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Resiliency Training Extract: Locus of Control

By Jan Lawrence | 18 January 2012

A short article about the differences between internal and external locus of control. This is an extract from our resiliency training

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Building Resilience : Healthy Self-Care

By Jan Lawrence | 15 December 2011

Building Resilience, an article outlining the 9 emotional needs which need to be satisfied in order to experience mental health, personal growth and optimum functioning.

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What is Resilience?

By Jan Lawrence | 16 August 2011

Resilience and the Adversities of Life Life is full of experiences of adversities.  Some of them are external such as fires, earthquakes, floods, wars, or violence.  Some of them are within the family, such as divorce, separation, abandonment, or loss of a job, home, or loved one.  And some of them are within the individual,…

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Resilience for Possible Imminent Redundancy

By Jan Lawrence | 04 May 2011

Problem Solving Highly resilient people have the ability to look at problems and challenges from a comprehensive perspective.  Problems and challenges are viewed from many different perspectives, with many factors given consideration.   It is the ability to accurately identify the causes of an adversity and get outside of their habitual thinking styles to identify more…

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Play the “I wonder” game

By Jan Lawrence | 14 February 2011

The next time you wave to a colleague and they appear to ignore you or someone pushes into the queue in front of you and you start to inwardly boil over, try playing “I wonder” instead of getting dragged into negative thinking.

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Realistic Optimism

By Jan Lawrence | 09 February 2011

Here is an extract from our Developing Personal Resilience course about learning to become more optimistic.

Highly resilient people have a realistic, optimistic view of the world. This optimism is not fantastical it is based in reality. They persist in seeking goals despite obstacles and setbacks. They tend to operate from hope of success rather than fear of failure. Setbacks are viewed as due to manageable circumstance rather than personal flaw.

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Why Resilience Matters

By Jan Lawrence | 09 November 2010

  “Life is not what it’s supposed to be, it’s what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference”  Virginia Satir Life is full of experiences of adversities.  Some of them are external such as fires, earthquakes, floods, wars, or violence.  Some of them are within the family, such as…

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Resilience Tip

By Jan Lawrence | 23 December 2009

Our resilience tip answers the question “Why are people like tea bags?”
Find out by clicking the link above, the answer may surprise you.

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