Stress management by Acupuncture-08831

What do you do if your work-life balance is suffering due to stress in a leadership position?

1 - analysis of stress for each of its causes;

2 - assessment of potential actions to solve the outcome of a stressful situation;

3 - when the cause is eliminated, you can think about eliminating the effects of stress through yoga, acupuncture, breathing exercises, swimming, sauna or regular running or a long walk in the forest.

Causes of stress. Common causes of stress:

- family;
- Job;
- health;
- lack of rest for a long time.

Let's try to divide these common causes of stress into categories according to their significance and time to eliminate the causes of stress.
The easiest way to solve the problem is lack of rest. Because many people don’t quite understand what proper rest is.
Maybe for some, a trip with a tour of European cities is the best vacation, but your body will not agree with this.
The criterion for proper rest is very simple - you are full of energy and feel ready to work fully and take care of your family. Well, at least work fully.

How often do people come to my acupuncture practice who do not know how to rest properly?

You are offered three relaxation options

1 - hot bath with a solution of herbs or regular sea salt: do twice a week for 30-40 minutes without a computer - just mentally relax your body with your eyes closed;

2 - meditation practice called Mindfulness - works great in many cases with strong emotional stress;

3 - practice only one yoga exercise - Savasana, if you know what I mean: daily for 15-20 minutes on a hard surface with complete relaxation of body and spirit.

The Analysis of stress for each of its causes.

The easiest way to analyze health cases.
1 - your visit to your family doctor or specialist;
2 - after the consultation, you should have a treatment plan that you understand;

3 - when you have a plan (from your doctor), ask about your personal actions to improve your problem:
- maybe you need to eat right;
- or quit smoking and start going to the gym;
- or maybe you just need a high-quality orthopedic mattress on which you can sleep well.

4 - when the treatment plan is clear to you, stop worrying and simply follow the instructions of your doctor.
After these four points, how else can you help the situation?

Family problems are always the most difficult. 

Only because it is not possible to simply fire your children from the family. Whether they get speeding tickets or not, they are still your children.
If anyone in your family has health problems, go back to the beginning of this paragraph and read everything again.
Your worries won't help matters. The key figure in solving your health problems is your attending physician.
Other family problems can be successfully resolved with a certified family psychologist or a general social worker. Call, schedule an appointment, good luck!
Family Problem Specialist is the best solution for any family stress problems.

Stress management for business leaders.

Business stress is usually slightly lower in load than possible family problems, but not for everyone.
Stress of a manager and business leader arises for a number of reasons already listed and specifically production or management reasons.
The reason may be your own incompetence.

Incompetence is eliminated by education or understanding of the inappropriate pattern of behavior. Your stress at work may be due to health problems.
Another reason is the lack of quality training for your company's employees.
How can an employee understand what you want from him if you have poorly instructed him or not trained him at all? Most errors occur precisely for these reasons. Train your employees according to your plan, check how much they understand you, create simple cases on previously existing problems.

The most difficult stressful case in the office is the one that is beyond your influence at all.

These are new decisions of the Government, inflation in the country, and legal proceedings.
For example, a malfunction in Boeing planes or a sudden increase in competition for Tesla cars in China.

But even in this case, there are (rather well-known) solutions to such problems.
1 - You need to describe the problem and see what is written as if from the outside. A correctly described problem already contains some options for its solution.
2 - Research similar cases and their solutions in other companies and management textbooks.
3 - Always write your plan for getting out of stress. A complex problem is always broken down into smaller ones. Conquer small problems one at a time, attacking each one with the full weight of your competence.
4 - Listen to your employees' ideas and delegate responsibility to them in solving common problems.

If your work-life balance is suffering due to stress in a leadership position - step by step.

Your stressed leader should “stay at work” or involve your family to find solutions. How it works?
There is such a technique as “talking out the situation.” It is used in many psychological schools under different names.

The point is that a “person with a problem” needs a good (quality) listener. A quality listener will delve into your problem and ask you different questions along the way. If your spouse simply knows how to listen, this will help, but it is better to turn to specialists. The best specialist in this technique may be the previous owner of your business, who sold this business to you. Or someone who worked in your position before you.

How does speaking technology work?
By answering your listener’s questions, new ideas and unexpected solutions begin to “come” to you. Have you ever tried it? So attend relevant seminars.
If you have already made a plan to solve your stress, 50% is done. Look for performers to delegate responsibility.
Even if the method of “talking out the problem” in the family did not work, you informed your spouse about your problems. And this will already relieve some family tension.

And most importantly, in the end, don't stress out your family time. 

Switch to your family for at least an hour, three hours over the weekend. Changing your focus improves your concentration itself. It sounds strange, but management experience confirms this.

1 - look for the cause of stress
2 - conduct research into solving similar problems in similar businesses
3 - Delegate responsibility to your employees
4 - give them the amount of work that is within their competence

5 - make a plan to eliminate your stress and do not put your employees into a state of stress
6 - Consult with your family and with retired leaders at your level
7 - Assess your stress reduction daily and start working to stay ahead of your stress in the future.
Remember, a lion always roars before he leaps.

Leonid Belenitsky, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (USSR, 1985), M.S. in Psychology (Ukraine, 1996), M.S. in Acupuncture (NJ, USA, 2009).