“Bouncebackability” – Building your Resilience,

Purpose: At the core of Resilience is the ability to persevere through difficult times, setbacks, stressful situations, etc. This session looks at some of the key behaviours of resilient people and offers practical tools and techniques to build personal resilience and practice self care.

• What is Resilience and how can you improve your “Bouncebackability”?
• What are the key behaviours of resilient people,
• Practical recommendations to help you build your resilience during this time of change,
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Winning the Stress game! – Stress/Anxiety:

Purpose: The challenges of the present situation will bring about an increase in unwanted pressure, anxiety and stress for many people. This session will help identify some of the triggers of stress and offer some practical advice on what you can do about it.

• How to identify and manage the source of your stress – your thoughts,
• How to challenge unhelpful beliefs, opinions, thoughts and attitudes in building resilience and managing stress,
• Practical tips and things you can do when you feel stressed, anxious and fearful,
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Switch on, not off, Mindfulness,

Purpose: Mindfulness is about paying attention in the present moment, on purpose, with kindness and compassion rather than judgement and criticism. Increased awareness brings many benefits in how we lead our lives, interact with people and manage difficult situations.

• How can Mindfulness help you deal with the challenges you face in this crisis?
• How to develop a mindful approach to dealing with the unwanted pressure and stress of this situation,
• Breathing exercises and practical suggestions to integrate increased awareness into your day,

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Finding the 25^th Hour!

Purpose:  We continue to be challenged by time! Of course part of the problem is the amount of stuff that bombards us everyday. More information has been produced in the last 30 years than in the previous 5,000. Where do you find the time to deal with all you have to do – cause like most people – your busy!  This session will offer a number of suggestions on how to address these issues.

• How to recognise and challenge personal obstacles to effective time management,
• Discover what your “Noisy Mind” has to do with the way you use your time and why a solution focused attitude will help.
• The importance of “SAFE” for effective use of your time, (Structure, Attitude, Focus, Energy),
• Practical tips and things you can do to manage yourself better in time,

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“Positive Thinking in times of Change”.

Purpose: Are positive thoughts better than negative thoughts? Most people would say yes! But…….. it ain’t that simple!

• How the mind works with you or against you during times of change, challenge and rejection,
• How to avoid the “Angle of Misery” and adopt a solution focused attitude to the way things are,
• Practical tips on how to step out of your comfort zone, embrace change and move with flexibility,
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Work Life Balance is a myth – so what can you do about it?

Purpose: Boundaries provide us with a comfortable space to live our lives as we wish. However unless we know, build and maintain healthy boundaries, we can get overrun by the demands of others and the challenges of day to day living. Balance goes out the door!

• What is Work/life balance and why its so hard to achieve?
• What stops us from setting strong boundaries when we know they are in our best interests?
• Getting your act together can help – but that requires an understanding of what you want, where you are going and what you need to get there!

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Thinking outside of the Box

Purpose: We are creatures of habit and the boxes we travel in through life provide important anchors and points of reference. However they can be limiting, unproductive and sabotage our success and happiness.

• What are the benefits of habits and why they can be hard to create and break.
• Boxes – how they determine your behavior?
• How to challenge your comfort zone through goals, targets and healthy habits,
• How to build healthy habits, tools and techniques.

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