For the past few weeks I am feeling rather stuck. This blog is to share this experience with you. I also share what I have done and plan to do to 'unstuck' myself. Check it out.
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Recently my friend asked me what I meant with ‘building resilience’. This motivated me to write another article. Resilience is the buzzword we hear a lot, in the world of mental health, but also more and more in the world of management and organisational development. A resilient person/workforce is adaptable and able to cope well with stress and change. So lets build it and plug it out of the sky!
True and wonderful, but what do we actually mean when saying we need to be more resilient, can we even develop it, and if so, how?
This is what I explore in my article.
Most of us will experience anxiety during our life. From an evolutionary perspective it helped us survive threats as a species. But, today, anxiety may be less helpful as its debilitating worrying thoughts, physiological responses and feelings, prevent us from standing in our strength.
With COVID-19 monopolizing our whole life, many people have told me they are feeling more anxious than normal. And in all honesty, for good reason. These are such disruptive times and we have to deal with so much change and unknowns.
There are different ways of addressing anxiety. Meditation, confront and redirect our internal worrying, centring, are a few. Check out my article for more ways and a deeper dive into the topic of anxiety.
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For the next 4 weeks I will be blogging articles on various topics related to the new online Programme, ‘Radically Reconnect’ my associate Lise Melvin and I have developed. They cover topics most of us have experienced or even are experiencing right now: e.g. busyness, anxiety, and loneliness. Today’s topic is loneliness, which may resonate with you considering many of us are social distancing due to the Covid-19. Howlonely are you?
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For the next 4 weeks I will be blogging articles on various topics related to the new online Programme, ‘Radically Reconnect’ my associate Lise Melvin and I have developed. They cover topics most of us have experienced or even are experiencing right now: e.g. busyness, anxiety, and loneliness. Today’s topic is busyness, which may resonate with you considering the current circumstances we are living in at the moment. How busy are you?
When people ask you how you are, do you often find yourself saying, ‘Busy’?
Are you working 12-hour days and telling yourself that your type of job requires this level of dedication?
Do you have never-ending to-do lists on your phone, fridge or computer?
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Many of us are self-distancing and experiencing severe disruption to our daily lives due to the Covid-19 virus. We are juggling more than normal; and are undoubtedly experiencing stress to varying degrees.
We are getting clear physical advice from health professionals: eat healthy, stay hydrated, get some sun if possible, move your body and sleep well. Yet, there is also our mental health. To support our loved one’s we need to stay mentally strong too. Here are little practices you can incorporate into your daily routine.
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