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In competitive, warp-speed America, personal "stress management" inspires countless books, articles, Web sites, programs, and resolutions. Most people can describe common symptoms of stress (e.g. sleepless-ness, mindracing, unusual irritability, frustration, weariness, impatience, and worries, etc.) but few can name the root cause of it. Premise - excessive "stress" and "Type A personalities" are [mental + emotional + physical] manifestations of major conflict and disharmony among a person's team of personality subselves. Each subself contrib-utes unique thoughts and emotions that comprise situational or chronic "stress" - a dynamic mix of neediness + anxieties + guilts + shame + hurt + frustration + confusion + anger and other local reactions. Implication - the most effective way to avoid or reduce significant per-sonal stress is to intentionally harmonize your crew of subselves under the expert leadership of your resident true Self and other Regulars. The tech-nique of "parts work" and personal wound-recovery described in Project 1 will help achieve this. Parts work combined with learning to use effective communication skills (Project 2) can effectively reduce relationship and social stresses over time. slides / intro to subselves / Q&A / guides / close |
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