The tailored Stress Relief Blueprint offers a personalized approach to changing not only the response to stress but altering the habit of stress. In this process, you will gain awareness of your unique patterns and reshape them. The Stress Relief Blueprint provides what is needed to reduce the reaction to known stressors through evidence-based, effective, and practical mind-body techniques that can be applied on the spot or before, during, or after a stressor.

Stress is a personal reaction to change, people, events, irritations, or challenges, and significantly contributes to disturbance because the response is an internal one, sourced by how we think, what we do, and how we feel.

Everyone experiences different stresses and has preferred coping methods. It is not about the event itself, but rather who you are, what you believe, whether you have unresolved events that get triggered, and the meaning you assign to the event.

There are four general classifications of stress:

• Acute Stress refers to heightened responses triggered by ordinary, in-the-moment, but fleeting situations that can generate anxiety, such as exams, arguments, work assignments, or minor accidents. If not managed, the stress can accumulate, becoming a habitual way of responding to ordinary events and affecting future decisions.
• Chronic Acute Stress (Daily) involves a heightened state of alertness, constant exhaustion, and worry, or a fear-based response to situations that do not allow for a break or the chance to return to a calmer state. Examples include working in an emergency room, caring for a family member with incontinence, financial difficulties, or abuse.
• Chronic, Unresolved Sress from recent or past trauma refers to a continuous state of stress that persists for an extended period without relief after trauma. This kind of stress can be caused by factors such as a chronically stressed childhood, a sexual assault, or ancestral trauma and is often not realized by the sufferer.
• Unpredicted Acute Stress is an unexpected, life-changing, or threatening event or circumstance that creates a state of overwhelm, shock, or other intense response. It may be due to a sudden death, a diagnosis, a sudden weather change, or accidental injury.

Stress can affect an individual in unlimited ways, affecting the body, mind, emotions, spirit, and social aspects of self. The impact of chronic stress is well-documented, reporting that stress contributes to illness, from stomach upset to high blood pressure to cancer.

Stress is often referred to as a dis-ease because of the abuse we give to the self that can create symptoms leading to illness.

Clients report a reduction in physical conditions, a decrease in pain, and an increase in love and joy when stress is managed.

No, stress can be a good thing! 

In this instance, it does not have the physical consequences of chronic stress because it is temporary. Adrenaline releases to help you adjust to the situation at hand that may require perseverance and concentration. For example, if you have an important exam or need to help someone in trouble, stress hormones can help your body increase alertness and power through what is happening.