Workplace Wellness

Are you stressed out? The students at Martindale High School are. They don’t like feeling tense and they don’t know what to do about it. But help is coming and you’re invited to go along. Learn exactly what stress is and discover that there is both bad stress and good stress. Not everyone experiences stress the same way. You’ll understand the many symptoms of stress.

Understanding the nature of stress at a detailed level is the basis upon which we can start to manage it effectively. The Personal Stress and Well-being Assessment provides a simple but thorough process by which we can better understand our own stress handling skills.

There’s always going to be something for you to be stressed out over. But how you handle that stress is what’s truly important. In this program, experts from Stanford explain what causes stress in the first place, and how you can keep it from controlling your life.

Working With Stress - Stress increases illness, injury, and job performance and unlike other occupational hazards nearly the entire working population can be affected. Most studies show that ¼ to 1/3 of today’s workers report high levels of stress at work. The latest research tells us that job stress plays a major role in many chronic health problems. The evidence is growing.