November 14, 2019
Boosting Your Positive Outlook
Vancouver Campus | 12:00pm–1:00pm
About this workshop: This workshop is available for all staff and faculty at UBC.
Consistently focusing on the negative side of an issue can greatly contribute to stress. When thinking this way, physical changes take place in the body’s chemistry increasing stress levels and affecting performance and well-being. This seminar will help participants understand the ways in which this seemingly automatic negative thinking occurs, recognize its typical manifestations, and develop a process for tackling negative thoughts effectively. Learning objectives:
At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to do the following:
- Define the term stress whirlpool.
- Understand how negative thoughts work and impact the body.
- Develop a strategy for combating negative thoughts and increasing their positive outlook.
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