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Founder: Michael Barber Editor: Anne Sewell Consultant: Brent Grossman**
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 * Consultant: Arnoldo Villarreal**

What is Stress? Simply put, stress is an unconscious reaction to some demand that will cause a fight or flight response in a person. Stress can be both positive to the work environment, or it can cause dissention among the ranks of an organization's employees. We at Stress Management are committed to providing a wide variety of programs and suggestions to help your organization determine and reduce or virtually eliminate the causes of stress that may be detrimental to your work environment. What causes stress? A variety of demands on an employee will cause varying levels of stress, depending on what a person can handle. By far the most common causes of stress are work demands intermingling with the demands of everyday life. Employees are finding it increasingly difficult to balance their time and roles between work and personal activities. What are the results of stress? Unhappiness among employees, and even health and mental problems can result from stress. Studies have shown that a variety of physical problems, such as headaches, muscle pains, and even heart disease are common side effects, as well as depression. What can be done to relieve and prevent stress? This is a difficult question. To find an answer, we must look at the work environment and the personal life demands of the individual employees of Healing Touch Hospital to determine what demands on the individual create a fight or flight response. Numerous businesses have used our service to institute stress-reducing programs and changes in the environment and have had positive results, including an increase in the health and happiness of staff and increased job efficiency. What can our team at Stress Management do for you? Our team at Stress Management are professionals who have worked in similarly stressful environments and we are dedicated to pinpointing the elements of stress in your organization and institute various programs and suggestions to help your organization achieve a level of positive stress to increase the health and happiness of your employees and create a more efficient working environment. Our professional team of consultants has conducted a thorough survey through questionnaires and consultation on an individual basis of your workforce at Healing Touch Hospital and we have determined that the primary cause of stress is the daily commute eating into the time and events of your employees' everyday lives. In general we believe the staff are happy at their jobs, but the common commute is between one to three hours on average. This leaves the your employees little free time to take care of general personal errands or important family matters, and as a result, your organization may lose productivity or experience staffing issues due to these matters interfering with an individual's work role. Other issues noted during our initial consultation included commuting costs, the need for daycare for younger children and supervision of those not yet old enough to be alone, medical needs, the need to just "get away" for a while, and even housing issues. We at Stress Management have successfully initiated programs in other organizations to address these needs. Based on our assessment, we feel you can benefit from the following programs:  1. Personalized grocery shopping at local supermarkets: The employee simply must make a shopping list of the items they're requesting, and assure funds are on pre-paid Stress Management Visa card. 2. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Bill payment service: We offer a convenient bill payment service for your staff to help reduce the time necessary to take care of their monthly bills. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Let us pick up your dry cleaning, make dinner reservations, let us arrange for those flower deliveries for your loved ones, and anything else you can think of. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">1. In these trying economic times, long commutes mean increased fuel costs. We offer discount cards and prepaid fuel cards that can be used at number of participating locations. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Car pool: Sign-up with our complimentary car pool service. Just simply gives us your address and work schedule and we'll do the rest! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Mass transit services: Do you take the bus or train to work? Receive great incentives with our services. Receive 50% off your monthly train/bus ticket by using your Stress Management MetroCard. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">On-site daycare services for children from 1 month to 5 years. The center offers wholesome organic meals, age-appropriate activities, and certified teachers and aides to enrich your child's learning experience. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">On-site after-school care for children 5 years and older. The center offers after school program for children ranging from 5 to 13. Each age group is supervised by qualified staff, offering after school tutoring, learning activities and transportation to and from school. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Psychological services: These services are offered to employees and immediate family members. The services are offered by fully-licensed psychologist and psychiatrist. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Medical screenings: Free monthly medical screenings that work around your schedule. These services offer free blood pressure screenings, medication assessments, cholesterol screenings, and much more! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Looking for a break from the daily grind? We offer great activities for individuals and families! Theme parks, water parks, day trips are all available. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">1. Free gym membership for employees and their families at LifeTime Fitness. Enjoy any of the 78 facilities in the area. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">1. Looking to move closer to work? Stress Management offers a multitude of discounts ranging from rental properties to home ownership. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">1. Are your concerns falling on deaf ears? Do your employees have good ideas to improve the work environment? We can help. Our consultants can review the communication structure within Healing Touch Hospital between administration and the different departments to determine where communication breakdowns are occurring and make helpful suggestions to let the staffs' voices be heard. Employees who feel they can contribute to the mission of your organization will feel appreciated and want to give 110% to the job. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The management of stress is a continuous battle that cannot be won in a single battle. We at Stress Management are dedicated to your organization and make a promise that you will see excellent results by instituting our programs. We invite you to contact us to discuss these proposed changes to see if they can help your work teams achieve and excel.
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