SPUN Up

Have you ever been so stressed that you feel as if you are spinning round and round in circles like one of those old fashion spinning tops? You are not alone. Millions of people right now are spinning round and round. In fact, The Center for Disease Control and Prevention sates that more than 80 percent of medical costs in the U.S. are stress related.  More fighting than that is The American Institute of Stress states that as a direct result to workplace stress U.S. businesses loose over $300 billion annually. Holy moly, that’s a lot of money that we could be putting toward innovation and education.
So how do you stop spinning? It’s a question I get quite a bit when teaching my work life balance workshops. When I began this journey three years ago, I believed that stress and work life balance went hand in hand, and that is partially true. Those who are out of balance are normally stressed out. And those who have balance, well they get stresses out too. That is when it occurred to me that just like with balance, there is not really one way or place in which people learn to manage stress in a healthy proactive way. (No wonder 80 percent of medical costs are stress related.)

So, I created another workshop purely focused on stress, called SPUN Up: Success With Stress. It’s designed to empower you to take ownership for managing stress in a proactive, positive, productive way. Participants will learn what stress is, the physical and mental impact of stress and five strategies for managing stress that are healthy and sustainable for the long-term. And there will be a book coming out the fall as well, so stay tuned for details.