble concentrating
after a sleepless night• $45 billion annually in losses traceable to poor sleep
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What sleep does…
• Recharges the brain.• Rebuild nerve circuits that influence learning and
memory.• Affects movement and coordination.• Affects the immune system.• Affects physical regulators that help us avoid.
medical conditions, obesity and diabetes.
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What sleep does…
Sleep Education Center:
http://www.nikken.com/sleepcenter/sleep-patterns.cfm
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Nutrition
• During the past 20 years, obesity among adults has risen significantly in the US.
• The latest data from the National Center for Health Statistics show that 30% of US adults aged 20 and older are obese.
• The percentage of young people who are overweight has more than tripled since 1980.
• Among children and teens aged 6-19 years, 16% are considered overweight (source: American Obesity Association).
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Nutrition
30% to 40% of all cancers are directly linked to the food choices we make, our activity level and how well we watch our overall health (source: World Cancer Research Fund).
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What is balance?
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Balance
6 Pillars of Health and Balance**1. Body2. Mind3. Family4. Society5. Finances6. Spirit
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Balance
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Balance
Take a moment and define one thing in each area you would like to accomplish?
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Priorities
Answer the following questions:
1. What is important to me?
2. What are my basic underlying values?
3. What behaviors do I exhibit on a daily basis that show I am living according to these values? (words matching actions)
4. What are my strengths?
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Priorities
Based on your answers, list your top three priorities on the back of your wheel.
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE, EVERYTHING
BECOMES A PRIORITY!!!
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Keeping Centered
• Know when your body is talking to you and listen. (know the signs)
• Know yourself – what makes you feel good.• Define what you want (REALLY!)• Show up when that inner voice guides you.• Love and respect yourself – know you are worth
feeling good.• Learn to say NO and what it costs you if you say
YES• Make a “stop doing” list instead of a “to-do” list.
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Chris Sopa International
P.O. Box 787
Elkton, MD 21922-0787
302-521-3115
chris@chrissopa.com
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