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FEELING THE PRESSURE THESE DAYS?
Did you know that 60-90% of all modern illnesses are stress-related?
Stress takes a heavy toll on our physical health, our mental health, and our relationships. Some kinds of stress are so harmful that they can even KILL. But others kinds of stress can promote good health, enhance your relationships, and make you look forward to getting up each morning.
"Stress: Beyond Coping" is a stress management seminar that will teach you the difference between harmful stress that YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH safely, and beneficial stress that YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE WITHOUT.
Did you know that 60-90% of all modern illnesses are stress-related?
Stress takes a heavy toll on our physical health, our mental health, and our relationships. Some kinds of stress are so harmful that they can even KILL. But others kinds of stress can promote good health, enhance your relationships, and make you look forward to getting up each morning.
"Stress: Beyond Coping" is a stress management seminar that will teach you the difference between harmful stress that YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH safely, and beneficial stress that YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE WITHOUT.
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- What's so different about "Stress: Beyond Coping?"
- What topics are covered in the Stress: Beyond Coping stress management seminar?
- Session 1
- Session 2
- Session 3
- Session 4
- Session 5
- Session 6
- Who Developed "Stress: Beyond Coping?"
- What Our Customers are Saying About Stress: Beyond Coping
- Want to Learn More about the Link Between Stress and Disease?
- Want to Learn How Relaxation and Time Management Reduce Your Stress?
- Want to Learn More About How Exercise and Nutrition Reduce Stress?
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What's so different about "Stress: Beyond Coping?"
"Stress: Beyond Coping" uses a unique concept to teach the seven (7) lifestyle factors that are crucial for effective stress management. These 7 factors are illustrated in the STRESS MANAGEMENT PYRAMID:
P - PRAYER/SPIRITUAL INTEGRATION: The importance of a healthy spiritual relationship is one of the hottest topics in stress management research today. Why? Does prayer really work? Does faith result in real, scientifically measurable benefits to our health and well-being? Do those who actively practice their faith live longer or better than those who don't? The answers have astounded the science community -- will they suprise you, too? Take an in-depth look at stress -- from God's perspective -- in the "Stress: Beyond Coping" seminar.
R - RELAXATION: Do you have problems relaxing or getting to sleep when stress levels get too high? There are entire stress management seminars that do nothing but teach people how to relax. The "Stress: Beyond Coping" seminar offers the 10 best tips on how to manage stress by relaxing, including the most powerful relaxation tip of all -- one that our customers have called "life-changing."
E - EXERCISE: Scientists have discovered a "stress paradox" about exercise: even though it's stressful, exercise is actually good for our physical and mental health. Exercise can even protect us from other kinds of harmful stress. The "Stress: Beyond Coping" seminar explains why and how to use exercise as a stress management tool.
V - VIEWPOINT: Mark Twain once said, "My life has been plagued with many difficulties, most of which never happened." It's been estimated that 95% of the things that people worry about never even happen! Does this "phantom stress" ever get the better of you? The "Stress: Beyond Coping" seminar cites today's leading neuroscientists to describe the power of a positive viewpoint in managing up to 100% of the stress we experience.
E - EATING HEALTHFULLY: Confused by all the conflicting nutritional advice given today? The "Stress: Beyond Coping" seminar cuts through the maze and offers time-honored, scientifically-proven principles for healthful eating. Learn how to use the Nutrition Rocket for optimum health and wellness.
N - NEIGHBORLY LOVE: Research shows that individuals with close, supportive relationships (spouses, siblings, friends) have fewer serious illnesses and live longer than those with no close social ties -- even if they eat unhealthfully and never exercise! The "Stress: Beyond Coping" seminar describes the power in relationships to keep us well. Learn how to manage stress through loving relationships by learning and practicing good communication skills, the Parity Principle, the Golden Rule (the relationship principle found in every major religion in the world today), good conflict management principles, the healing art of forgiveness, and much more.
T - TIME MANAGEMENT: Good organization gives us significant control over the amount and degree of stress we experience, and good time management helps us accomplish the goals we consider to be the most important in life. The "Stress: Beyond Coping" seminar reveals the time management/goal setting system that was worth $25,000 to Charles Schwab, the multi-billionare industrialist and investor. In addition, you will learn how to use SMART goals and a PDAL (Prioritizd Daily Action List) to keep your life and time on track.
What topics are covered in the Stress: Beyond Coping stress management seminar?
The Master version of the "Stress: Beyond Coping" seminar is organized into 6 sessions, each between 2 and 2.5 hours long. Each session covers 1 or more of the 7 lifestyle factors in the Stress Management Pyramid. See detailed descriptions of the sessions below...
Session 1
The Concorde Factor
Session 1 is called The Concorde Factor. Based on up-to-date research, this session describes our best medical understanding of stress and its negative effects on the body. This gives a scientifically sound foundation for the rest of the seminar.Session 1 describes the body's response to stress, then describes the link between chronic stress and disease. The unique concept used to describe this link is called the Stress Tank. Some common stressors that fill up our Stress Tanks on a daily basis include:
- Stress at work or losing a job
- Financial trouble
- Conflict in relationships
- Lots of changes (either good or bad) in our personal lives
- Fighting a long term illness for oneself or a loved one
- Constantly worrying about the future, or constantly regretting the past, and
- Dealing with a steady stream of day-to-day hassles and irritations
Do any of these sound familiar to you?
If stress levels overflow past the danger point, various kinds of HARM can result. For example, we can experience:
H - mild to severe breakdowns to our HEALTH. Medical researchers today estimate that between 60-90% of visits to doctors are stress-related.1 Stress has been linked to a wide range of illnesses, including heart disease, asthma, diabetes, mental illness, high blood pressure, ulcers, as well as the common cold and the flu.
A - ACCIDENT proneness. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health estimates that 60-80% of industrial accidents are stress-related.
R - mild to severe breakdowns in our RELATIONSHIPS. During stressful times, we tend to focus exclusively on our own needs and not to notice anyone else's. Over time, this pattern can damage every relationship we have.
M - MENTAL ILLNESS. Dr. John Ratey, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, says that long term stress "can lead to full-blown mental disorders such as anxiety and depression, as well as high blood pressure, heart problems, and cancer. Chronic stress can even tear at the architecture of the brain."
Fortunately, there is a PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE on our Stress Tanks that can PREVENT stress from reaching the danger point.
This pressure relief valve is kept fully open when seven key lifestyle factors are practiced daily.
Session 1 starts at the bottom, giving a series of practical tips on how to manage stress through RELAXATION.
(By the way, there are several stress management programs out there that focus exclusively on relaxation techniques. For "Stress: Beyond Coping," relaxation is only a starting point!)
Session 2
The Lighthouse Factor
Session 2 is called the Lighthouse Factor, and discusses two more components of the Stress Management Pyramid: EXERCISE and TIME MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION.This session will teach you exactly how exercise helps manage your stress, and gives practical tips on the type of exercise, frequency, intensity and duration that will be most beneficial for stress management.
The time management and organization section reveals a wealth of practical guidance to help you learn how to PREVENT DECISIONAL OVERLOAD and have a BALANCED LIFE.
We even give you the time management system that so valuable to industrialist Charles Schwab that he paid $25,000 for it!
Our objective in teaching time management is to help you to learn how to use your time wisely and achieve your most important GOALS.
Session 3
The Guardrail Factor
It covers two of the most powerful stress management strategies that we know about: VIEWPOINT and SPIRITUAL INTEGRATION.
This session takes an inside look at your brain to discover just how your viewpoint interprets and controls your stress levels. You will learn what kinds of messages your brain creates and sends in order to turn on the stress response, and how the proper viewpoint can override these messages to turn off the stress response when it is not needed.
You will learn how the proper viewpoint can transform negative, stress-inducing beliefs Into beliefs that actually reduce your stress and create opportunities for personal growth and fulfillment.
Session 3 also describes the tremendous mental and physical health benefits gained from active participation in one's religious faith and having a strong spiritual life. Multiple research studies are cited to describe the wide range of health effects of religion and spirituality. Session 3 will teach you the best ways to manage stress through prayer and spiritual centering.
Session 4
The Amigo Factor
Session 4 covers the last 2 components of the Stress Management Pyramid: HEALTHY EATING and LOVING RELATIONSHIPS.What we eat, how we eat, and when we eat all make a huge impact on our physical and mental health. This is why Nutrition is referred to as the "foundation" of a good stress management plan. The "Stress Beyond Coping" seminar offers an in-depth overview of how to eat healthy, based on guidance given by the U.S. Surgeon General. This includes specifics on:
- what fats to eat and what fats to avoid;
- the importance of complex carbohydrates and fiber from plant and whole grain sources;
- and why tobacco, alcohol and stress don't mix.
The nutritional guidance offered in the "Stress: Beyond Coping" seminar is centered around a new and unique eating model called the NUTRITION ROCKET. This model will explain in detail what foods to eat and in what proportions for optimum health.
Session 4 is called the Amigo Factor because it discusses the power of relationships to keep us well. Research shows that poor relationships can be very stressful, but healthy, loving relationships have a dramatic impact our mental health and happiness. Loving relationships even promote longevity.
The "Stress Beyond Coping" seminar discusses the most exciting research findings related to relationships and health, then gives guidance and dozens of practical tips on how to develop strong and relationships. This includes a unique concept, developed by and available only in "Stress: Beyond Coping" programs, called the PARITY PRINCIPLE. Understanding the Parity Principle will give you remarkable control over many conflict situations.
Session 5
The Good Samaritan Factor
Session 5 is called the Good Samaritan Factor and teaches more time-tested, biblically based principles for building healthy relationships.These include:
- Learning the principles of CONFLICT MANAGEMENT;
- Learning GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS;
- And learning how to RELATE HEALTHFULLY TO ANGER.
- You will also learn the 5 steps of FORGIVENESS;
- And when others have hurt you, how to know when the HEALING PROCESS has begun.
Finally, you will be introduced to the 10 MOST POWERFUL STRESS-REDUCING BELIEFS that we know about. We call these the heavy duty stress absorbers, because using these beliefs can absorb the impact that stressful experiences can have on us.
All 10 stress absorbing beliefs have been validated by the most advanced scientific research, but they are also time-honored, biblical principles which describe the tremendous value God places on each of us.
In the rest of sessions 5 and 6, you learn how to filter every stressful situation through these 10 powerful, stress-reducing beliefs.
Session 6
The Good Weather Factor
Session 6 is called The Good Weather Factor, because it teaches people how to carry their own good weather with them all the time. Session 6 covers the last of the 10 MOST POWERFUL STRESS REDUCING BELIEFS.You will learn how to be content under all circumstances by creating a GRATITUDE ZONE.
You will learn how to KEEP PROBLEMS IN PERSPECTIVE, and HOW TO FIND MEANING in all situations.
The ultimate goal of the "Stress: Beyond Coping" series is to teach you, using spiritual principles that have been validated through medical research and by real life experience, how to manage your stress and FIND PEACE.
Who Developed "Stress: Beyond Coping?"
Find out about the creators of this program
William "Skip" MacCarty, DMin, is the founder and creator of the Stress: Beyond Coping seminar series. Dr. MacCarty began studying stress management in 1971. As a christian pastor, he believes strongly that stress management should be an integral part of church ministry and community outreach. Stress: Beyond Coping has been taught both inside and outside of a traditional church setting, to both religious and secular audiences. This seminar has been conducted around the world in India, Serbia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, and Japan as well as the United States, and has also been translated into Spanish and French.Dr. MacCarty has been a fellow of the American Institute of Stress since 1999. In 2000, he was the first plenary speaker of the Eleventh Annual International Congress on Stress held in Hawaii (topic: The Bible as a Resource for Managing Stress).
Dr. MacCarty is an internationally known and sought-after speaker and lecturer and a critically acclaimed author. Along with Stress: Beyond Coping, first published in 1999, his other books include: The Private Life of an Ordinary Adventist and In Granite or Ingrained: What the Old and New Covenants Reveal about the Gospel, the Law and the Sabbath.
Dr. MacCarty is currently an associate pastor for a 3,000+ member church in Michigan. He and his wife have 6 children and 8 grandchildren. Dr. MacCarty continues to study and teach stress management, which has now been his passion for over 30 years.
Pamela Coburn-Litvak, PhD, has published research articles on stress in the journals Neuroscience and Neurobiology of Learning and Behavior. After receiving a PhD in Neurbiology & Behavior from the State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook, she held a joint appointment as Assistant Professor and Special Assistant to the Vice President for Research Affairs at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. In 2007, Dr. Coburn-Litvak founded Rock @ Science LLC, a company specializing in health and science education.
Dr. Coburn-Litvak developed and co-wrote much of the scientific content of the Stress: Beyond Coping seminar with its creator, Dr. William "Skip" MacCarty, DMin.
What Our Customers are Saying About Stress: Beyond Coping
"Really outstanding. Good scholarship. Informative and attention-getting graphics. A very impressive, thorough presentation of the body of knowledge we now have about stress and coping adapted to a wide audience beyond the profession. The Stress Tank paradigm communicates powerfully about the reality of the stress process. Emphasizes preventing distress which is always preferred to rectifying a problem or breakdown after it occurs."James Campbell Quick, PhD
Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Texas at Arlington
Author of Preventative Stress Management in Organizations, American Psychological Association
"The Stress: Beyond Coping seminar is a wonderfully organized and richly rewarding compilation of answers to the stress of modern life. With wit and wisdom, it captures the essence of what is known about stress management in a clear, motivating and memorable way, while leading us far beyond coping and into the frontiers of wellness."
Ronald G. Nathan, PhD
Albany, NY
Co-author of The Doctor's Guide to Instant Stress Relief
"I've worked for 36 years in the mental health field and have been involved in several stress coping seminars. This one is as good as it gets."
Gerald Berden
Abbotsford, B.C., Canada
"This seminar came at a time of great stress in my life and has given me solid, easy to use tools to help me handle stress in all aspects of my life. I've been able to use the information I've learned right away, and it's helped me so much!"
Cynthia Sloan
Chicago, IL
"The best thought out, best organized, best researched and best documented program on stress I have ever encountered. It has helped me understand and change the way I view stressors in my life."
C. Burton Keppler
Retired M.D. Anesthesiologist
Hendersonville, NC
"This seminar is amazing, renewing, and life-changing. I started this seminar so stressed out that my health was suffering under the load. From the first day of the seminar, I felt there was hope and a way out. After completing the seminar, I felt like a new person with new perspectives. It gave me new tools to deal with my stress. I take away a new beginning and want to share this with all of my friends."
Cenaida Panneflek
Chief Financial Officer
Curacao, Netherlands, Antilles
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