This is a scene that we’ve traditionally seen occasionally at Christmas, yet it’s becoming a feature of our daily life familiar in the current crisis. It might easily be dismissed as evidence of greed or selfishness. I think of it more as a symptom of fear. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that if you …
Sunday evening sees this twitter activity Sustaining resilience is all about developing helpful habits. Monday morning: I’m pretty well prepared for my trip to a conference in Manchester. All I have to do is to pack my suitcase and organise lunch. I unplug my phone from its charger and turn it on. The usual …
It’s summer and I have (mostly) swapped professional reading for novels. Eleanor Oliphant irritated me at first. How could someone have reached the age of 30 and been quite so devoid of social skills, especially if bought up by a mother who was focused on ensuring her offspring were seen as polite and well-mannered? How …
I’m not sure now what prompted me to buy a copy of Amy Cuddy’s Presence. Only after I’d started sharing its content did someone point out there’d been an article about her in one of the Sunday papers and that she is the ‘wonder woman pose’ specialist. That’s true, but there’s so much more. Her …
I’m a real fan of Martyn Reah and his #teacher5aday initiative. I do think it’s making a difference. Wellbeing is an important building block in sustaining resilience, and that’s something we all need. It works like this when you pay attention to your own wellbeing, you have more energy, when you have more energy, you’re …