Stress tolerance is the ability to be relaxed and composed when faced with difficulties. Having positive stress tolerance is being able to stay calm without getting carried away by strong emotions of helplessness and hopelessness.

Join SDTH and Serena Santillanes, founder of Career Journeys, as we take a deeper look at how to effectively handle stress to gain professional presence.

In this session, participants will gain key strategies to:

• Build stress tolerance to further access their emotional intelligence
• Identify emotional triggers in times of stress and manage impulse control
• Create strategies to effectively manage emotional reactions to maintain a state of calm, clarity, and emotional equilibrium

Stress is an unavoidable companion in our daily lives, and if you are looking for ways to recognize over stress and how to deal with the pressures of life’s challenges, this session is for you.

Bio:
Serena Santillanes, MS, NCC, MCC, LPCC
The founder of Career Journeys and a career and organizational consultant transforming the way professionals, leaders, and teams show up at work.

For the last 20 years, Serena has been creating professional and leadership development programs for prominent organizations, universities, and corporate teams.

She has assisted thousands of leaders and individual contributors in realizing their professional aspirations. She has also created and facilitated hundreds of MBTI® team sessions, developed companywide emotional intelligence programs, and assisted professionals and leaders with how to have effective career conversations.

Serena has provided high-level consulting services to such organizations as: Hulu, Disney, Edison International, Southern California Edison, PG&E, NBCUniversal, and University of Southern California, to name a few.