When Stress Stops Working: Resetting your nervous system at work & home

Most of us rely on some level of "healthy stress" to help motivate us and get through busy days, deadlines, and competing demands. But over time, stress can stop being helpful and start taking a toll on our energy, mood, sleep, and relationships.

This webinar helps employees understand what’s really happening in the body and nervous system under ongoing stress, and why “pushing through” or “just coping” often stops working.

Delivered by our psychologists, this session isn't therapy and doesn’t require any prior knowledge; just curiosity and a willingness to understand yourself a little better.

In this session, you’ll learn:

• How the nervous system responds to pressure and threat
• Why stress can show up as fatigue, irritability, anxiety, poor sleep, or feeling shut down
• Common signs your system may be overloaded, even if you feel like you’re still functioning
• Simple, evidence-based strategies to calm and regulate stress responses in everyday life

The focus is on understanding, not fixing, and on small changes that are realistic in busy work and home environments.

Who this session is for

• Employees feeling stretched, overwhelmed, or constantly “on”
• People who notice stress is affecting their sleep, mood, or relationships
• Anyone wanting practical tools to manage pressure more sustainably

This webinar is designed for early support and prevention, as well as for those who’ve been carrying stress for a long time.

About Life Matters Psychologists & EAP support

Life Matters provides confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services to organisations all over the Hunter region. This webinar is for employees with an EAP through Life Matters and forms part of that commitment to early, accessible mental health support. For some people, this session will be enough. For others, it may help clarify when additional one-to-one support through EAP could be useful.

If you don't have an EAP through Life Matters, reach out to brad@lifematters.com.au for more info.

Duration: 45 minutes + optional Q&A
Format: Live online webinar
Cost: Free for employees of Life Matters EAP partner organisations