The Challenge of Promoting Wellbeing A study in Nature Human Behaviour published this week shows promise for mindfulness and positive psychology to improve mental states of wellbeing. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01093-w). I was invited to discuss the findings on the Morning Show today with TV3 in New Zealand. We asked viewers if they practiced mindfulness. While 30% answered […]
Webinar: Anxious… no worries
Life is constantly throwing obstacles in our way – we can call them adversity and challenges (and in 2020 life has been generous!). The question is how do we respond? Anxiety is a natural response that protects us from danger, but we cannot let it morph into constant worry. Resilience is the capacity to respond to adversity with less anxiety and more calm. Please join […]
How to Overcome Anxiety
5 Steps to be Playful in your Life He dare not come into company for fear he should be misused, disgraced, overshoot himself in gestures or speeches, or be sick; he thinks every man observeth him. Robert Burton, 1621, quotes Hippocrates describing a patient. If you are feeling a little uncertain, uneasy, anxious or worried, […]
How to beat burnout with a growth mindset
A search of “burn-out” delivers 485 million results. The term has little clinical or biological substance but it has become increasingly popular. A year ago, the World Health Organisation included “burn-out” as a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress. They agree that it is not a clinical diagnosis. First, humans do not burn out. Second, […]
Webinar: Staying well while working remotely
Brad Hook and Manish Arneja from the Resilience Institute are joined by Stuart Taylor from Springfox.com to chat about keeping well and staying productive while working from home. Some of the topics covered include: How can people stay well during the lockdown? We discuss sleep, exercise, diet. What are some skills that can help families […]
Seek and Savour Joy
Make time to discover and savour joy. Every day. Especially now. We wallow in testing times. It is not easy to be locked down at home feasting on fear and gloom. As the world and all of us find ourselves disrupted, make time for joy. This morning, on the Waitemata Harbour, I rediscover the power […]
Sleep better: Do better
Sleep is important – act like it. Focus, mood, energy, metabolism, gut health, recovery, immune function, hormone regulation, memory retention, waste removal, problem solving… Sleep is absolutely necessary for all of these critical functions. Without good sleep, you are compromised. See below for simple steps to improve your sleep. Share what works well for you.
A Resilient 2020
Well done! We made it to 2020. The beginning of the year is a natural time to set goals, but it doesn’t appear likely that a new year will miraculously bring a new you. Be aware: New Year “Resolutions” can apparently do more harm than good (Amy Cuddy, 2017). So how about first, a recap […]
Calm, Control and Connect
The untapped power in your Vagus Nerve Imagine you are surprised by an unexpected reward at your end-of-year function. You are asked to step up to the stage. With a trained vagus nerve, you notice surprise and weakness in your limbs but within milliseconds you become calm, control the anxiety and connect to the occasion […]