The Challenge...Lesson 15
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:02 pm
This is the final lesson of the challenge and the program and here is a video dedicated to it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw The Final Countdown
We have done a good job getting through the program. We started back in mid september or november...so 5-6 months. Thats quite a long time. We have lost several people and gained a couple along the way, made alot of progress and accomplishments and increased the quality of life, even if it was only a bit. The key is to not look at where you aren't or what you haven't achieved, its to look at where you are and what you have achieved!
Where are you now as opposed to where you were when we started?
Do you understand things more?
Do you feel more confident or better about yourself?
How much more would you say? (In percentage)
How have you changed since going through this?
What goals do you have now?
Here are the Action Assignments for the final lesson;
1)Continue to do the maintenance steps each day: Exercise, relaxation, interrupt and replace negative thought talk and balanced living. Refer to your workbook often in the coming months.
2)Compare your final anxiety evaluation (15-10) with your first. Send to Stress Center
3)Do the depression evaluation again (15-12), compare to previous scoring
4)Re-take the attitude evaluation from Session Four (15-5). Compare your scores
5)High Risk Exercise: List 5 (or as many as you can identify) high risk situations that might lead to a lapse. Be very specific. Include names of people that may be involed, locations, behaviors, moods... For example: "Becoming overly tired is a high risk for me."
Second step
Trace the history of hte high risk situation. How have I experienced this before? For example: "Based on my past history, if I allow myself to become over-tired, I find myself in a negative frame of mind. I over eat. I take on a victim attitude, "poor me." I see that over-tiredness always follows periods of high stress, over-work, and poor planning. I tend to commit everything and everyone else. I do not put myself and my needs into the way I arrange my life."
Third step
Positive dialogue and possible solution- "I can see being over-tired is a result of previous behavior and that s within my control. I can change this. I can prevent this risk situation. I know what I need to watch for."
6)Consult your newsletter for recommended reading and extra tools. Seriously consider a subscription to the LESS STRESS PRESS. This will guarantee current information as StressCenter continues to grow and produce new self-help tools.
7)Read! Listen to motivational tapes.
8)Let time pass. Time allowance is necessary for proper growth. Patience is more than a virtue...it's a way of life.
9)If you think something you haven't completely dealt with is impeding your recovery, it probabbly is. Ask for the insight of an objective listener/therapist.
10)Continue learning about yourself. You are fascinating!
Mike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw The Final Countdown
We have done a good job getting through the program. We started back in mid september or november...so 5-6 months. Thats quite a long time. We have lost several people and gained a couple along the way, made alot of progress and accomplishments and increased the quality of life, even if it was only a bit. The key is to not look at where you aren't or what you haven't achieved, its to look at where you are and what you have achieved!
Where are you now as opposed to where you were when we started?
Do you understand things more?
Do you feel more confident or better about yourself?
How much more would you say? (In percentage)
How have you changed since going through this?
What goals do you have now?
Here are the Action Assignments for the final lesson;
1)Continue to do the maintenance steps each day: Exercise, relaxation, interrupt and replace negative thought talk and balanced living. Refer to your workbook often in the coming months.
2)Compare your final anxiety evaluation (15-10) with your first. Send to Stress Center
3)Do the depression evaluation again (15-12), compare to previous scoring
4)Re-take the attitude evaluation from Session Four (15-5). Compare your scores
5)High Risk Exercise: List 5 (or as many as you can identify) high risk situations that might lead to a lapse. Be very specific. Include names of people that may be involed, locations, behaviors, moods... For example: "Becoming overly tired is a high risk for me."
Second step
Trace the history of hte high risk situation. How have I experienced this before? For example: "Based on my past history, if I allow myself to become over-tired, I find myself in a negative frame of mind. I over eat. I take on a victim attitude, "poor me." I see that over-tiredness always follows periods of high stress, over-work, and poor planning. I tend to commit everything and everyone else. I do not put myself and my needs into the way I arrange my life."
Third step
Positive dialogue and possible solution- "I can see being over-tired is a result of previous behavior and that s within my control. I can change this. I can prevent this risk situation. I know what I need to watch for."
6)Consult your newsletter for recommended reading and extra tools. Seriously consider a subscription to the LESS STRESS PRESS. This will guarantee current information as StressCenter continues to grow and produce new self-help tools.
7)Read! Listen to motivational tapes.
8)Let time pass. Time allowance is necessary for proper growth. Patience is more than a virtue...it's a way of life.
9)If you think something you haven't completely dealt with is impeding your recovery, it probabbly is. Ask for the insight of an objective listener/therapist.
10)Continue learning about yourself. You are fascinating!
Mike
