Support and Challenge in the Virtual World
Are you getting the right amount of support and challenge at work? How are you feeling? Bored? Stressed? Cosy? or Energised?
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Category Archives for "Resilience and re-energising"
Your Wheel of Life
Now that #lockdown is being gradually lifted, it’s worth reflecting on how we really want to spend our time before we rush back to the new normal….
Continue readingIt’s the little things that make a difference
“do the little things, the small things you’ve seen me doing” A great quote from the 6th century!
Continue readingThe Power of Acts of Kindness
Most of all, what helped was the little acts of kindness that other people did. These increased my resilience to deal with the situation…..
Continue readingUse the small stuff to take the edge off the big issues
Hardly a day passes without reference in the news to mental health problems, especially in children and young people. What can we do to protect ourselves from the psychological harm of feeling too much concern about things over which we have almost no control?
Continue readingHolidays – Review and Renew
The Thomas Cook collapse got me thinking about holidays and what they are for. Amongst the many different answers to that question, a common one is “to get away from it all”. But what exactly are we getting away from? And why do we feel we need to?
Continue readingStress Mindset
We experience stress when pressure exceeds our ability to cope. This is a really interesting article from the BPS on “stress mindset”
Continue readingTypes of Grief
Knowing about how different personality types respond to grief can help family members understand and empathise with each other at this difficult time…
Continue readingGrief and SPICE
Life after a bereavement is never the same again, so the goal is to build a new life while still valuing the grief you feel. The SPICE model, which looks after the whole person, can help you do this.
Continue readingThe Power of Self-Belief
I have just caught up with Simon Mundie’s interview of Kelly Holmes about whether self-belief is the single most important factor in success. A good question to ask in the week when the Liverpool and Spurs football teams delighted their fans……
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