Everyone experiences stress. It is your physical, emotional, and mental response to life. Your body experiences hormonal changes and physiological responses when you are faced with a stressor. This is known as the stress response. The way you view stress has an impact on your wellbeing and ability to cope and learn from stress. Learning new coping skills and habits will help you get better at stress and build resilience – or the ability to survive, thrive and bounce back from more challenging times. In this talk, we explore:
- What is stress? Types of stress, the causes, and symptoms of stress.
- Coping with stress
- What is resilience?
- Resilience factors & developing a resilience plan