Big Book of Stress Relief Games

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Understanding the costs of stress and the benefits of stress management
• The Anti-Boredom Game: Positive planning for the slow times
• The Beastly Boss Game: Fantasy and role playing that focuses on the boss
• Beliefs That Can Kill: A look at irrational thinking in the workplace
• The Bliss List: Creating a personalized list of relaxing activities
• Blowing Away the Tension: Quick relaxation with the cleansing breath
• Blowing Up the Company: Putting things in perspective with guided imagery
• Building a Relaxation Machine: Learning to use the materials at hand to aid relaxation
• Capturing a Daydream: Unguided imagery to promote relaxation and creativity
• Compu-Relaxation: Using the computer as a relaxation tool
• Corporate Space Oddity: Guided imagery in deep space
• Corporate Telephone: An amusing variation on the telephone game
• The Coworker from Hell: A role play for coping with interpersonal conflict
• Dancing with your Eyes: Quick and easy eye-movement relaxation
• The Glittering Roof: A guided-imagery fantasy
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Learning to distinguish good and bad ways to manage stress
• Gravity Magic: Relaxing with the passive stretch technique
• Hands that Heal: The art of self-massage
• Hour Power: Learning to schedule break time
• Keeping the Fires Burning: Fighting burnout with small changes
• The Laugh Graph: The power of humor in lowering stress
• A Little Help from My Friends: Creating mutual support teams
• The Make-a-Fist Technique: A simple muscle relaxation technique
• Make Me Laugh: Handling stressful situations with humor
• Making It Personal: Designing a personal relaxation regimen
• Meditation for the Impatient: Learning the relaxation response
• The Nirvana Room: Designing a low-stress workplace
• One Minute in Hell: Learning to cope with discomfort
• The Place of Perfect Peace: Partially guided imagery that takes you there
• Popeye Puffs: Pumping out bad air with the double blow
• Punch That Pillow: Learning to redirect workplace hostility
• Reach for the Sky: An active stretching exercise
• Ready, Set, Sit: The power of the relaxation posture
• Red, White, and Very Blue: A colorful approach to managing stress
• Run for Your Life: Quick aerobics for the office
• The Seek and Kill Game: Finding and eliminating sources of stress
• Stacked to the Ceiling: A structured approach to organizing and prioritizing
• Staying Cool, Getting Hot: Using temperature sensors for quick and easy biofeedback
• Tangerine Trees: A fanciful guided-imagery exercise
• The Ten-Year Planner: Fighting stress with long-term planning
• The Terrific Tummy Technique: An easy way to learn abdominal breathing
• This Perfect Day: Guided imagery to promote relaxation and planning
• The Time-Tested Ten Count: An anger control exercise
• Turn, Turn, Turn: A simple head-turning and head-tilting exercise
• The Turtle Technique: Learning to withdraw constructively
• The Twenty-Eight-Hour Day: Squeezing more hours into less through time management
• The Warmth of the Sun: An imagery exercise for beach lovers
• What D’Ya Know?: A stress management self-quiz for the organizational setting
• The Whoosh Game: A powerful thought-restructuring exercise
• Within You, Without You: An imagery exercise exploring the body and surroundings
• The World is Round: The ultimate thought restructuring exercise