Resilience: the art of bouncing back from adversity
Managing the well-being of your staff when you can’t see them can be tricky – how do you spot the signs of stress or anxiety, for example? Francoise Woolley, Head … Continue reading
A Missing Link to Workplace Resiliency
How can I grow employee engagement and workplace resilience? If you take a good, long, hard look at levels of employee engagement and workplace resilience, the most important lessons aren’t … Continue reading
Marina Abramović’s Method for Overcoming Trauma: Go to a Park, Hug a Tree Tight, and Tell It Your Complaints for 15 Minutes
Four Ways The Best Leaders Build A Resilient Workplace The personal and workplace disruption that has occurred due to COVID-19 is unprecedented. Companies and employees alike are now under constant … Continue reading
Why some people just keep bouncing back
The Legacy of Change and Resilience – HR during Covid-19 With the majority of companies not having a global pandemic ‘rulebook’ in place, HR teams had to rapidly deal with … Continue reading
Post-Traumatic Growth Might Be the Silver Lining of Trauma — Here’s How to Harness It
Psychological resilience, fragility and the health workforce COVID-19 presents a time to redefine vulnerability; however, in discussions of vulnerability, the health workforce, particularly in regard to their psychosocial well-being, is … Continue reading
Three Lessons Of Mental Well-Being That Rarely Get Talked About
Lessons of resilience in business from an elderly friend Last year, an 80-year-old friend of mine broke her hip and an arm when she slipped over a wet floor in … Continue reading
Covid-19 makes us think about our mortality. Our brains aren’t designed for that
Covid-19 makes us think about our mortality. Our brains aren’t designed for that You probably remember where you were that day in March when you first realized that the novel … Continue reading
The Resilience Project: Why we need to teach young people how to fail
Think 2020’s disasters are wild? Experts see worse in the future A record amount of California is burning, spurred by a nearly 20-year mega-drought. To the north, parts of Oregon … Continue reading
How (and why) you should practice gratitude, according to an expert
New study finds mindful nonreactivity is associated with altered neurophysiological responses to errors New research has found differences in the brain’s signal of error processing between those who are able … Continue reading
11 Tips to Build Emotional Resilience
Pandemic puts countries’ resilience to the test The pandemic has forced companies and governments to relearn some basic lessons. In this case, the three “Rs” are resilience, reshoring and repurposing. … Continue reading
11 Tips to Build Emotional Resilience
Australia’s ‘black summer’ bushfires showed the impact of human-wrought change Australia’s “black summer” megafires were a severe blow to ecosystems already reeling from decades of adverse impacts. Feral predators and … Continue reading
How to make yourself the most resilient creature you can be
How to make yourself the most resilient creature you can be Eco-anxiety is becoming an increasingly prominent mental health issue across the world. To help those who find environmental news … Continue reading
The power of emotional listening: To help leaders build emotional resilience during difficult times
Achieve Infrastructure Resilience During the Coronavirus Outbreak Business and IT leaders alike find it difficult to prepare a proportionate response to business continuity challenges like the coronavirus (COVID-19). Travel restrictions … Continue reading
Psychological Trauma Is the Next Crisis for Coronavirus Health Workers
Cities face 100 million ‘new poor’ in post-pandemic world: experts bout 100 million people living in cities worldwide will likely fall into poverty due to the coronavirus pandemic, urban experts … Continue reading
Flooding will affect double the number of people worldwide by 2030
Preventive counselling could build resilience during current crisis I fully support Ms Kristen Ong Xinru’s suggestion to reinstate psychological treatment to the “essential services” exempted from workplace closures (Tele-consultation may … Continue reading
6 Tangible Ways To Remain Emotionally Resilient During The Coronavirus
Coronavirus and climate disasters: Small vulnerable countries face dual threat The widespread destruction wreaked by Tropical Cyclone Harold in several Pacific countries just days ago has been nothing short … Continue reading
Why Societies Are Resilient to Disasters Like COVID-19
How to support your emotional resilience and wellbeing during the pandemic Social work has not suddenly become stressful due to the spread of Covid-19. Community Care’s caseload survey at the … Continue reading
15 Ways to Build Emotional Resilience in Your Life and Business
Is your organisation prepared for the coronavirus? Advice from a business resilience expert With thousands of cases reported, and the World Health Organisation declaring it a global health emergency, the … Continue reading
Women are more than twice as likely as men to suffer from PTSD. Studies are underway to find out why.
Women are more than twice as likely as men to suffer from PTSD. Studies are underway to find out why. In 1991, Karestan Koenen was a recent college graduate and … Continue reading
Who is ‘looting’ and who is ‘finding food’? How image gatekeepers shape the news
Why Building Emotional Resilience Is So Critical for African Americans An African-American woman worries about her brother, husband, or son being stopped by the police. Or, for the millionth … Continue reading
A Millennials’ Guide To Building Resilience In The Workplace
Why emotional resilience is important in workplace Kingsley works as an Accounts Manager in a top Finance firm. As his position in the Organisation grew, it came with more responsibilities … Continue reading
Stress in the modern age
How the psychology of the England football team could change your life This week, the England midfielder Dele Alli was asked if he was nervous about the big tests up … Continue reading
Emotional intelligence: navigating today’s leadership challenges
Radical resilience: TAG president calls for less of the same The new president of the Local Government Technical Advisers Group (LGTAG) began his premiership this month with a call for … Continue reading
Scaffolding of support helps build resilience, studies find
How to Cultivate Emotional Stability (Even When Life Gets Crazy) Emotional stability is a desirable trait. It means you can withstand difficult situations, handle adversity, and remain productive and capable … Continue reading
Emotional resilience shouldn’t become a stick to beat social workers with. And more…
Emotional resilience shouldn’t become a stick to beat social workers with In April, the HCPC put forward plans to include emotional resilience as one of the new standards of proficiency … Continue reading
10 Ways to Boost Your Emotional Resilience, Backed by Research
Be prepared: 25 disaster support hubs set up across Vancouver The City of Vancouver has designated 25 sites across the region as disaster support hubs as part of its earthquake … Continue reading
