work life balancing from distress to eustress henry does, m.d
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Overview
• Expectations• Collecting attention• Lecture/ Q & A• Eliciting the Relaxation Response• Evaluation
Stress response
• Redirection blood• Heightened alertness• Glucose/fatty acids • Immunesystem/digestion
Stress concept (medical) A
• Fight-or-flight (Canon, 1915)• General adaptation
syndrome, GAS (Selye, 1932,1976)
Walther Bradford Canon
Hans Selye
Stress concept (psychological) B.
• Role conflict and ambiguity(Kahn et al, 1964)
• Cognitive appraisal and coping (Lazarus et al, 1967)
• Ego ideal – self-image(Levinson, 1975)
• Employee character strengths (Wright, Huang, 2008)
Stress concept (public health) C.
Preventive Stress Management in Organizations, second edition, 2012
Work-life/ Home-life
• Workaholism intimacy• Work/information overload
(24/7)
• Leisure time (play) > resilience
Work life programs • Flexible working conditions• Leave options• Child- and dependent care
benefits• Pro-family organizational
culture• Worksite wellness/assistance
programs
Why work-life programs?
• Expands discretion and control• Offer support
(life-skill educational programs)
The Relaxation Response
• Muscles relax• Heart beats slower• Blood pressure decreases• Breathing becomes slower• Metabolism decreases• Nitric oxide increases
http://www.massgeneral.org/bhi/basics/eliciting_rr.aspx