Nurturing your relationships whilst working apart
As working from home becomes the new norm for many of us, employers and employees are presented with a number of unforeseen challenges. Whilst we need to protect ourselves physically from COVID-19, it’s important for us to also maintain our wellbeing during this challenging time. Social distancing can give rise to feelings of loneliness and […]
Priming the Tigers
The work of Barbara Fredrickson (2001), and other researchers, has told us how important it is to experience positive emotions like joy, hope, pride, amusement, love and gratitude, in order to be more optimistic, resilient, accepting, curious, happier and healthier overall. When it comes to work, positive emotions have also been found to build better […]
Where’s Your Psychological Safety At?
Are you able to be yourself at work, make mistakes, take risks, ask questions, raise problems or disagree? If your answer is yes, then psychological safety may be high within your team or workplace. Unfortunately for a lot of people, their work environment is ruled by fear; they are constantly in impression management mode so […]
Are you addicted to your work?
Do you feel like you never truly switch off from work? Does it feel like there is always someone to call or an email to read or reply to? Does your work feel like an addiction that you constantly need to feed? If the answer is yes to these questions, you could be suffering from […]
Is Bad Stronger Than Good?
I’d like you to think about the following two scenarios and choose the one that would have more impact on you? (a) Losing $1000 or (b) Winning $1000 Most of us would answer a) that losing $1000 would be more painful than the pleasure associated with winning the same amount. This is because bad is […]
Play To Your Strengths
One of the biggest breakthroughs in psychology and leadership theories over the past decade has been in the area of strengths. Strengths can be defined as a “pre-existing capacity for a particular way of behaving, thinking or feeling that is authentic and energising to the user, and enables optimal functioning, development and performance” (Linley, 2008). […]
In the Business of Wellbeing
There is no ignoring the fact that unwell employees are expensive to organisations. Beyond Blue has found that depression and anxiety alone cost Australian businesses about $10.9 billion a year. The financial implications associated with having unwell employees is not the only cost to businesses however, there are productivity costs also such as the inability […]
In The Zone
I’d like you to think about a time when you were fully absorbed in an activity and everything around you disappeared. Your mind would have been focused on nothing but the task at hand. Time would have ticked by without you realising and you would have had no real experience of feelings or emotions. You […]
Your Why
In another post, I looked at The Power of Purpose and why it is important for everyone to have a purpose. Often referred to as a personal mission statement, it can provide direction when determining your goals, fuel your passions and help you make decisions. At the end of the post, I asked “What’s your […]
The Other Side of Psychology
Traditionally, Psychology was meant to achieve three things; 1. cure mental illness, 2. improve ‘normal’ lives and 3. identify and nurture high talent. Unfortunately, following World War 2, the focus of Psychology has been on the first, and fixing lives that needed help. This is obviously critically important for those suffering mental illness, yet the […]