The ICU StressTower

StressTower

“Awareness is the first step to change.”

🎯 What You’ll Learn

  • How to recognize your stress signals
  • How to check in with yourself during the day
  • How to prevent burnout by acting early

🧠 The Tool – StressTower

The StressTower helps you understand how you’re really doing.
Instead of only asking others, “How are you?”, you learn to ask yourself the same question.

Your answer reflects your energy and resilience.


⚙️ How it works

  1. Pause during your day
  2. Ask yourself: How am I really doing?
  3. Identify your color
  4. Take action if needed

🎨 Your Colors

🟡 Yellow – Energized, happy, full of life
🟢 Green – Stable, in control, doing well
🟠 Orange – Stress is building, slow down
🔴 Red – Exhausted, overwhelmed, beyond your limits


💭 Reflection

  • Where are you right now?
  • When do you tend to move into Orange?
  • What signals do you notice in your body or mind?

🚀 Action Step

Check in with yourself 3 times today and identify your color.


💡 Why It Matters

Early awareness helps you take action before burnout happens.


✨ Closing

Small check-ins create powerful change.