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Resilience Skills : Did you know there are different types of optimism?

By Amanda Furness | 27 August 2015

An article in our series on resilience which looks at the subject of optimism and the type of optimism you need to practice in order to become resilient.

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Resilience Skills : Is the business case for mindfulness too good to be true?

By Amanda Furness | 20 August 2015

A short article which discusses how organisations may benefit from promoting mindfulness in the workplace and offering their leaders and staff the option of mindfulness training.

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Resilience Skills : What is a Locus of Control and how can it effect the workplace?

By Amanda Furness | 20 August 2015

This short article begins by explaining what the term Locus of Control means and how it can be either internal or external, before going on to give a couple of practical examples of how this knowledge can be useful in the workplace.

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New Resilience Resources Page

By Jan Lawrence | 14 August 2015

Our New Resilience Resources page has been developed to offer our readers an on-line library on all aspects of resilience.

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Resilience Skills : The effect of impulse control in the workplace

By Amanda Furness | 26 June 2015

A short article which highlights the importance of impulse control in the workplace by comparing the behaviour of two fictional managers, and then offers some tips to help you learn to manage your impulses.

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Resilience Skills : Acceptance of life events with resignation or resilience?

By Amanda Furness | 28 May 2015

A resilient tip which uses a poignant example to clearly illustrate that the way you deal with the acceptance of a situation can effect how you live your life going forward.

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Resilience Skills : An A – Z of definitions of the terms used

By Amanda Furness | 30 March 2015

A helpful resource which provides a round up and explanation of the terms commonly used when discussing the topic of resilience skills.

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e-Learning “Personal Resilience in an Hour”

By Amanda Furness | 20 February 2015

In our first e-Learning training course, Dr Chris Johnstone will lead you through seven strategies which will allow you, by the end of the one hour course, to create your own personal resilience toolkit.

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Rumination – Why we should learn to stop chewing the cud

By Amanda Furness | 10 October 2014

An article which looks at the topic of rumination and answers the questions –
• What is it?
• Can it be detrimental to our health?
• Does it affect other aspects of our lives?
• Are there any techniques for controlling rumination?

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Reacting v Responding: How to hold on to your power

By Jan Lawrence | 03 September 2014

Most of the time we are in reaction mode to whatever other people are doing – we say ‘so and so makes me angry, sad’ etc. When we are reacting then we have given our power to the other person. Ultimately we have absolutely no control over what anyone else does, but we do have…

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