Stress Reduction for Writers

Stress prevents us from being productive and from meeting writing deadlines. In this class, we’ll address issues specific to writing, like factors that disturb our focus, and some strategies and techniques to counteract these roadblocks.Managing stress is about taking charge of the way you deal with the problems that you encounter. We will discuss healthy and unhealthy stress, the impacts of toxic stress on health and productivity, long-term stress prevention measures, and techniques for dealing with stress in the moment. We will troubleshoot various scenarios where participants have felt their stress get out of hand, and look at approaches to minimize the negative impacts in the moments leading up to, during, and after encountering a stressful situation.