Stress management coaching allows you to consciously recognize your own personal belief and thought patterns that lead you into stressful situations and to transform unhelpful patterns into more beneficial ones. This is also an effective way to prevent burnout. During stress management coaching, you will also learn relaxation techniques.
What is stress?
The stress response was originally a necessary adaptive reaction of the body for survival, enabling it to cope with stress. In response to a life-threatening danger, the body reacted with increased muscle tension, accelerated breathing, increased blood flow to the brain, a rapid heartbeat, and elevated blood pressure. The body was ready to fight or flee. The same reaction occurs today in everyday situations that are not inherently life-threatening but are unconsciously perceived as such. The continuously released stress hormone cortisol causes significant damage in the body.
A distinction is made between eustress and distress. Eustress is a short-term activation that is important for our health, vitality, and well-being and is also referred to as positive stress. However, if the necessary recovery is lacking over a prolonged period, distress (negative stress) develops. Body and mind can no longer find rest and become unbalanced.
Symptoms of stress include inner restlessness and tension, frequent infections, irritability, pain, anxiety, allergies, sleep problems, herniated discs, tinnitus, muscle tension, panic attacks, high blood pressure, circulatory, stomach, or heart problems, impaired concentration and memory, fatigue, diabetes, inflammation, herpes, increased consumption of caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, sweets, and medications, etc.
Chronic stress leads to dissatisfaction, inner restlessness, tension, anxiety, irritability, and a feeling of being controlled by external forces. Stress can also cause physical illness, such as cardiovascular disease, muscle tension, damage and pain in the musculoskeletal system, depression, diabetes, and addictive behaviors.
Stress originates in the mind due to external circumstances, which are linked to internal belief and thought patterns. Several factors must coincide for stress to develop. Those who are aware of these factors and are ready for change have the power to stay healthy and live a more conscious and balanced life.