The Benefits of EUSTRESS

Eustress…what does that mean? Is there really something as good stress? In this post, I share with you the benefits of eustress and how you change how you respond to stress.

I have a big question for each of you to answer: Would you eat pizza and nothing else for a month? Or maybe chow down only hamburgers for breakfast, lunch, and dinner day after day? 

By the end of one week, I bet you would be thrilled with a bowl of spinach. 

Next question: Then why do you keep putting the same old thoughts in your mind? 

Think about it. Most self- talk can get pretty boring. 

The NOTS becomes KNOTS and we keep saying things like “This will not change” or “I cannot get this done” or “I’m not good enough.” 

I’m getting so many stress-related calls these days. And most of them have the same underlying theme. 

It’s understandable when what we all thought was normal is no longer the baseline of our behavior. What does the new normal look like? No one knows yet.  

People are throwing up their hands and asking me to comment on what they should do to counteract the stress that is directing their negative behavior. The behavior, so many are telling me, that causes stress seems to be getting worse. 

They are all saying variations of “Damn, why did I do THAT again?” 

Most say they are disappointed in themselves for falling back to old ways of reacting instead of leaning into new ways of responding. 

Here is my response: 

This is a great time to challenge your “normal” behavior and make big choices to do things differently. 

Enter the STRESS FLEX System. Watch the webinar here. 

Learn about the benefits of EUSTRESS (that’s good stress). 

And how to be in charge of all the other stressors that make you feel like crap.  

The STRESS FLEX System gives you the tools to analyze and evaluate before you decide what to do. 

It means first you look at the facts and then also consider the emotions that are activated by the facts.  

Then it’s time to give your maladaptive coping methods the boot. 

Time to talk with your inner voice and make good decisions so you no longer are mad as hell at yourself for bad reactions. 

The good news is….. you’ll have more and healthier choices in the future.  

Pizza anyone? 

Here’s to your success, 

Sylvia 

About Sylvia Lafair

As a curious kid, I was fascinated watching how often people would make the same mistakes and complain about the same upsets time after time. I observed it in family, neighbors, at school and even in books and films.

As I grew older I saw how specific experiences become behavior patterns that people lived by yet barely noticed. It was “same stuff, different day,” just like in “Groundhog Day.”

My fascination with the power of personal and cultural patterns deepened after my father died from a sudden heart attack when I was 14. The cause? Constant conflict at work.

My determination to understand what happened and why led me to an amazing discovery: unresolved family patterns follow us to work. That’s what was behind the stress my father carried throughout his career.

Work stress became the enemy.

My search for more answers became my passion, to find ways to transform outdated, ingrained patterns that destroy health and the joy of success.

Now, I do what I do to prepare, liberate and empower leaders and teams — and to ensure no one need lose a loved one over unresolved conflict and stress at work.

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— Sylvia Lafair PhD — founder of Creative Energy Options (CEOInc.) and the world’s leading authority in Pattern Aware Leadership Development, Top Global Leadership Guru and award winning author of Don’t Bring It To Work.

Read Sylvia’s columns in INC.com and The National Business Journals