Reduce Stress…Regain Control!

• What is wellness?

• What are the components of wellness?

• What are the needs and wants of wellness?

• Where do you start?

You can begin to understand your responses to these questions when you are aware of where you are in this moment and then consider each moment as a new place to start. It’s a new opportunity to define wellness. Having your unique focus on wellness can be creative, engaging and even collaborative with yourself and others. Wellness is an ever-changing collaboration with our body, mind and spirit that affects our inside and outside worlds.

Let’s explore Wellness!

Stacy Simbrom, Hands Across Long Island/ Reflection Project

Stacy believes that Wellness is created from bricks of creative collaboration, with ourselves and others and she uses this philosophy in every element of her life. Stacy currently serves as the Director of Wellness and Recovery Services at Hands across Long Island. She is a facilitator of peer certification at Western Suffolk BOCES, founder of REFLECTION PROJECT, creative collaboration for Wellness. This organization supports personal, professional and organizational development. Stacy is also Executive Director of Healthspan.US, a 501(c)3 organization that supports education and advocacy for those that have been touched by mental health and substance use issues.

How To Boost Your Mood And Regain Control During This Stressful Time

Sheltering at home for weeks on end is affecting all aspects of our lives, including our health, career, finances and relationships. So, it’ s understandable if you’ve been finding that it’s difficult to keep a positive outlook. Know that what you’re feeling is normal, especially when the future seems so unpredictable and potentially out of our control. What we’re facing now can make even happiest person feel stressed or sad.

But remember that there is always at least one thing you can control—and that is yourself.

Recognizing that you have this control, especially over how you spend your time and the way you view your circumstances, can be life changing. Now, more than ever, it’s crucial to understand this and act to improve your everyday experiences, which will ultimately lead to a better outcome in the end.

We will discuss three immediate things you can do to elevate your mood and gain control of your present and future.

Liz Bentley, Founder and President of Liz Bentley Associates

Liz Bentley is the Founder and President of Liz Bentley Associates, a consulting firm specializing in leadership development programs. Liz is a nationally recognized keynote speaker and executive coach to top leaders and teams across a broad range of industries. Having worked with hundreds of clients, Liz understands this fundamental truth: you can’t change people but you can help them evolve into a better version of themselves. To help unlock barriers, Liz has developed powerful models that are built upon the most current research on how people perform best. She also has a unique appreciation of mindset and its power to transform behavior that’s based on her lifetime of experience in competitive sports. Through this groundbreaking work, Liz has become a thought leader in the industry. She delivers keynotes to top conferences and companies nationwide, including SHRM, Know Your Value, Microsoft, IBM, and Sotheby’s International Realty.