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Contact me regarding my Workplace Assistance Programme for workplace stress and corporate burnout. EFT has poven success with fear of public speaking, fear of making presentations, reluctance to make sales calls and many other barriers to success that may be limiting you in your professional life.
Work Stress Increases Cardiovascular Deaths - a workplace study
High job strain and an effort-reward imbalance in the workplace are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality, according to a Finnish study of industrial employees. The study involved 812 factory workers whose roles varied from foundry work and heavy engineering to precision engineering, and clerical and administrative work. All were free from cardiovascular disease at the start of the study. They were followed for an average of 26 years. After adjusting for age and sex, participants with high job strain (a combination of high demands at work and low job control) had double the cardiovascular mortality risk compared with their colleagues who had low job strain. The risk was also more than doubled for employees with effort-reward imbalance (low salary, lack of social approval and few career opportunities relative to efforts required at work).
Kivimaki M, et al. Br Med J 325:857-60, 19 Oct 2002
Its Not The Stress That Kills Us, But Our Abiliy To Cope With It
According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, “Suppressed emotions such as anger, fear and sadness that are not fully transformed will severely limit your ability to cope with the normal stresses of life. It is not so much the stress that kills us, but rather our impaired ability to cope with it. Fortunately, the technology now exists to rapidly and effectively transform these emotions. We do it every day in our office with EFT.” Dr. Mercola has been using EFT successfully since 2001 to support his patients in achieving optimal health, as do thousands of other medical professionals worldwide.
National Institute of Health Recommendations for Stress Reduction, and how EFT Helps
In an effort to educate the public about stress reduction, the American National Institutes of Health (NIH) makes the following four recommendations. EFT has been shown to enhance each of these coping strategies, thereby making them more effective and easier incorporate into an already stressed lifestyle.
1. Reduce Negative Thinking. People with negative attitudes may experience events or emotions as being more stressful than people with positive attitudes. To this end, the NIH simply recommends making an effort to stop negative thinking.
According to EFT theory, unresolved negative emotions and thoughts are caused by a disruption in your body’s subtle energy system. Until that disruption is balanced, willful attempts to change negative thinking will likely be unsuccessful. Thousands of people have successfully used EFT to resolve these disruptions and thus address negative core beliefs, negative self-talk and unproductive thought patterns.
2. Improve Physical Well-being. Poor nutritional habits stress the body, increasing the risk of infection. The NIH recommends making healthy food choices and eating reasonable amounts of food according to a schedule.
This simple directive does not take into account that many people use comfort food to tranquilize stress and may be very resistant to making drastic dietary changes. EFT is one of the only treatment options available to address the deep issue of emotional overeating. Using EFT enhances one’s ability to eat for nutrition rather than comfort.
3. Increase Physical Activity. The NIH indicates that a lack of physical activity can be stressful for the body, and an increase in physical activity can promote a sense of well-being. The NIH recommends engaging in a scheduled exercise routine at least three times per week. However, that advice takes will power and is not often followed.
EFT is successfully used to increase motivation to be physically active, and resolve negative attitudes towards exercise. If exercising is no longer a struggle, its stress fighting qualities will be enhanced.
4. Relax. The NIH recommends that unless people under stress have hobbies, outside interests or means of relaxation, they may have a more difficult time handling stress. Their recommendation is to take “a mini retreat”.
Hundreds of EFT case studies indicate that many people have emotional blocks to taking time for themselves. They may feel undeserving, guilty, weak or self-indulgent, and tend to put others’ needs first. Using EFT helps combat feelings of negative self-worth, making relaxing, guilt-free breaks more attainable.
Contact me for assistance with your own, or your employees, workplace stress.
