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《今回のworkshop》
○【前半】：How are you good at taking care of yourself?
○【後半】：Cultural Difference – common sense / lack of common sense
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≪FIRST HALF≫

＜Agenda＞

How are you good at taking care of yourself?

Have you ever felt down? Of course we have, right?

As an occupational health nurse, I encourage employees to find their own way to relieve their stress because depression is one of the biggest health issues in my company.

When I describe depressions, I often use the image of a glass with water as a sample.

Glasses represent our heart containers which we all have in our mind with different shapes and sizes. When you’re stressed out, the water keeps pouring into your glass. When your glass becomes full it means you might get a symptom related to mental health disease. Therefore the important thing is to take out water from your glass every once in a while. Also glasses are very flexible. You’re able to change the size and shape of your glass by getting different perspectives, values and point of views!

<Questions>

Q1. In which situation did you feel stressed recently?

Q2. Are you good at dealing with your stress? Do you have any particular ways to relieve your stress when you’re stressed out?

Q3. Have you ever experienced/tried to change your perspectives to get less stressed?

≪LATTER HALF≫

＜Agenda＞

Cultural Difference – common sense / lack of common sense

Common sense and lack of common sense can vary from culture to culture and society to society.

In particular, when you go abroad, things that are commonplace in Japan are often completely different.

One of the familiar examples is that in Europe and the USA, people do not take their shoes off when entering a room, but in Japan they always do.

I also felt a cultural difference when I went on a business trip to Europe last month.

When I entered a restaurant, the waiter did not come to take the food menu for me until eyes met each other. Whereas, in Japan, waiters always come to you at the right time in most of the restaurants.

What used to be common sense may become insane if you work for a different company or live in different phases.

I would like you to discuss this theme based on your experiences in this discussion.

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Q1. What is considered common sense in Japan can be insane abroad.

If you have been abroad, please share the cultural differences you have felt.

If you have not, please share any episodes of cultural differences you have experienced when seeing or interacting with foreigners in Japan.

Q2. At work and at school, you need to communicate with people from different backgrounds.

Have you ever experienced that “what you thought was common sense” was actually the minority view?

And when you were in the minority, would you adapt your behavior and thinking to the majority?

Please share your experience and thoughts.

Q3. We often find it stressful to be in contact with people who think differently from us.

Are you the type of person who is good at adapting to changes in the environment?

What behaviors or mindsets do you take to adapt to changes in your environment?

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