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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Great to have Andrew Russell in the studio who's going to join us for this next half hour. We've got plenty of stuff to get our teeth into. I think Steve's helped me arrive at the point for the State of Origin, Tim. Right. It is a two out of three. I think it's two out of three. You play two out of three years. Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia.
Right, okay.
You think that's the answer? I think so. That way you're not ā you know, South Australia, West Australia will work in Western Australia if, in fact, that's the way they decide to go. And then Victoria sit back and play the winner. Or if they want to play South Australia and Victoria, then West Australia got to wait a year off. But I think that's going to be the best.
And that gives you a chance to rest up as well. Right. Not playing year after year. Keep a premium on the fact and keep the players really keen and enthused. Hello, Jack. Hey, guys. Hey, Tim. How are we? We're going well, mate. How are you going? Yeah, I'm good. Good.
It is the Wellness Wednesday, and this is a very topical issue you wanted to touch on today, and that is how do we manage stress in our life? Because everyone's got some of it. There are a lot of people who will be listening and be going, hallelujah, brother, as Caro said last night. How do we handle it? What is it, and how does it manifest?
Yeah, well, thanks, Gaz. It's a huge issue for everyone. And so the key things about stress is we get into a highly stressed state when we don't feel like we've got key areas of our life that we're under control in. So whether that's
uh financial whether that's we feel like things are out of control with our work environment our social environment uh time factor is a big one uh cause a lot of stress for people and even things like you know instant gratification when we do something to make ourself feel better
in the moment and then we think why did why did we do that um so it's real it's everywhere um but what it does is dramatic um in terms of how we make decisions so we make poor decisions when we are highly stressed all right so uh we go into fight or flight mode so the blood goes from the front of our brain to the back of our mind so you cannot make great decisions when you are stressed
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Chapter 2: How can we identify when we're under stress?
Stress is actually... something we need in our life, and it really helps us to adapt as human beings. So stress is a good thing, it's got a bad rap, but it gets to a point when it's a bad thing. When do you know that? Well, I think the biggest thing is when you feel like life
is a threat or whatever's going in your life is a threat and you go into survival mode and you start to spiral and you feel like you can't control that situation, then you have an issue. Versus it's stressful, it's challenging, but you're in a mindset that you feel like I can deal with this challenge. And so that's how you build resilience as a human being is saying, I'm being challenged now.
And I'm going to come up with a strategy to work through that. You work through it. You feel better about yourself. You don't actually have to change the outcome, but the process of working towards the outcome is what really matters when reducing stress.
Okay, Jack, talk specifically about yourself. I know you would have been in stressful situations in your life. I don't know how you've dealt with stress, but what has been your successful strategy that you've learned over time dealing with stress?
Tim, I think the biggest, the number one thing, that I've worked through, but also the research says, is deal with it. Don't delay it. Don't ignore it. And don't push it away. Because what happens is it just sits in your subconscious. So although you might not be thinking about it all the time, it is there and it is affecting you at a hormonal level and it's affecting everything in your life.
So just deal with it.
That is such... It's not going to cure it, but that advice in itself. So I know...
so we can just relate if i've got to make a phone call for instance it's not going to be a great phone call for whatever reason you know it may be you make you you know your own self you've got to make that call somewhere along the line about something and the stress that builds up if you don't do it and you go i'm going to put the i could call and i have something to eat first i feel better after that and then you go oh no it's lunchtime the person probably haven't like you just continue to
put it off and it grows and grows. Whereas I read a book recently and it says, no, no, I'm of the opinion, do it straight away, do it straight. And I've tried to implement that as best I can. I can't tell you how big a difference it's made. You get off the phone, you go, thank God that could have ruined my day had I not done that. It's so simple.
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Chapter 3: How does stress affect our decision-making abilities?
I mean, we need people in our lives and we need that social connection to change behavior. You need constant repetition and you need feedback and you need to work with other people. I mean, some people can do it themselves. There are people out there that are very, very good and very resilient and just find a way. But most people need to engage other people. They need to test the theory.
They need to try it out. They need to say, is that working? Did that work well? That reflection piece is a critical part of our development and reducing stress.
The other part of this is...
everyone's got it like you can't expect to go and you can call it stress or you can call it challenges or you can call it just day-to-day i don't care what you call it but we've all got it it's not like it's when it builds up where you know this is what i think when it builds up it becomes an issue but if you're you're living your life and you go oh and i've got a challenge here i've got a challenge that's okay that's just that's life you know it's how you deal with it as you say and whether you put them off and it gets bigger and bigger and then it
hold you down to the point where you can't um operate but we're all got challenges and my history says my experience with these things having had some treatment myself over many years is that you know we think the worst and i've gone to speak to people about and they go no no that's that's just anxiety you've got some anxiety about this that's not the end of the world it's it's normal to have anxiety and then what you do with it is will determine whether it becomes an issue
true absolutely spot on hey jack what are the signs and the areas that people need to be able to the the things that stress triggers within somebody when is it that somebody really needs to think okay well maybe i need to get some outside help for my stress and my anxieties now and Maybe it's something I can't deal with myself. What are those things that they need to be cognizant of?
Well, I think it's going to be different for everyone. Certainly in an acute state of that feeling of anxiousness where you have your heart rate is elevated or you feel like your heart rate is inconsistent. And We have this thing called this innate intelligence. And if we actually really listen to ourselves, our body gives us amazing information. So listen to that information.
But I think it goes back, Tim, to when you get to the point where you feel like you're unable to deal with it yourself and you move past the... this is a challenge and I can work through this to, I don't know how to do it. I don't know how to deal with this. And if you don't know how to deal with it, that's saying that your emotional regulation is being challenged.
It says that your decision-making has been. So if you're making poor decisions consistently, not a one-off bad decision, but consistently poor decisions day after day after day. So, well, that's not me. That's not, that's not my usual routine. That's not my usual style. That's not how I go about it. And other people will pick it up in your life.
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Chapter 4: What coping mechanisms can help manage stress effectively?
From a more chronic point of view, you've got a big issue in your life. You've got to deal with it. The first thing is reframe it or accept the reality. But have a good perspective about it. Say, I'm not where I want to be. I'm not happy about it, but it is where I'm at and I've got to deal with it. That's the first thing. The next bit is to rework the situation through brainstorming.
And that's where, Tim, we talked about earlier about bringing someone else into it and working through it. Come up with ideas about how to work through it. And if you don't have ideas or you get stuck, bring someone else in to work. Share. And then rewrite the situation or build a plan. Come up with some strategies, work with others, come up with the strategies.
There's always opportunities that are there. When you're in a stressful situation, there is an opportunity to do something differently, do something better or change something in your life where you work through it. And you come out building resilience, building self-confidence, and you end up in a better position. Magnificent.
I know it's a lot to take in and you might be driving and you're going, we'll put all this up on the SEN website and we'll tweet out the link each week. So you can go in and it'll all be summarised there for you and over a period of time there's going to be a whole heap of information in there that hopefully is of interest and help for some people. Thanks so much for coming in, mate.
Great to be here with you boys. Really appreciate it. Andrew Russell joining us as he does every Wednesday for Wellness Wednesday. 8 o'clock news is upon us. Western Bulldogs youngster is going to have to step up in a big way. He's been great in his short career. Joel Frazier joins us next.
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