Focusing On Our Loved Ones During a Crisis
In a previous post, I spoke about the importance of nurturing your relationships with your colleagues whilst working apart. But what about those that are most important to us? How do we focus on our loved ones whilst we navigate the challenges presented by COVID-19? Even the best relationships come with ups and downs. Yet […]
Circles and Mindsets
As the novelty of being at home 24/7 starts to wear off, you may have noticed feelings of monotony and boredom starting to set in. You may also be more tired than usual given our mental bandwidths are being taken up by the coronavirus. What’s more, your stress may have sky-rocketed as we spend more […]
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 […]
The Positive Side of Pain?
No life is free from challenges, stress or hardship such as losing a loved one, home or job. And when such events hit, they have the potential to change the course of someone’s future forever. But not necessarily always for the worse. Adversity can be a positive, it can recalibrate a person’s perspective for the […]
Bouncing Back
When life throws you unexpected difficulties, how do you respond? Do you wallow and let things keep you down, or do you get up and continue on with your life? Resilience is thought of as our ability to bounce back from disappointment, defeat, failure or constant change. Masten and Reed (2002) suggest that resilience can […]
The Key to Achieving Your Goals
Unlike my last post on how to set goals for 2020, this one is going to focus on motivation, which may already be dwindling for you one month into the new year, yet is crucial in helping you achieve your goals. Motivation can be a powerful force in shaping who we are and how we […]
20/20 Vision
How clear is your vision for 2020? And have you already set out your goals for the year ahead? My final post for 2018 spoke about setting goals rather than committing to resolutions as each new year approaches, and my last post for 2019 will follow a similar theme. But first, I’d like you to […]
A Smile A Day
Forget the apple. What we should be doing instead is forging a smile a day to keep the doctor away. Why? Research has found that people who smile often have increased wellbeing and experience a range of other benefits too. In one longitudinal study, researchers LeeAnne Harker and Dacher Keltner (2001) analysed the 1965 college […]
Are Your Responses Undermining Your Relationships?
Have you ever wondered what distinguishes good relationships from poor ones? It may come as a surprise to you that it often has little to do with how couples deal with problems or distress, but rather how good news is celebrated in each other’s lives. In fact, how you respond to another’s good news can […]