Here are scripts you can use to promote Stress Awareness Month and Bright Breaks content within your organization. Please copy, paste and edit as you see fit!
See a list of all breaks especially curated for Stress Awareness Month here.
There’s also breaks around relevant topics which you may be useful:
There is also our Annual Well-Being Calendar to assist you in planning the months ahead!
A few things to keep in mind:
- ‘Office Friendly’ means the post contains break content that members would likely feel comfortable taking part in while at their desk when surrounded by co-workers. Meaning the break doesn’t call for movement, getting out of the chair or speaking aloud if they so choose.
- By taking live and on-demand breaks, all Bright Breaks members are entered in our Weekly Draw for a chance to win gift card prizes directly from Bright Breaks, this is called out in every post.
- Use the image below to complement your promo communications. You can edit the image in Canva (the free version will do!) at this link.
Script #1 (share anytime in April) #
🧘A tool to relieve stress that is always with us!
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all that life throws at us, remember that we all have a secret tool to help us get calm and centered again — our breath! 😮💨
Try some relaxation-inducing breathing exercises at your desk – or anywhere.
Here’s an easy one to try:
💚Place your hand on your navel so you can feel the gentle rise and fall of your belly
💙Breathe in, and pause for a count of 3
🧡Breathe out, and pause for a count of 3
💜Continue this breathing pattern for 1 minute
How do you feel?
Explore more breath-work techniques on Bright Breaks with short live and on-demand breaks designed to de-escalate the feelings of stress and bring calm into our day.
⭐ By taking any live or on-demand breaks on Bright Breaks, you’re automatically entered into a weekly draw to win gift card prizes, check out the leaderboard here.
April is Stress Awareness Month, and we’d love to hear your favourite calming breathing tips! Leave a comment below 👇
Script #2 (anytime in April) – Office Friendly #
😖😤 What’s really happening when we’re feeling stressed?
When stress kicks in, it’s like entering an overdrive mode that our body thinks it needs to get ready for action.
🏃 This is great if you’re at the starting line of a marathon…but it’s not so great if you’re trying to sleep or focus!
Chronic stress can:
🥴 Elevate blood pressure
🥱 Cause fatigue and depression
😥 Cause digestion problems
🤧 Lower your immunity
Understanding stress is a helpful step towards managing it. 💪🧠
Check out these 7-minute on-demand Bright Breaks to help us learn how to get re-centered:
- Busting Stress & Beating Burnout 💥
- Tapping for Stress Relief 🫱🏼
- The 3 Levels of Control ✅
- Calming Overwhelm ✨
Check out these short live breaks created with Stress Awareness Month in mind! Remember, you could win a gift card just for taking live or on-demand breaks on Bright Breaks, get started here.
🧘April is Stress Awareness month, and we’d love you to share your go-to stress busting tips or breaks. Let us know in the comments below! 👇
Script # 3 (Anytime in April) #
🤯Stress vs anxiety – what’s the difference?
Stress and anxiety are both natural, healthy responses to the world around us, but they’re a problem if they don’t go away. Because they feel so similar, often we confuse one for the other.
As part of April’s Stress Awareness Month, let’s raise awareness about their differences.
😱While stress tends to be triggered by specific events (hello deadlines!), it usually leaves once the pressure is off.
😬Anxiety, on the other hand, is more mysterious. It can show up without any obvious trigger, making us feel worried, nervous, AND stressed. And like that last, lingering guest at a house party, it can be difficult to get anxiety to leave the building!
Here are some live and on-demand breaks to help us cope with both stress and anxiety:
- Burn Off the Nerves: Cardio Break – 7 mins, Mon-Thu @ various times
- Audio Only: Anxiety Release – 7 mins, on-demand
- Intuition or Anxiety? – 7 mins, on-demand
Check out more live and on-demand breaks created especially for Stress Awareness Month here.
Take breaks and be entered to win a digital gift card prize – a new chance to win every week!
