Tools for Identifying and Managing Stress

Explore your stress triggers and tolerances!

Tools to heighten your awareness to stress

How do you currently view yourself?

Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale - This is extremely quick and easy way to measure the current state of your self-esteem. This is a good assessment to take periodically to see trends.

Comprehensive exercise to help determine stress triggers and responses

Try this 360 survey to gauge your stress level. It takes into consideration your lifestyle, occupation, attitude, and diet.

Quick activity to identify your vulnerabilities

Here is a Self Quiz Stress Test that considers elements that cause stress. It looks at your stress level based on certain events over the past year.

Learn coping strategies!

Tips on classroom discussions on stress

Discuss misconceptions and realities about stress in class.
Here are some tips in opening dialog with your students.

How stress can make you sick!

Work though this TED Ed Lesson! It's based on the video, How does Stress affect your body?

Stress Management Activity

Purdue University built an easy to follow self-guided module on learning to recognize and cope with personal stresses. There is a lesson plan and workbook included.

Changing mindset

In this TED talk, Psychologist Kelly McGonigal informs her audience to use the power of stress in a positive approach. Her motivating presentation is called: How to make stress your friend

Stress: How teachers can help their students copeIn Part I we examined what was neurologically happening to the brain while under stress. We now understand that stress impedes learning and interferes with memory retrieval. So what can we do about it? The following is a list of suggestions on how teachers can help their students cope with stress.

Schools, Not Teachers, Must Reduce Stress and Burnout—Here’s HowEducators’ health and well-being should be prioritized in school culture; school leaders can help create the conditions for that.

Mindfulness Training Shows Promise for Teachers in New StudyA randomized control trial found teachers who received mindfulness training had less job-related stress and anxiety

Start Journaling!

There are many different ways to create a stress management Journal!

Is Journaling an Effective Stress Management Tool?Read the research behind the positive effects of journaling. Learn how journaling can reduce stress and improve health and wellbeing.

How to Use Journaling for Stress Relief Journaling has proven benefits to reduce stress. Learn more about how to start a stress relief journal, and tips on how to keep up the habit.

The importance of Self Care

A dedication to self-care is the key to getting on the right track!

Start building routines of engaging in preventative measures. Some activities and focus areas include:

Yoga Practice
Incorporate Meditation
Balancing your Diet
Counseling and/or Psychotherapy
Learning Mindfulness
Exercising

Prioritize yourself!

There are many ways to improve self-care.

Try a bunch of different approaches and then choose what works for you!

5 Self-Care Practices for Every Area of Your LifeYou cannot control everything life throws your way, but you can control how well you take care of yourself. Here's how to practice self-care.

How to Meditate - MindfulLet us walk you through the basics of how to meditate properly, the benefits of regular practice, the various styles of meditation, plus free guided audio practices.

Self-Care Exercises and ActivitiesFrom menu planning to tips to reduce stress, this page is filled with activities and resources to promote good self-care.

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