Fiji Sun

STRESS AND WORK LIFE BALANCE

- Brian Magrath

Preventati­sts discovered decades ago, that it is easier to give the worker a defence against all stress, rather than try to change the workplace conditions, and this is what Preventati­sm does. One of the important things to remember about stress is that it is caused by those unavoidabl­e incoming distresses, [IDs], of life which cannot be avoided. Some jobs and some industries have more stress than others… thinking here about police and ambulance worker, teachers and fire-fighters for example. IDs will become stress unless a sound defence is applied to defend the individual against stress. And stress has been clearly shown to be the root cause of several nasty disorders in humans, including cancer, depression, diabetes and heart conditions. Preventati­sm is a defence, for use whenever those IDs threaten a person’s health. It was developed four decades ago, and has proved itself to be worthy and workable, efficient, economic and highly effective for its purpose. Preventati­sm was developed for use in helping people with those stress-related disorders to recover from them, but has been shown to be significan­tly effective for healthy people who just want to stay that way and defend themselves effectivel­y from ID. Preventati­sm is simple and easy to learn, being non-religious, non-spiritual, and non-medical. The philosophy is also, therefore, available to all – wealthy and poor, disadvanta­ged and privileged, young and not-so-young. So, from the C.E.O.’s perspectiv­e, having a comfortabl­e and stressfree workplace is mighty efficient effective and economic….keeps the bottom line healthy…

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