Discover actionable tools to prevent and manage stress before it escalates. Build resilience, sustain energy in high-pressure environments.
Overview
Participants will explore practical and evidence-informed strategies to better understand stress and burnout, recognise early warning signs, and build simple daily habits that support wellbeing. Through reflection, discussion, and hands-on activities, the session will equip participants with tools to regulate their nervous system, reframe unhelpful thoughts, set healthy boundaries, and create a personalised action plan to manage stress more proactively in both work and life.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the difference between stress and burnout, and recognise early warning signs.
- Reflect on personal stress patterns and current coping strategies.
- Apply practical tools to manage stress and build healthier boundaries.
Content Outline
Understanding Stress and Burnout
- Defining Stress & Burnout: What stress is, how it shows up, and how it differs from burnout.
- Healthy vs Unhealthy Stress: Eustress vs distress and when stress becomes too much.
- Recognising Burnout: Early warning signs and the 3 types of burnout.
- Activity: Self-reflection: What’s on Your Plate?
How do you currently handle stress?
- Activity: Stress Coping Bingo
- Exploring Coping Styles: Helpful vs unhelpful coping, short-term relief vs long-term impact
- Control, Influence, Accept Framework: Shifting energy toward what we can control
- Activity: Changing Our Perspectives
Proactive Strategies to Manage Stress & Prevent Burnout
- Learning the internal work needed to manage stress
- Breathing techniques and nervous system reset (Guided practice)
- Thought reframing and emotional regulation (Guided practice)
- Leveraging external change to enhance your stress management strategies
- Self-care and fostering social connection
- Setting boundaries (Guided practice)
- Personal Stress Action Plan & commitment
English
Simplified Chinese
Cantonese
English
Simplified Chinese
Cantonese
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