How ‘perky’ are you? Why happiness is the key to workplace productivity
Resilience protects pregnant women against negative effects of stress Resilience–understood as the set of personal resources that help individuals deal effectively with adversity, protecting them from the negative health … Continue reading
What to do when you feel overwhelmed at work
What Wellness Programs Don’t Do for Workers The idea of employee wellness is not new, but it has not always been an $8 billion industry in which employer-subsidized fitness … Continue reading
Why we must get real about resilience to stop work-induced burnout
9 Ways Only The Most Difficult Changes In Life Make You Stronger & More Resilient Change can be unsettling, uncomfortable, and unwelcomed — but they also make you stronger and … Continue reading
Workplace stress on the rise, new survey says
Grit and Resilience: The Self-Help vs. Islamic Perspective I don’t really care about grit. Persevering and persisting through difficulties to achieve a higher goal is awesome. High-five. We should all … Continue reading
Why stress is dangerous: and how to avoid its effects.
How perfectionism is harming your health THE desire to be perfect is something most of us have felt at some point in our lives. Studying for the perfect test result, … Continue reading
8 Simple Ways Lawyers Can Reduce Stress (And Increase Productivity)
Company culture is a leading cause of stress, according to HR professionals Company culture is one of the prevailing causes of stress, according to almost half of senior HR professionals … Continue reading
Thriving After a Loss: Building resilience in tough times
Thriving After a Loss: Building resilience in tough times Trauma comes in many forms: as illness, bereavement, divorce, infertility, abuse and natural disasters. I have also seen more subtle forms … Continue reading
How to be resilient when times get tough
Resilience What is resilience? It means being able to cope with situations in spite of setbacks or barriers. Essentially, resilience refers to our ability to recover from adversity. We … Continue reading
Yoga & Stress Resilience
Yoga & Stress Resilience World Health Organisation has termed ‘burnout’ as an outcome of excessive workplace stress, but the fact is that burnout-like symptoms can be found in persons having … Continue reading
Five Books To Get Ahead: Building Resilience
Health Warning: If Your Workplace Lacks This 1 Thing, Quit ASAP Almost exactly two years ago, I had open heart surgery. They sawed my rib cage open, peeled it back, … Continue reading
The Case For Building Resilience Through Conscious Leadership
Self-care needs more prominence in the workplace to build mental health resilience in staff Put simply, ‘self-care’ is the ability to engage in activities and habits that deliberately maintain or … Continue reading
Workplace burnout can no longer be ignored by leaders
What rowing across the Atlantic can teach you about navigating the working world Toby Gould was both excited and petrified on the morning of December 12, 2018. He and the … Continue reading
Emotional resilience: How to boost it with 10 research-backed secrets
Resilience: A critical protective factor in life Life today takes a toll on our emotional, psychological, and physical well-being. People do not have the mental framework to adequately meet the … Continue reading
Create A Personal Resilience Plan: 3 Steps To Higher Performance And Happiness
How to Build Organizational Resilience Driven by exponential technological change and sociopolitical and economic uncertainty, the average lifespan of companies on the S&P Index is becoming shorter and more volatile. … Continue reading
The 4 Principles of Self-Care Can Change Your Life
How to use stress testing to increase resilience in a complex and uncertain world A resilient organization is one that can fulfil its strategic aims, such as economic growth, … Continue reading
6 Facets of Resilience
Skills of the future are ‘empathy, teamwork and resilience’, says Matthew Taylor The author of the government’s official review of working practices has said every individual should have a … Continue reading
Resilience is the key quality in teams battling adversity, says new research
It’s Official: Burnout Is A Global Profit Vampire Last week, shortly after the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its definition of burnout, news organizations erroneously called it a “disease.” Experts … Continue reading
Resiliency in the Workplace: How Being Your Vulnerable Self Leads to Growth
5 Signs That You Are Experiencing Burnout From A Job You Love – And How To Fix It A few years ago, I finally achieved my dream of being a … Continue reading
Individual resilience: A Guide
‘So much land under so much water’: extreme flooding is drowning parts of the Midwest Even with half of the houses on her street underwater, Dina Barker looked at the … Continue reading
How to be resilient
Workplace Burnout Is Officially an “Occupational Phenomenon”—Here’s What You Can Do About It Since first entering the cultural lexicon in the mid-1970s, burnout has rapidly become an everyday reality for … Continue reading
Put down the self-help books. Resilience is not a DIY endeavour
When it comes to resilience, the self-help industry has it all wrong Michael Ungar is a professor of social work at Dalhousie University in Halifax, a family therapist and the … Continue reading
Super-Resilient People Are 6 Times More Likely to Do This 1 Thing, According to New Research
A global survey sheds new light on how bad events affect young people The percentage of the world’s population that’s aged between 10 and 24 is growing exponentially. It … Continue reading
Resilience is the key to combat rejection or failure.
Beat Stress with a Winning Mentality: How to Develop Resilience & Positive Thinking Resilience determines whether you succeed or fail in life. It’s true in sport, business, entertainment, and it’s … 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
Do You Recognize Your Own Resilience? Some Guidelines
Creating a Culture of Wellness in the Workplace Healthcare organizations in particular are high-risk environments in which to work, mainly due to factors like stress and fatigue. Doctors, nurses and … Continue reading
Resilience in the Age of Anxiety
The Therapeutic Power of Laughing at Yourself I was what can only be described as a spaz during an interview. (I somehow got a second chance.) I broke up … Continue reading
Resilience: The Art of Failing Forward
A Guide to Habit Resilience I’ve coached thousands of people who want to change habits and I’ve found there’s a key difference between those who actually make changes and those … Continue reading
10 easy things you can do for a mental recharge
An untranslatable Finnish word captures a vulnerability and perseverance we all share At some point in life, all of us get that unexpected call on a Tuesday afternoon that distorts … Continue reading
Need for employee resilience heightened in a time of constant change
White Coats Black Doctors: responding to adversity with resilience Queen’s Black Premedical Association (QBPA) organizes the event to provide undergraduate students with the opportunity to hear from physicians about their … Continue reading
Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness [book]
5 ways to make your HR team more resilient to employment law challenges Resilience is a word becoming so frequently used in the workplace that it has almost lost its … Continue reading
5 key behaviours to make yourself resilient to stress
5 Ways to Leave Your Work Stress at Work Firaz was recently appointed CEO of a $1 billion company where he had held various roles over the past nine years. … Continue reading
How to Turn Grief into a Strength
How to Survive and Thrive in a Stressful Toxic Work Environment My first job out of college was as a financial advisor at a large international brokerage. On my first … Continue reading
4 Aspects of a Resilient Mindset
The resilience report: Five ways to turn your stress into your success Stress. We all know how it feels, whether it’s triggered by a deadline looming just before that performance … Continue reading
5 effective ways to overcome setbacks in life
Trauma: 9 Things We Fail To Understand What comes to your mind when you hear the word trauma? Do you think of physical or psychological trauma? Do you have preconceived … Continue reading
Nurses Not Immune to Stress from Disaster
Scientists Just Made It Possible to Predict The Weather Further Ahead Than Ever Before Most of us have been caught out by weather forecasts that didn’t quite turn out … Continue reading
Three ways to get people talking about mental health in the workplace
Your Two Choices: Presented to You Every Moment of Your Life Our brains display tremendous complexity. They are more elaborate than the greatest computers ever produced. One of the behavioral … Continue reading
Being kinder to yourself can boost your physical and mental wellbeing, study says
Trauma, Resilience & Healing – 20 Alaskan Artists Create Storytelling Murals Seven unique storytelling murals by 20 different Alaskan artists will be unveiled at a special reception at the Church … Continue reading
Resilient Kids Come From Parents Who Do These 8 Things
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation I couldn’t figure out why small, straightforward tasks on my to-do list felt so impossible. The answer is both more complex and far simpler … Continue reading
The Secrets to Dealing With Rejection, According to Experts
Workplace ‘resilience’ programs might not make any difference Workplace resilience programmes, designed to bolster mental health and wellbeing, and encourage employees to seek help when issues arise, might not make … Continue reading
Man Cave producing ‘significant shift’ in boys’ emotional strength
Adhd or Dyslexia? Resilient Parents. Resilient Children This book is written with all my love to share what I, from my own experience, have had to live as a mother, … Continue reading
How to Design Semi-Permanent Structures
How to Design Semi-Permanent Structures Natural disasters continue to leave thousands of people homeless every year, forcing them to seek refuge without any alternatives. On many occasions, cities cannot cope … Continue reading
People Who Persist in Reaching Their Goals Have Mastered This 1 Thing
Book review: Ten Traits of Resilience: Achieving positivity and purpose in school leadership If you’ve not encountered James Hilton before, he’s the author of Leading From the Edge, a raw … Continue reading
New 5-step guide to building your resilience
How Sleep and Self-Control Relate to Wasting Time at Work The research on time wasting at work is sparse, but Dutch colleagues from the University of Amsterdam, Wendelien van Eerde … Continue reading
Can Voting Make You More Resilient?
Can Voting Make You More Resilient? We don’t typically think of voting from a psychological perspective. In fact, for most Americans it is something we don’t think about at all. … Continue reading
Do these 8 things every day to be happier and filled with less regret
Do these 8 things every day to be happier and filled with less regret Our income may be rising, but our happiness levels are not. As Ben Schiller wrote in … Continue reading
How to cultivate emotional resilience at work
4 Ways Leaders Can Improve Mental Health In The Workplace Mental illness is a stubborn foe. It affects how we think, feel, and act. Advocates must dispel the perception that … Continue reading
Positive mental health is vital for a flourishing future workforce
TEDx star Hunt to emphasise resilience Charles Hunt had problems in his childhood, but it taught him a lot about resilience. Mr Hunt, who is due to speak this morning … Continue reading
14 Ways To Stay Productive At Work When You’re Dealing With A Personal Crisis
How Irish businesses combat workplace stress Irish workers have been revealed to be among the most stressed in the EU. A recent Europe-wide survey conducted by the European Agency for … Continue reading
Mental resilience: Do leaders need to be born with it?
What resilience tells us about entrepreneurs What’s it called when you feel like crap and want to chuck it all in and go live in the jungle away from anything … Continue reading
How to spot burnout
Building stronger students: FSU launches resilience project As Florida State University prepares to welcome more than 6,000 freshmen this fall, the university is offering a new online tool to help … Continue reading
8 Ways To Increase Your Mental Resilience And Avoid Burnout
Developing resilience as a senior Resilience is the ability to keep going in the face of adversity, an important skill for us all to practice as life tends to throw … Continue reading
6 tricks for surviving work and personal adversity
A Stanford psychologist has a simple mental exercise for tackling student stress Stress can be debilitating, paralyzing, and generally bad for our health. It can also motivate us to get … Continue reading
Resilient people are not immune to stress but they can deal with it
Workplace mental health pushed to top of agenda Increasingly, business leaders are speaking out about how workplace mental health issues, such as anxiety, affect their lives, even when they appear … Continue reading
Three Keys To Thriving In The Workplace
Kenny Chesney’s Love Note To Caribbean After Disaster: It’s About The Moving Forward Last year, Hurricane Irma blasted through the Caribbean, leveling schools, homes and businesses, and leaving people emotionally … Continue reading
Seven Ways To Build Your Mental Resilience
Resilience is crucial for our mental health There is a lot of focus now in mental health circles about resilience as being one of the keys to preventing mental illness. … 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
Strong social ties help middle-aged folk grow more resilient: Study
For This Entrepreneur, ‘Grit’ Means Knowing When to Say Yes In this video from Entrepreneur Network partner Mars Discovery District, we take a closer look at what it really looks … Continue reading
Remarkable Resilience—How One Elite Advisor Maintains His Motivation
“Hope for the Best, but Plan for the Worst”: Health System Advice on Natural Disasters After natural disasters like wildfires in California and hurricanes in Puerto Rico, leaders from an … Continue reading
The Secrets of Resilience
How to become cyber resilient Despite threats from targeted cybersecurity attacks doubling, companies are showing they can perform better under greater pressure. In fact, if they continue on the same … Continue reading
Society Needs to Flip Its Disaster Spending, Insurance Report Says
‘Breathe’ is a wonderful story about resilience Breathe is a 2017 biographical drama film that was a directorial debut by Andy Serkis (you may remember him as Ulysses Klaue in … Continue reading
Individual Resilience: A Guide
Individual Resilience: A Guide Resilience is the ability to react appropriately in an uncertain and changing environment. In an earlier issue, we ran an article about resilience at the organisational … Continue reading
7 Mindsets That Undercut Your Mental Strength and Resilience
Resilience key in effort to stop suicide, speaker says Not many people who attempt suicide at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge survive the leap. But those who do all … Continue reading
7 Characteristics of Resilient Relationships
7 Characteristics of Resilient Relationships There are hundreds of volumes written about why marriages and other intimate relationships end, but the core reasons may be distilled down to three main … Continue reading
5 things you can do to boost your child’s resilience
Students learn how to build emotional resilience to beat bullying A national motivational speaker visited students at Kenmore West High School Wednesday for an anti-bullying event. WBFO’s senior reporter … Continue reading
Three Ways to Build Resilience Against Gender Bias
The simple way to fight stress After a recent annual townhall by Mahindra & Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra, where MBA interns pointed out that information overload, multitasking, and just … Continue reading
Shaping Infrastructure for Resilience In Protecting the Liberal Democratic Nations: The Case of Energy
CDB funding programme to aid mental health, psychosocial support in disaster management The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is seeking to build the social resilience of its member states to natural … Continue reading
‘Portraits of Resilience’ art exhibit celebrates women, their personal journeys
Study links excessive smartphone use to inability to endure emotional distress New research published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that those with poor emotion regulation skills are at … Continue reading
Resilience 101: How to Be a More Resilient Person
The Neuroscience of Perseverance Perseverance separates the winners from the losers in both sports and life. Are you someone who perseveres despite difficulties and setbacks, or do you tend to … Continue reading
Why grit is so important in the workplace
Former teacher lauds power of resilience, happiness Cobram Anglican Grammar School students have been busy learning about the integral mindset of resilience from Resilience Project founder Hugh van Cuylenburg. On … Continue reading
How do you raise resilient kids? Accept them how they are
The importance of relationships and belonging Our mental health and personal well being are tied up in the quality of our personal relationships. The more closely we are connected to … Continue reading
The science of resilience: What are the ingredients that help people cope?
The science of resilience: What are the ingredients that help people cope? Resilience is on many people’s minds these days. Hurricanes and fires regularly wallop communities. The risks of climate … Continue reading
3 tips for resilience in the workplace
Resilience According to conventional wisdom, every person on the planet faces challenges, even though it sometimes seems that a chosen few skate through life unscathed. The truth is, at some … 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
Science Says This Technique Can Help You Raise Calmer, More Resilient Kids
“Elastic Minds”: Case Studies in Mental Resilience and Agility Costa Mesa, CA: “Dr. Dave” Cornelius long-ago established his reputation as a pioneer of modern thought. With a doctorate in Management, … Continue reading
3 Must Have Skill Sets to Create a Resilient Mindset
Tomorrow Me app being designed to build resilience, improve mental wellbeing of young jobseekers AN app is in the works to teach young Victorians struggling to get a job to … Continue reading
Grief, loss & resilience
Bid to strengthen disaster resilience The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) board of directors has approved a total of $US15 million ($F31m) in financing, comprised of policy-based loans and grants, for … Continue reading
Building a Resilience Advantage in Healthcare
F oster patience and resilience in our youth My recent piece in the week’s Sunday Nation about the end of formal employment drew intriguing comments, but one of them … Continue reading
‘Katrina brain’: The invisible long-term toll of megastorms
Actually, This Devastating Hurricane Season Is Exactly the Right Time to Talk About Climate Change I was seventeen when Hurricane Andrew rolled through South Florida, taking down block after block … Continue reading
Resilience and burnout. Psychologists say there are three kinds of burnout. Here’s how to beat it
These 9 Things Are Draining Your Passion at Work (Here’s How to Counter Them) Remember when you didn’t even have to try to feel inspired at work? Inspiration was everywhere. … Continue reading
How Resilience Led Me to Success
At least 10 dead as fires rage in Northern California Fifteen wildfires raged across Northern California, with the biggest ones scorching the state’s famous wine country, killing at least 10 … Continue reading
The philosophical case for staying hopeful in dark times
A therapist’s guide to staying productive when you’re depressed or heartbroken “We entrepreneurs can’t afford to date,” I half-joked to a friend the other day. “We can’t take sick days … Continue reading
How to build resilience in middle age
How to build resilience in middle age Mums and dads worry over how they can build resilience – the ability to bounce back from adversity – in their kids, given … Continue reading
Laois theatre hosts Irish film premiere of Resilience
Laois theatre hosts Irish film premiere of Resilience After a successful tour in the UK, the award-winning documentary Resilience premiered in The Republic of Ireland in the Dunamaise Arts Centre … Continue reading
How to Bounce Back After Life’s Worst Hardships (and Come Out Even Stronger)
How to Bounce Back After Life’s Worst Hardships (and Come Out Even Stronger) “Falling down” doesn’t have to wreck you. In fact, it can be the best thing that ever … Continue reading
How to Develop Incredible Mental Toughness for Health, Work, and Life
Resilient City | Definition, Attributes and Features The definition of resilience has been evolving and adapted in different context and principles across various disciplines. It is important to examine different … Continue reading
New Research Shows Resilience is the Antidote to a Toxic Work Environment
“Positive thinking” has turned happiness into a duty and a burden, says a Danish psychologist Everyone wants you to be happy: Self-help books dish out advice on how to stop … Continue reading
Insurers paid out $50bn for natural disaster claims in 2016
‘I put myself in standby mode’: what makes a survivor? Standing in a cold cell in a former East German secret police prison, Gilbert Furian explains how he approached his … Continue reading
You Can Improve Your Default Response to Stress
Stress in the City: ‘At first, I thought my depression was a heart attack’ Geoff McDonald knows a thing or two about the January blues. For many, the start of … Continue reading
When a Spouse Dies, Resilience Can Be Uneven
New study finds Earth heading for catastrophic 5-degree-Celsius warming Scientists say the Earth is warming up fast, and policy makers have been urged to keep that warming to an increase … Continue reading
Resilience NEWS
New academic partnership focuses on storm resilience and emergency preparedness The New York State Resiliency Institute for Storms & Emergencies (NYS RISE), a new “applied think tank” led by New … Continue reading
