The Stress Management Centre is an arm of Macquarie Institute Pty Ltd and offers what many consider to be the most up-to-date and scientifically-validated stress management program available today in Australia.

As the Australian representative of the HeartMath® Corporation, we offer the key programs that have helped to make HeartMath the global leader in performance and wellness. The scientific research behind HeartMath's stress management programs includes 10
years of research into the role the human heart plays in helping a person to achieve peak performance and a coherent, minimally-stressed physiology.

Stress management and employee wellness can best be achieved if the program offers ongoing, lifetime solutions to stress on a moment to moment basis.The Institute of HeartMath® and it's consulting arm, HeartMath® LLC, is at the forefront of research into organisational training and development programs, with techniques that help access higher levels of performance, facilitate emotional balance and even allow access to higher cognition. These techniques have major impacts on personal health, effectiveness, productivity and safety.

STRESS MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAMS

A company's employees are their most valuable resource. In today's world many people find that stress
is a challenge they deal with daily in their personal and professional lives. The effects of stress have a
major impact on productivity and efficiency and lack of stress management has been identified as one of the primary causes of workplace employee absence. Since a person's intellectual, emotional and physiological vitality are inextricably linked, a stress management program needs to be a method for integrating and enhancing all three aspects of our person.

At the Stress Management Centre, we offer programs, coaching, and workshops designed to teach individuals and corporations how to manage stress and to achieve optimal balance in work and leisure-time. Those who use these techniques learn how to utilise both their mental- and emotional-intelligences in partnership.

HeartMath® LLC USA and Macquarie Institute together certify all our trainers, practitioners and coaches.

Stress Management Centre Programs include:

1. HeartMath® Power to Change Performance 1 day course
2. HeartMath® One on One Coaching by Phone or in Person
3. HeartMath Tools (Freeze-Framer®) Workshop
4. Personal and Organizational Quality Audits

1. HEARTMATH® POWER TO CHANGE PERFORMANCE Course
An Inner Quality Management Program

Organisational success is built on coherent leaders and coherent employees. Success starts with each individual's ability to build and maintain mental, emotional and physical balance.

Its desirable to respond dynamically and effectively to the pressure of accelerating speed and change in the new economy. The Power to Change Performance combines leading-edge science and business management to deliver practical tools and strategies for improving performance, reducing stress, improving communication skills, effectively managing work and personal life balance issues, and increasing the satisfaction of both employees and customers. With proven application for more than a decade across four continents, the one-day Power to Change Performance program can create powerful, sustainable business results.

In this full one-day program you will learn:

• how to be less reactive, think clearly and make good decisions, especially under pressure.
• tools to dramatically improve communication with customers, teams and one-on-one.
• how to improve health and well-being, maintain personal balance and reduce stress and burnout, even in midst of chaotic environments.
• four powerful HeartMath techniques that transform your physiological response to stress.
• how to activate "big picture" vision and maintain it.
• how the e-learning biometer system (Freeze-Framer) can help you achieve performance breakthroughs.
  Innovative strategies for creating a strong organizational culture and esprit de corps.

Who should attend:

• Executives trying to lead in the midst of rapid change
• HR managers and directors
• Teams needing a performance breakthrough
• High performing individuals desiring to advance and refine their skills
• Anyone needing to reduce the damaging effects of stress

Click here for the Stress Management Program brochure.

2. ONE ON ONE COACHING BY PHONE OR IN PERSON

Life is full of challenges in all shapes and sizes. Our one on one coaching is designed to help you recognize stress the instant it occurs and then, respond to situations, events, thoughts, emotions or persons in an intelligent, appropriate manner. The renowned US Institute of HeartMath® calls this way of responding "using your heart intelligence".

HeartMath® coaching brings advanced new capabilities to you wherever you are. One-on-one telephone sessions or face-to-face sessions with a certified HeartMath coach guide you through the tools and techniques of this powerful system.

• Work with a certified HeartMath®Coach who brings you personalized instruction and the time to ask all the questions you want.
• Focus on applying the techniques to the area of your life where you want the most benefit.
• Learn over an extended period of time as you integrate and sustain the HeartMath tools in your life.
• Utilize your personal guidebook to empower yourself in the effective application of the HeartMath® techniques.
• Select a schedule that fits into your lifestyle.
• Learn how to measure your progress and observe physiological optimisation with the Biometer (Freeze-Framer™) software package. (Use of the Freeze-Framer is optional. The software is not included in this package and may be purchased separately.)

The HeartMath Tools are for leaders, people targeted as having "high potential," front line personnel and anyone wanting to make quantum leaps in performance. There are three basic elements that create a star performer: knowledge and technical expertise, intellectual capability, and emotional intelligence. Our one-on-one coaching relationship will help you develop your full potential, reach the goals, and live the life you desire.
Use in the office to bring out leadership skills within the entire workforce and promote communication practices that are concise, open, and produce results.

In addition to assisting with stress management, our consultants/coaches can help you identify your needs, create exciting professional goals and focus on developing the competencies needed to meet those goals

LEARN THE HEARTMATH TOOLS AT THE OFFICE
We provide in person coaching at our office or yours should you decide that a face to face session would be beneficial for learning the HeartMath® tools and techniques.

LEARN THE HEARTMATH TOOLS BY PHONE
With this powerful and individualized program you receive four, 1 hour individual telephone training sessions in which you learn, practice and become skilled in basic HeartMath techniques including Freeze-Frame®, Heart Lock-In®, and Heart Mapping®. * The FreezeFramer software is not included in this package but may be purchased separately.
Work with a certified HeartMath trainer/coach who will bring you personalized instruction and the time to ask all the questions you want in the comfort of your own home.

Our Training Division in conjunction with HeartMath® USA have certified over 25 HeartMath® Providers in Australia. If you would like to contact a coach in your area, please CLICK HERE to e-mail or phone either of the numbers below and we will provide you with details.

Stress Management Centre
PH: 612 9412 2500

3. HeartMath Tools Workshop & FREEZE-FRAMER® WORKSHOP

A 4 hour course covering the use of essential HeartMath components.

Applications

When you intentionally shift to a positive emotion such as appreciation, care or compassion, your heart rhythms immediately change. With time and practice this shift in heart rhythms can lead to a host of benefits ranging from helping to lower blood pressure and balancing heart rhythms, to reducing stress related symptoms like fatigue, sleeplessness, tension, body aches and indigestion while also increasing mental clarity and physical energy.

4. PERSONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT

HeartMath's® Personal and Organizational Quality Assessment (POQA) is an 85 item self-report inventory designed to reflect key elements of performance, personal health and organizational quality. It provides unique and critical information on stress symptoms, job satisfaction, intent to leave the job, communication effectiveness, goal clarity, alignment with strategic objectives and more