Regulating Your Stress Response System

Your stress responses system functions to protect you from potential threats. It gets activated throughout the day to deal with the physical, mental, and emotional demands of life. Stress reactions are your body’s way of responding to discomfort, trauma, and fear, but sometimes the stress response turns on unnecessarily. The fears we perceive don’t always indicate an actual threat or danger. Inaccurate or overly strong stress responses can interfere with our lives and have a negative impact on our physical and mental health, as well as our social life and well-being. Our stress responses are an example of our human capability to evolve and adapt. Stress responses demonstrate our ability to change. When your responses aren’t working with the life we want to have or how we want to show up for our life, we have the ability to change them. This course will help you understand your personal stress triggers and set you on the path to managing your stress response system. You don't have to be at the whim of your automatic responses. With awareness and conscious choice, you can start to determine how your stress responses are serving you and choose actions that set you on a path toward healing and resilience. This course will help you understand your own personal patterns in how you handle stress and emotions. You will gain insight into your own mind-body habits and learn how to diffuse your stress response so you can come back to a state of internal safety and security. Each lesson includes a guided reflection to help you become aware of your own patterns and responses, as well as understand how you can create a sense of safety for yourself in stressful times. Suitable for beginners to mindfulness and stress management, this course gives you tools to adjust internal state and regulate your stress response. You’ll learn about common stress responses and how to manage them with mindfulness. This course may be especially helpful for anyone struggling with anger, anxiety, avoidance, codependency, or people pleasing tendencies. This course is not intended as therapy or to replace treatment from a mental health professional. This course is designed as a mindful exploration of your stress patterns to help you have healthier relationships, handle challenges with greater resilience, and improve your well-being.