Stress--Beyond Just Coping Seminar


Are You Stressed?

In today's world we are all too familiar with stress.


But Stress--Beyond Just Coping is the seminar 

that teaches you how to do more 

than just COPE.  

You can learn to THRIVE


The Stress--Beyond Just Coping seminar brings the expertise of several professionals.


Our featured speaker for the seminar is Dr. Pamela Coburn Litvak a neurobiologist, professor and author.  Dr. Pamela Coburn Litvak photo

  • PhD, Neurobiology and Behavior, State University of New Your at Stony Brook.
  • Former Assistant professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda CA
  • Author of stress-related articles in the journal Neuroscience and Neurobiology of Learning and Behavior
  • Developer of the brain/body segment of the Stress Beyond Coping seminar by Skip MacCarty, DMin
  • Founder of Rock@Science LLC, a company promoting health and science education
  • Kalamazoo resident, where she lives with her husband and two daughters

Our other presenters for the seminar are


Skip MacCarty, DMin
  • Fellow of the America Institute of Stress

Becki Nelson, RN, MPH
  • Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
                                                           
Darryl Bentley, Pastor
  • Chaplain's Assistant, US Army in Iraq



Dates:  Six Thursday evening classes starting Sept 11, 2008

Time:  7:00 to 8:30 pm

Location:  Activity Center, Seventh-day Adventist Church
2420 E Ashman at Abbott
Midland, MI  48642

Cost:  Optional seminar materials are available for purchase.
Donations are accepted.

For Information and Registration
Call 989-687-2555 or 989-832-2779		                              

Seminar Topics

  • Stress--What it is and what it isn't
  • Effects of stress on your body and mind
  • Lifestyle essentials for managing stress
  • Impact of attitudes and beliefs
  • The role of faith
  • Thriving in a stress filled world



How This Seminar Can Benefit YOU


God,

grant me

the serenity

to accept

the things

I cannot

change;

the courage

to change

the things

I can;

and

the wisdom

to know the

 difference.
--REINHOLD NIEBUHR
Managing stress is literally a matter of survival in today’s world.  Stress comes at us from all directions and in many different forms:  troubled relationships, financial uncertainty, job insecurity, health problems, loss of friendships, frequent relocations, uncertainty regarding the world, the future . . . the list goes on!  How does one cope?
 
The human body is engineered to manage any short term emergency.  An emergency triggers complex hormonal responses which prepare us to deal with the situation.  Adrenalin flows!  Muscles tighten!  But if stressful situations are intense and prolonged, the hormones that serve us so well in the short term can actually harm us—weakening the immune system, thereby increasing the susceptibility to diseases, even killer diseases, impairing mental alertness and making us more accident prone.   Chronic stress can be devastating, physically and mentally.
 
Stress – Beyond Just Coping will provide you with the tools you need to manage the stress in your life and the motivation to use them effectively.  Basically, stress management is as simple as ABC—gaining Awareness, achieving Balance and making Changes.
 
Awareness:  Define the problem!
Early detection of stress and stress overload is vital.  Listen to your body!  Headaches, backaches, insomnia, irritability, poor concentration, feeling depressed.  Ignoring these warning signals of stress overload can be very dangerous.  A heart attack is not the wakeup call anyone wants.  Learning to identify stress ors is only a start, optimizing the way we respond to stressors is the real first step towards dealing with stress.  The seminar will help you examine your attitudes and beliefs so you can better understand your reactions to stress.
 
Balance:  Develop a strategy!  Apply the Serenity Prayer (at left).
  • Identify components of the problem that are realistically beyond your ability to change, seek the serenity to accept them.  Don’t waste energy fighting what you cannot change.  Place your trust in the only One who can change the unchangeable.
  • Determine what you can reasonably do something about, where your energy could make a difference.  Plan and prioritize your strategy.  Look at yourself as well as the outside world.  How do my attitudes, beliefs and preconceived notions affect my response to the stressors?  Seven Proven Keys for managing stress and preventing distress will be included in the seminar.
Change:  Work your Strategy!
Stress management can be difficult.  Change is not easy!  This seminar will use a combination of techniques to help you make the specific changes that can benefit you the most.  Guidelines for successful change include being prompt, persistent, flexible, patient, and realistic!  Access resources beyond what you already possess through this seminar.
 

Even if you can't attend the seminar,

--put these principles into practice and you can get beyond just coping with stress.  

You too can learn to THRIVE

"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 
In those days when you pray, I will listen.  If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me."
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (Holy Bible, New Living Translation)




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Date last modified:  August 3, 2008