AT A GLANCE – UNDERSTANDING ANXIETY

“Mental health was the great taboo. If you were anxious, it’s because you were weak. If you couldn’t cope with whatever life threw at you, it’s because you were failing. Successful, strong people don’t suffer like that, do they? But of course – we all do. It’s just that few of us speak about it.” – Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge
 

ANXIETY REDUCTION ONLINE TRAINING

Training one's own awareness aims to impact emotion regulation. Generalized anxiety symptoms can be successfully addressed through awareness-based interventions.

Individuals with anxiety show deficits in emotion regulation (Tull et al., 2009). Anxiety is also associated with negative thinking, sleep problems and even muscle tension. Awareness-based interventions, which focus on directing attention to present moment experiences, directly address such deficits and allow us to notice how to solve the challenges.

Research has reliably detected increases in connectivity between the amygdala and several regions of the prefrontal cortex after awareness practices.

With guided awareness practices, people can discover a more adaptive strategy to regulate emotions. Awareness improves inner self-observation and results in better self-leadership skills.

Awareness practice involves observing physical and emotional responses with an accepting attitude, as opposed to acting out or suppressing emotions. Not knowing how to deal with worry, anxiousness, and stress that are leading people slowly towards anxiety.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANXIOUSNESS AND ANXIETY?

Although we all may experience some anxiousness from time to time, it is not anxiety.

Common anxiety signs and symptoms include (several of the listed usually exist at the same time):

1. Feeling nervous, restless or tense for longer periods;
2. Having a sense of impending danger, panic or doom when there is no actual reason for it;
3. Having an increased heart rate and/or breathing rapidly (hyperventilation);
4. Sweating or trembling;
5. Feeling weak or tired for a longer period;
6. Experiencing trouble focusing and keeping concentration on the actual task at hand;
7. Thinking constantly about what might happen and having difficulty controlling worry;
8. Having trouble sleeping peacefully;
9. Experiencing gastrointestinal (GI) problems;
10. Having a strong urge to avoid people, things, locations and events that trigger anxiousness.

Different studies have convincingly demonstrated that enhanced connectivity between several brain regions is crucial to successful emotion regulation, both for healthy and anxious people. When you know how to lead your inner processes, life becomes easier and less worrisome, this is why intrapersonal education matters.

BENEFITS FOR THE EMPLOYERS:

► Enhances employee intrapersonal wellness and emotional resilience at work;

► Employees gain access to awareness-based intrapersonal skills to self-regulate emotions;

► People learn to address their different fears: fear of flying, speaking up, looking stupid, etc.;

► Employees learn to deal with the fear of uncertainty - the main fear when facing change;

► Training provides staff with methods for being in charge of how they feel and behave;

► Delivers a springboard for innovation - not to let fear or naysayers stop people with good ideas.

The content of this anxiety online course is mental wellness focused training that gives you a better ability to relax and let go of your worries. This anxiety e-learning content is subject to change as it is still under development.

For now, you are most welcome to explore our other mental wellness online training options. After all, prevention is better than cure.
 

REDUCE ANXIOUSNESS BY BECOMING MORE PRESENT

​Meanwhile, we recommend you take the most general mental wellness course we have – "Well Fit For Work". This unique online course enables you to understand mental wellness in a work-related context and be more present. And best of all, it also includes an easy guided relaxation exercise with Dr. Helena Lass that you can use daily.