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My childrens school had Dr. Maryann Driscoll come and talk to parent about handling stress. She was excellent, this is a little excerpt. 
Handling Stress Better
Dr. Maryann Driscoll
We can't make every life situation better, but we can certainly make any situation worse.
Maryann Driscoll, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at Touro College School of Health Science in New York. Her presentation covered stress management. Key concepts in stress reduction are control, challenge and commitment.
Control is taking advantage of the choices we have. We need to get educated, get together and get organized. Get educated to understand what is happening to us and find what helps control the situation. Get together with others, for distraction, to find out how they cope, and to have someone to listen and understand our situation. Getting organized is a prelude to getting busy.
Challenge has to do with viewing the situation in a problem solving way. Instead of sitting back and just "awful-izing" (dwelling on the negatives) we should spend our energy looking for ways to improve things even a little.
Commitment to something larger than ourselves is a concept which has many benefits. Some people use spiritual avenues (religion), volunteerism or activism (an organization or cause). Even activities such as art and exercise will work.
"People live longer when they pull themselves our of themselves." she said. She suggested books by James Gordon, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Belleruth Naperstek and Dr. Andrew Weil.
Handling Stress Better
Dr. Maryann Driscoll
We can't make every life situation better, but we can certainly make any situation worse.
Maryann Driscoll, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at Touro College School of Health Science in New York. Her presentation covered stress management. Key concepts in stress reduction are control, challenge and commitment.
Control is taking advantage of the choices we have. We need to get educated, get together and get organized. Get educated to understand what is happening to us and find what helps control the situation. Get together with others, for distraction, to find out how they cope, and to have someone to listen and understand our situation. Getting organized is a prelude to getting busy.
Challenge has to do with viewing the situation in a problem solving way. Instead of sitting back and just "awful-izing" (dwelling on the negatives) we should spend our energy looking for ways to improve things even a little.
Commitment to something larger than ourselves is a concept which has many benefits. Some people use spiritual avenues (religion), volunteerism or activism (an organization or cause). Even activities such as art and exercise will work.
"People live longer when they pull themselves our of themselves." she said. She suggested books by James Gordon, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Belleruth Naperstek and Dr. Andrew Weil.
