Online: Balance your stress

What will I learn?
Stress is a hot topic. Magazines and newspapers regularly publish articles about stress, burnouts, bore-outs, and absenteeism caused by stress. Our society is definitely affected by it. And, more importantly: you're probably affected by it. Which makes life a lot less fun. In this course, you're going to learn to look at your "weak" points using mindfulness and meditation. By living consciously in the here and now, you learn to leave all these thoughts be and let them go without judging them. You'll be working on your stress using techniques such as RET, REI, and SMART. In addition, you'll also be given pointers on how to recognize and deal with beginning and advanced stress, with the help of the stress test.

What will I do?
Stress. What is it, exactly? Are you suffering from tension or physical issues? Well, you're not the only one. Everyone suffers from stress at some point. Just take a look at the people around you and you'll soon find out. A little stress every now and then is no problem, because we need a certain amount of stress to be able to function properly. You know, to perform under pressure, deal with exciting or busy times, and to be alerted to danger. But this course about stress and stress management takes a closer look at unhealthy stress: stress that really bothers you and can make you ill. It will help you recognize, monitor, reduce, and even utilize your own stress. Signals such as fatigue or headaches are often just brushed aside as minor complaints. They're not taken seriously as a physical sign of trouble. And that's not a good thing, because they are important warning signals.