Please read Eustress and then fill in the blanks below.

1. Eustress can be defined as a _____ or______.
We can't always avoid stress, in fact, sometimes we don't want to. Often, it is controlled stress that gives us

our __ edge in performance related activities like athletics, giving a speech, or acting (see Performance Stress Curve diagram).


2. ______ is most often a good stressor. But over training can cause

_________ and ____________.


3. To continue to exercise when your body is ____ or _____,
can result in a variety of overuse injuries and predispose you to illness.


I think Eustress can also be broken down into several categories.

In our video “Stress - Part One,” The first definition of Eustress is perhaps receiving

___________, _______________, or

______________.

However, as suggested above, Eustress can often be found in our performance challenges.

Challenges also come in all shapes and sizes, from every day challenges to major event challenges that ultimately have a rewarding after the fact experience.

Amazing work I can do, but it is usually when I am under the gun, and feeling pressured to get it done.
Yesterday I had a new client and I knew that we would be going to breakfast, in my car! Yes I could have cleaned it out the night before, but that would have been just too easy! My reward under stress, a very clean car, accomplished in stress. A greater challenge would be to do the things on my list before they become reasons for my stress.


List 3 specific every day challenges that are rewarding and explain your reward.

1. Getting to work on time, making the coffee and having everything up and going. I could have the coffee ready to turn on, but I'd rather make it when I get to work. My reward understress is fresh coffee just th way I like it.

2. I take my lunch to work, I make sure it is good for me and something quick I can eat so I can also use my lunch hour to get in a little walk. My reward is feeling good and more alert in the afternoon.

3. Breakfast is an every day challenge for me. If I can get up early enough to do all that needs to be done and still work in breakfast that is a great day and my reward is the energy I get from having that first meal of the morning to break my evening fast - thus 'break-fast'.


A major successful challenge could be your climb to Mt. Everest! Or perhaps it could be as simple as staying on a budget for a whole year, which in my definition, is major!
List at least one, major successful challenge that you faced under stress and explain your reward.

We had a very stressful situation at work, my boss was no longer working here and as it worked out I was the only one out of 5 people still working at my job, that meant we had to get help from our director and her staff...and they knew very little about what went on in our area. I had to do on the job training to 3-4 people and still have everything run smoothy and it did. My reward was I had the respect of everyone I worked with during that time.

PRAISE GOD!!!








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