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Breaking Free from the Spiral: Manage Stress in 4 Steps

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Stress feeds itself in a spiral: four levers — perceptions, internal states, behaviors, feedback — to break it.

Improve your stress management by breaking out of your negative spirals. Discover how to reverse each of its 4 levels and reclaim positive energy.

20 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites

You will walk away with

  • the stress spiral: perceptions, internal states, behaviors, outcomes
  • the 4 levers for reversing each level of the spiral
  • the case of Paul, a struggling salesman, as a throughline

Target audience

Anyone looking to improve their quality of life and relationships

Learning objectives

  1. Activate the 4 levers of the stress spiral to break free from it with ease
  2. Shift your perceptions to see the situation with fresh eyes
  3. Transform your internal states to release the tension tying you to the situation
  4. Adopt new, appropriate behaviors to transform the situation

Module outline

  • Articles
    • Case study: Paul, caught in the stress spiral
    • Inside the spiral: how negative thoughts reinforce themselves
  • Expert videoThe Stress Spiral9'54An overview of the spiral's 4 trigger points: perceptions, emotional state, behaviors, and feedback
  • AnchoringQuizzes and true/false questions to dive deeper into the topic and lock in what you've learned
  • Memo cardA downloadable coaching memo card: the key points from the expert video
  • CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment

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