Work-Related Stress - How To Reduce Small Business Owners Stress

Whatever your work demands, there are steps you can take to protect yourself from the damaging effects of stress, improve your job satisfaction, and bolster your well-being on and off the job.

Stress isn’t always bad. A little bit of stress can help you stay focused, energetic, and able to meet new The challenges we face in the workplace are what keep us alert and engaged, but in today’s fast-paced world, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. However, we are not powerless in difficult situations. If workplace stress is affecting our performance and well-being, it’s time to take action. Regardless of our job, ambitions, or the level of stress we face, there are many things we can do to reduce stress and regain a sense of control at work.

Stress isn’t always bad. In small doses, it can help you perform under pressure and motivate you to do your best. But when you’re constantly running in emergency mode, your mind and body pay the price. If you frequently feel frazzled and overwhelmed, it’s time to take action to bring your nervous system back into balance. Stress is a physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. When you sense danger, whether it’s real or imagined, the body's defences kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the ‘fight-or-flight’ reaction or the stress response. Recognise the signs and symptoms of stress and take steps to reduce its harmful effects. The stress response is the body’s way of protecting you. When working properly, it helps you stay focused, energetic and alert. Emergencies and stress can save your life, giving you extra strength to defend yourself. The stress response also helps you rise to meet challenges. Stress is what keeps you on your toes during a presentation at work, sharpens your concentration or drives you to study for an exam. But beyond a certain point, stress stops being helpful and starts causing major damage to your health, and your mood.

Cognitive behavioural therapy CBT is one of the most used therapies in the treatment of stress, helping you identify negative thinking patterns and also providing you with important stress management tools and skills. Through stress management hypnotherapy CBT and NLP we can help you manage stressful situations more positively and calmly. We work with an integration approach to tackle automatic responses to stressful triggers, so you can think feel and behave differently in these situations. The integration of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy is more effective than using NLP alone. The self-awareness that the integrative approach offers renders it a highly successful way to quickly eliminate negative thoughts, emotions and limiting beliefs allowing you to generate a more positive future, improving stress sensers response. 

The deep relaxation experienced through Stress Management Hypnotherapy and stress Psychotherapy greatly reduces stress and improves mood.