Languages	These sessions are offered in English or in French (FR).
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Audience	Open to all
Prerequisites	No prior.
Objectives	Recognize the manifestations of stress and its main triggers. Understand the mechanisms of stress and its impact on physical and psychological health. Acquire behavioral tools to increase your ability to manage stress and boost resilience. Optimize your focus and priority management.
Contents	What is Stress • Definition of stress • Understanding stress (how it works) • The principle of resistance to stress • Why we should care about stress (some statistics) The Principle of Resonance with Stress • Symptoms and consequences of stress • Identifying stress signals: physical, motivational, intellectual, psychological, and relational • Identifying the consequences of stress on physical health, psychological health, and professional life • Understanding the impact of chronic stress Taming Your Stress • Taming your stress in 3 steps • Preconceptions about stress: a matter of mindset Tips and Tricks to Manage Stress • 8 tips and tricks to manage stress • Trying out breathing and/or meditation techniques • The equation for sustainable peak performance Stress and Work • Fragmented attention and shallow work • Cognitive engagement and its impact • Structured hybrid work mode • Managing priorities and unexpected events

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Maria Mikulowicz

Trainer

As a trainer, coach and senior advisor for more than 25 years, Maria has a solid experience, both in terms of implementation and dissemination of training programs, as well as a coach in training and organizational development. As a bilingual trainer at AFI Expertise, she has trained several thousand people, mainly in the fields of management skills, leadership, communication and customer services. Maria has led mandates at both tactical and strategic levels: management teams, operations and frontline personnel.

Vanessa Deschênes

Trainer

As a trainer, facilitator and coach, Vanessa is known to be an actor of change, as well as a caring and mobilizing leader who is not afraid to think outside the box. She has more than 15 years of experience in consulting and management roles and has held major positions. Vanessa is recognized for her ability to popularize complex subjects and to make everything practical, which makes her an excellent communicator.

Zaida Bibiana Mangones Matos

Trainer

Zaida is a dynamic and highly qualified trilingual trainer, facilitator and coach that is considered as catalyst for individual and collective transformational processes. Not only is she graduated as a certified coach from the Edgenda/Mozaik Coaching School, but she also holds a major in career development (UQAM), a 2nd cycle university degree in epidemiology and an undergraduate medical doctorate from outside of Quebec. She is known for positive energy, her systemic vision, the quality of her presence and her ability to create bonds of trust.

Jean-Claude Silva

Trainer

Trainer, coach and senior advisor for more than 15 years, Jean-Claude Silva has a solid experience as a trainer and coach in training and organizational development. As an approved trainer and certified professional coach, he guides, among other things, high-level managers in their decision-making. Jean-Claude is a competent and effective communicator, able to get in touch with people of all levels and help them achieve their goals.

Kathleen Sears

Trainer, Coach, Leadership Consultant

A trainer, coach, and senior consultant for over 20 years, Kathleen Sears has solid experience in the implementation and delivery of training programs and as a training and organizational development coach. As a bilingual trainer at AFI Expertise, she has trained several thousand people primarily in management skills development, leadership, communication, and customer service.

Florence Jacob

Trainer

As a holder of a double bachelor's and master's degree in management from HEC Montréal, Florence has accumulated nearly 10 years of experience as a consultant and specialist in organizational development. Her career in parapublic, public and private organizations has allowed her to perfect her expertise in coaching and leader development. Promoting knowledge sharing and managerial skills transferring is at the heart of her approaches as a consultant. Florence is known as a committed partner. Her support type is dynamic, structured and oriented towards an opened and transparent communication.

Janet Lough

Trainer

Janet Lough is a skilled, dynamic, authentic trainer, facilitator, and bilingual coach. She has over 25 years of knowledge and experience in management, training, communication, operations, strategy, and leadership in the non-profit sector and in entrepreneurship. This enables her to better understand her client’s business reality.

Antoine Chauveau

Trainer

Driven by a passion for facilitation, knowledge sharing, and skills development, I have always been motivated by the desire to help individuals and teams excel in their work. My academic and professional journey naturally led me to the field of training, where I found the perfect balance between pedagogy, leadership, and process improvement. With six years of experience as a continuous improvement advisor at the CHU de Québec, I have developed expertise in designing, delivering, and coordinating training sessions, both in-person and online. My teaching approach is based on interaction, active listening, and the creation of inclusive, engaging learning environments.

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