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Slow Down and Lighten Up
Reading Group Discussion Questions
Chapter 1
How is tension
created in your life? How are you different when you have more tension? How are you different when you have less tension?
Chapter 2
What is the role of perception in the most common stressors we face today?
Chapter 3
What are the actual threats in the most common stressors we face today?
What is one choice we can always make
when facing stressors where it seems we have little control?
Chapter 4
What happens when we apply objective
thinking to relationship stress?
How do our fears and expectations limit our perceptions?
How does
knowing that our brain is always forming new pathways (rivers) or reinforcing old ones affect our day-to-day thoughts and
routines?
How might broadening our perceptions affect common stressors we face today? How could we view
these situations differently?
Chapter 5
In what areas of our lives can we establish habits of continual improvement?
Chapter 6
What are some of the indications that stress levels are rising?
Chapter 7
Think of
a highly stressful event in your past for a minute or so. Describe how that might have affected your breathing.
Chapter 8
Describe situations that were made worse by high levels of stress and tension.
Chapter 9
Were
any of the three characteristics of emotion surprising to you?
How do we teach children about emotion?
Chapter 10
What is your experience of the relationship between stress and spirituality?
Chapters 11-13
How do you feel after practicing Natural Rhythmic Breathing, Thought Refocusing, Grounding and meditation? How did each
of these techniques affect you? (There are videos describing how to use the techniques at www.bobvanoosterhout.com)
What is different in your life after practicing the balancing techniques for 10 days? How can you fit these
techniques into your daily routine?
Chapter 14
Think of recent times you have seen people cry. Did it
seem like they tensed up while crying? If so, how did they do this?
What makes it difficult to accept emotional
pain?
Can you think of a situation where thoughts fed emotions?
What makes anger different from other
emotions? How do people tend to react to anger?
Think of a time when you or someone you know was frustrated.
What were the expectations that led to that frustration. How could they have viewed the situation differently.
How are emotions different when stress and tension are building?
Chapter 15
How would our world be different
if thankfulness, forgiveness, compassion and humility were more highly valued?
Chapters 16-18
Are they times
you may have applied one or more of the ABC’s of Stress Management to deal with a potentially stressful situation?
Describe what you did and the result.
Where could you apply the ABC’s of Stress Management in your life at
this time?
Chapter 19
What choices can
you make to reduce and eliminate stress and tension in your life?
What would be different in your life if you and
those around you were stress-free?
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