Module Content

Segment One - Introduction

• Humans have worried for thousands of years
• How people often unintentionally grow their worries
• An overview of the material contained in this module

  Segment Two - Worry versus Planning

• The key differences between worrying and planning
• Why a worry shared is a worry halved
• The concept of setting specific time aside to worry
• Implementing Practical Actions to reduce worry

  Segment Three - Managing Unchangeable Worries

• Why confronting yourself with the fact the worry is unchangeable does help
• The use of prayer to manage unchangeable worries
• Putting your worries into the following perspectives:
• How bad will it be?
• How likely is it to happen?
• How long will the unpleasantness last?
• What will I think in 6 months time?

  Segment Four - Chasing

• The concept of ‘chasing your fears’
• How the issue people worry about is often not the real underlying issue
• How to chase your fears
• How an underlying fear can ‘prop up’ a range of worries
• How to use the chasing your fears procedure to help other people identify their real issues

Segment Five - Subconscious Benefits of Worry

• The concept of subconscious benefits of worry and Stress
• Common subconscious payoffs for staying highly stressed
• Subconscious benefits of worry
• How procrastination and guilt become soul mates to worry
• Challenging and overcoming subconscious benefits of worry