Building resilience

Building Resilience

This week we talk to Claire about building resilience- something that feels very important right now given the current global challenges we are all facing. Play video
This week we talk to Claire about building resilience- something that feels very important right now given the current global challenges we are all facing. Join us to find out why resilience is so important for positive wellbeing and how we can practically develop it.
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Shifting your focus - The Kind Mind Series

Shifting your focus

Want to start building your resilience right now? Join Claire in this short video as she talks us through how to 'shift your focus', a practical exercise to help us be more resilient. 

Recommended Ted Talks

Dr Greg

Super Resilience - How to FALL UP

Learn how to use adversity as your superpower in this entertaining and informative TED Talk by Dr. Gregg Steinberg

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From stress to resilience

Facing stress in our lives is an integral component of being more resilient, says Raphael Rose. In his research for NASA, Raphael finds that accepting and even welcoming stress helps us become more resilient, leading to a more meaningful, joyful, and socially connected life.

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Recommended Podcasts

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How to Fail with Elizabeth Day

How To Fail with Elizabeth Day is a podcast that celebrates the things that haven’t gone right. Every week, a new interviewee explores what their failures taught them about how to succeed better. Elizabeth Day has also released a book inspired by this hugely popular podcast.

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Oprah's Supersoul Conversations

Awaken, discover and connect to the deeper meaning of the world around you with SuperSoul. Hear Oprah’s personal selection of her interviews with thought-leaders, best-selling authors, spiritual luminaries, as well as health and wellness experts. All designed to light you up, guide you through life’s big questions and help bring you one step closer to your best self.

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Recommended Books

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How to cope with what life throws at you

Have you ever been stuck in a bad mood? Are you often helpless to stop your mind's negative thinking? Can you find peace when you're feeling overwhelmed? Imagine what life would be like if you had an emotional toolkit. When confused or upset, you'd have powerful tools at your fingertips to help you understand your emotions and master your troubling feelings. With The Emotional Toolkit, help has arrived. Written with warmth and intelligence, Dr. Mininni teaches you the messages your emotions are trying to send you.

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Molecules of Emotion: why you feel the way you feel

Why do we feel the way we feel? How do our thoughts and emotions affect our health? Are our bodies and minds distinct from each other or do they function together as part of an interconnected system? In MOLECULES OF EMOTION, neuroscientist Candace Pert provides startling and decisive answers to these long-debated questions, establishing the biomolecular basis for our emotions and explaining these new scientific developments in a clear and accessible way.

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How to cope with stress, pain and illness using mindfulness

Stress. It can sap our energy, undermine our health and even shorten our lives. It makes us more vulnerable to anxiety and depression, disconnection and disease. Based on Jon Kabat-Zinn's renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction programme, this classic, ground-breaking work which gave rise to a whole new field in medicine and psychology - shows you how to use medically proven mind-body approaches derived from meditation and yoga to counteract stress, establish greater balance of body and mind, and stimulate well-being and healing.

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