We are waking up to the suffering and cost of mental illness. The World Health Organisation estimates that 1 in 4 of us will suffer from mental illness at some point in our lives. Affecting 450 million people today it is the leading cause of illness. The cost to business is USD $1 trillion. Simple […]
30 Ways to Manage Stress in the Workplace
Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) is how strategists describe the modern workplace. Everything is also moving faster. Many work processes that used to take weeks – letters, reporting, travel – are now instantaneous. Humans are not equipped for this turbulent assault of information, opinion, news, competition and distraction. Many feel overloaded, busy and stressed. […]
40 Resilience Training Results
At The Resilience Institute, we have made a business of securing the benefits of resilience for our clients around the world. We tracked the impact of resilience interventions using our 60-factor assessment, the Resilience Diagnostic. The data clearly shows that resilience strengths (the top of the spiral) improve and resilience risks (the bottom of the […]
Dr Sven on Meditation
Meditation has gone mainstream for good reasons. The evidence confidently shows physical, emotional and cognitive benefits [i] Roughly 2,500 years of dedicated practice proves safety Meditation presents as a foundation competence for our future It can be the most enjoyable part of your day and enlightens the rest So, why isn’t everybody meditating? Even, philosopher […]
30 Ways to Build Workplace Resilience
Resilience in the workplace is a leading issue for boards, CEOs, and the People and Culture leadership. The workplace drivers for resilience are clear: People and teams in flow multiply productivity Mental skills – specifically situation agility – are essential Productivity requires emotional maturity and collaboration People need support in wellbeing and lifestyle disciplines Change […]
Safetyism, Snowballs and Fragile Youth
Book Review: Coddling of the American Mind, Lukianoff and Haidt, 2018 We parent, teach and support. We want the best for young people. What we are seeing is a collapse of mental well-being. At the same time, events of intimidation, violence and witch hunts increase. Lukianoff and Haidt take us on an evidence-based and carefully […]
The Eudaimonia Drive
Perspectives on Mental Health Week When we hear “mental health”, the words ADHD, social withdrawal, anxiety, depression and suicide tend to surface. This is counter-productive. Aristotle’s and the Stoics eudaimonia is a powerful idea. It may be a better frame to reduce suffering. Supported by 2,500 years of practical philosophy, eudaimonia means good (eu) spirit […]
Train up body, heart and mind
With attention disorders, anxiety and depression swallowing up ever more of our lives, should we wail, gnash our teeth and take our medicines? Or, could we use wellbeing – body, emotion and mind? We have massive, profitable industries to address our suffering. Starting with dubious diagnoses, mental health businesses, psychiatry and pharmaceuticals profit handsomely from […]
A Good Life: Science and Practice
How people bounce, grow, connect and flow Our life is a blaze of consciousness in an eternity of emptiness. Behind us is 13.8 billion years of an expanding universe. Ahead may be 2.8 (or more) billion years. Human life is a fraction of a billionth of time. So short and so precious. So meaningless and […]