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 […]
Mental Health Leadership
We have worked in the field of resilience for over 20 years. We have helped our clients understand how resilience fails, how to bounce, and how to sustain an effective integration between work and life. Dealing with our mental illness reality demands a specific, tailored response. In 2017 we launched our first programmes to help […]
Spirit in Action Part 3
“Life is a storm. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you human is what you do when that storm comes.” Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo. Part 1 explored what Spirit in Action is and Part 2 scoped out why this is important […]
Humans don’t Burn Out
In May 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) included “Burn-out” as a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress. They call it an occupational phenomenon – not a diagnosis. That is a small mercy. In the ICD-11, “burn-out” it is characterised by: Feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion Increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings […]
Rethinking Mental Health in the Workplace
Work-related mental health conditions are overtaking physical safety as a critical risk in the workplace. The World Health Organisation says anxiety and depression increased globally by 50% between 1990 and 2013 (Lancet, 2016). In May 2018, the American Psychiatric Association announced another 5% increase. Leaders are scrambling to address the issue but it is so […]