Building Resilience in a Changing World
When things don’t go to plan, do you tend to bounce back or fall apart? Resilience, defined as the psychological capacity to adapt to stressful circumstances and to bounceback from adverse events, is a highly sought-after skill in today’s world. With everything that we havefaced over recent times – including the pandemic, economic challenges, increased […]
Learning the Lessons of Self-Kindness
Anti-Bullying Week takes place this year from the 15th to the 19th November and this year’s theme is ‘One Kind Word’. What is kindness? It’s a question I have considered deeply. Not because I was initially interested in the topic, but because life brought me circumstances where I had no choice but to look more […]
Emotional Intelligence: understanding and managing our emotions
Isn’t it fascinating to see how differently we’ve all dealt with living in a pandemic? I know many people who still choose to avoid meeting anyone indoors, and then there are others who are happily dining out and attending a variety of events. The real challenge in this is managing not to judge others who […]