Christian LifeSkills 303 for STRESS

PART OF THE CURRICULUM FOR THE

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER TRAINING PROGRAM

Optimum LifeSkills for

Stress Management

by Darrell Franken, Ph.D.

LifeSkills 101 deals with intrapsychic dynamics,

and LifeSkills 202 deals with interpersonal

dynamics. LifeSkills 303 deals with basic issues

between the person and the environment:

catastrophies, crises, food intake, liquid intake,

job stress, financial stress, the stress of caring

for another person, etc. The text gives the

student the opportunity to evaluate himself or

herself. Coping strengths can also be evaluated.

A person can create a plan to ease the stressors

of living. People have saved themselves from a

great deal of pain and destruction by observing

the guidelines in this text. While "outcome based"

education is dealing with intellectual growth,

LifeSkills training puts its focus on the emotional

and behavioral growth.

Here is the TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1. Facing life's stressful crises	Chapter 11. Poor Nutrition Stressors
Chapter 2. Stress and illness symptoms	Chapter 12. Hypoglycemic (sucrose) stress
Chapter 3. Skills for anxiety and depression	Chapter 13. Strategies for allergy stress
Chapter 4. Dealing with stressful relations	Chapter 14. Skills for stress in caring for others
Chapter 5. Suppressed hurt/anger/guilt	Chapter 15. Socialization as a coping skill
Chapter 6. Value changes for job stress	Chapter 16. Values combating stress
Chapter 7. Financial stress	Chapter 17. Exercise as a coping skill
Chapter 8. Counteracting Alcohol stress	Chapter 18. Relaxation as a coping skill
Chapter 9. Self-control for smoking stress	Chapter 19. Assertiveness as a coping skill
Chapter 10. Education for overweight stress