Master Stress Like a CEO

The No-Nonsense Wonderfeelz De-Configuring Model for Business Leaders

The Wonderfeelz Relaxation Technique helps reduce stress, depression, and anxiety. It has also shown improvements in Decision Styles and Self as Decision Maker. The results come from using Abstract Guessing as a method and literature supporting guesses for various reasons.

Perspective Taking improves without needing to see from others’ viewpoints and while maintaining one’s originality, also generating multiple perspectives. Additionally, the Wonderfeelz Relaxation Technique suggests addressing the pathology, as shown by the Symptomatology based Decision Styles Questionnaire used in this research.

Abstract concepts encompass a wider range of members and do not point to a single object, unlike concrete concepts. Moreover, abstract concepts are less tied to external sensory experiences and are based more on internal sensory experiences.

When we process abstract concepts, we might feel that our understanding is lacking.

In distinguishing abstract concepts from concrete ones, people often rely more on feedback from others. This tendency arises because abstract concepts are generally harder to understand than concrete concepts. The intricate nature of abstract concepts requires seeking help from others, which results in increased collaboration. Abstract concepts tend to inspire more pro-social behaviors than concrete concepts due to their inherent complexity.

The Wonderfeelz Relaxation technique does not use imagination or auto-suggestion to create relaxation artificially. Instead, it works by reconfiguring the stress response, increasing the cognitive resources necessary to meet demands, which leads to a natural relaxation that has been previously suppressed. This aligns with the Stress Model proposed by Ramesh Kumar G S (2024), which suggests that relaxation is achieved not by ‘inducing’ (like imagining calming stimuli) but by deconfiguring the stress response.

This strengthening process happens because of the human system’s natural “progressive tendency” (Ramesh Kumar G S, 1999), which actively supports the ongoing perception and response to stress at any moment. Stimuli that share similar features are grouped together to further enhance this ongoing process, overpowering any existing state of natural relaxation. Thus, in this model, relaxation is not something to be induced, but rather something to be reclaimed. To achieve relaxation, one must break down the reinforced stress perception-response continuum, which is naturally progressive. This can be done by separating the grouped perceptual stimuli with shared features. By consistently maintaining an alternative stimulus in a typical way, the separation of these grouped perceptual stimuli can be made easier. Consequently, the stress response weakens, leading to a decrease in the previously heightened state of arousal caused by the grouped stimuli. The success of breaking down the grouped stress perception-response relies on the strength of the alternative typical stimulus. This lowered state of arousal is known as relaxation.

In simpler terms, relaxation results from breaking down the actively reinforced stress perception-response continuum. Therefore, the focus should not be merely on “relaxing,” but on deconfiguring the grouped stress perception-response. Stress is usually divided into two main types: approach thoughts and avoidance thoughts. Approach thoughts often lead to urgency stress, while avoidance thoughts tend to maintain unresolved stress. Through repeated efforts to break down grouped stress, the perception-response mechanism creates a memory trace linked to a relaxed state of mind. This memory trace then acts as a standard or reference point for setting personal goals and concentrating the mind.

When a person faces bundled stress, their memory of a calm state of mind serves as motivation. If their past memory of this calm state isn’t strong enough to keep them focused, they try to create new learning and memories linked to that state. Being able to stay relaxed depends on recalling past memories of that calm state or forming new ones. Thus, registering, retrieving, and maintaining these memories are key parts of the current model.