Part 1: How Stress Impacts Your Brain and Body:

This foundational workshop takes you into the science of stress and its effects on memory, focus, and communication. This session covers:

• Brain & Body Effects: How stress alters brain function and disrupts communication.
• Microstressors & Chronic Stress:The cumulative toll on health, focus, and clarity.
• Nervous System Connection: The role of the vagus nerve in digestion, mood, and immunity.
• Fight, Flight, Freeze Response: How stress affects decision-making and cognitive function.
• Cognitive and Communication Changes:Why stress makes it harder to remember words, impairs thinking and empathy—and how to address it.

Part 2: What Strategies Can Be Used to Improve Cognitive-Communication Skills Associated with Stress?

Building on Workshop 1, this session offers practical tools to counter stress, increase awareenss and enhance clarity and communication. Topics include:

• Self-Awareness Practices: Techniques to manage triggers, reduce fatigue, and stay focused.
• Communication Tools: Strategies to stop negative self-talk, use calming pauses, and communicate confidently.
• Mindfulness Techniques: Grounding exercises like boxed breathing to stay present under pressure.
• Gratitude Practices: Simple ways to incorporate gratitude into your routines creating a more positive outlook that naturally reduces stress.
• Healthy Habits: The impact of movement, nutrition, and sleep on stress resilience.
• Planning & Prioritizing: Tools for managing tasks and keeping stress in check.