A Look At Stress and Time Management
Wolverhampton & Staffordshire Stress Management
with Lynne Hancher
About Stress and Time Management
- Do you know what to do when you feel
frustrated?
- Can you cope with life's pressures?
- Do you suffer from tension headaches, migraine, feel nauseous
when stressed?
- Do you suffer from anxiety attacks?
- Do you have poor sleep patterns?
- Do you feel you haven't got enough time to do everything?
- Do your employees suffer from any of the above?
Stress will affect all of us at some stage in
our lives and each of us will have different symptoms and will
deal with it in our own particular way. Some stress is natural
but there are times when it becomes more of a problem. Some stress
is connected with negative situations but it can also come with
happy events - holidays, Christmas, weddings, etc.
Today with our hectic lifestyles, there are
increased incidences of stress-related illnesses such as skin
complaints, digestive problems, neck and back problems, etc.
Employers are noticing increased absenteeism from stress related
symptoms.
Recently, stress has become an aspect covered
by the Health & Safety at Work Act. Today
there is more and more pressure on employees, who find themselves
with little time for relaxation. Thinking about taking a "lunch
hour" for relaxation usually ends up with a phone call at
the last minute so that the idea is cancelled completely - or
getting stuck in traffic on the way back making you even more
tense.
Make no mistakes, stress is very real and it
can seriously hinder you personal health and your professional
effectiveness.
There are lots of ways of dealing with stress
and everybody should find a way that suits them. There are a
number of methods listed on my De-stress page. However, you may
choose to have something a little more personal.
Various treatment programmes can be tailored
to suit your own needs, either with one therapy or a range of
therapies - at the same time, teaching you to effectively manage
your stress in your day-to-day life, and helping you to cope
with life when others around you are falling apart. For example,
you may like a programme of 4 sessions enabling you to identify
stress symptoms and their causes, and to develop personal strategies
to control and deal with stressful situations. Or it may be that
it is just a temporary phase and an aromatherapy treatment or
Indian Head Massage may be sufficient. Between us, we can identify
your needs and help you.
I treat individuals on a personal basis as
well as offering Corporate Programmes (see
below).
If you feel like a few moments relaxation now-
visit the De-stress room on this webpage.
Let me give you that helping hand and
guide you through today's hectic life.
Corporate
Programmes
Every employee suffers from stress at some time.
Whether it is caused in the workplace or at home is largely irrelevant
as the problem will still manifest itself in the workplace anyway.
A troubled employee is not as productive as a contented employee.
Their work rate will drop and they may make mistakes. This causes
them further stress with its various symptoms (see top of this
page) which compounds the problem and starts a vicious cycle
that normally leads to absenteeism.
Consequently, more and more companies are discovering
the benefits of introducing Stress Relief programmes. Employers
find that with in-house therapy treatments, stress is greatly
reduced, leading to increased motivation, reduced staff turnover,
and less absenteeism.
I can bring a wide range of treatments to the
workplace, fitting around meetings, lunchtimes, etc, so that
your staff can take a few minutes out of their day to find some
relaxation. Training can also be given, if required, to help
people with stress and time management. Programmes can be individually
developed to suit each particular company and their staff.
Contact me to discuss tailor made programmes
for your company, including Training Sessions which can show
your employees self-help techniques that will help them cope
with stress.

Stress Machine
Another facility I offer to my Corporate customers
is the Stress Machine (see picture at the top of this page).
This may look like something dreamt up by the Spanish Inquisition,
but it is in fact a sophisticated and highly effective relaxation
device.
Developed by top medical, health and stress
professionals, it took three years to devise this machine that
is clinically proven to reduce stress levels by at least 50%
within just ten minutes. It relaxes tense muscles, improves circulation,
eases aches and pains and soothes and clears the mind. It's the
fast and effective solution to the busy professional.
If you would like more details, please e-mail
me and I can send you my Corporate Stress Management pack or
better still, arrange a free, no obligation demonstration at
your premises.

Client Comments
"We invited Lynne along to our Global
Safety Conference to provide a display on stress relief techniques
involving massage, which would hopefully encourage members
of our staff to use alternative therapies as a way of reducing
their levels of stress. Typically, most of the conference attendees
were men aged between 35 and 55, in the bracket where one would
expect such individuals not to be receptive to such treatments.
However, the display was constantly busy all day, with lots
of people taking the opportunity to have an Indian Head Massage,
and speak to Lynne about other stress relief techniques. And
following the conference, we have received many letters of
positive feedback from delegates about this display in particular.
When we put together such events in the future, I have no doubts
that we will be inviting Lynne back again!
Simon Turner.
BNFL"
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