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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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Managing Stress at Work : Reducing Pressure

By Jan Lawrence | 05 January 2012

In seeking to prevent stress, the aim is not to reduce pressure for the sake of it. The right amount of pressure can be motivating and good for both health and performance. However, excessive pressure or demands will cause stress, especially when the pressure is unremitting or ‘chronic.

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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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Newsletter 63 – December 2011/January 2012

By Jan Lawrence | 09 December 2011

As well as all our regular features, our latest edition includes:
* An introduction to our new Mindfulness training course
* A practical Stress Tip with an eye on the winter months ahead
* Some helpful advice from Dr Mason Brown to someone with a tricky team member whose attitude is affecting the whole department
* A link to an absence management survey which, for the first time, finds stress as the number one cause of long term sickness absence in the UK

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Managing Stress at Work – Early identification

By Jan Lawrence | 07 December 2011

  Early identification of stress and increased vulnerability One of the difficulties with stress is that people experience stress in different ways.  This contributes to stress manifesting itself in different ways also.  So it would be wrong to over-generalise when giving advice on how to identify stress and increased vulnerability in others.  However, what we…

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Bullying in the Workplace : What can individuals do?

By Jan Lawrence | 29 November 2011

Details on what individuals can do when harassment and/or bullying occurs.

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Newsletter 62 – September/October 2011

By Jan Lawrence | 30 September 2011

In this edition you can:
* Find out about our new course which provides an intensive introduction to Emotional Intelligence
* Dispel the myth that Shakespeares work has no relevance to society today
* Read our stress tip which illustrates the importance of social interaction
* Peruse the advice given to a reader who was experiencing difficulties working with a colleague who may be on the autistic spectrum
* Download a booklet offering advice about looking after your mental health using exercise

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Managing Stress at Work: Tips for Providing Support

By Jan Lawrence | 29 July 2011

Taken from our one day Stress Management Training for Managers course these tips give managers a framework for providing support to their team.

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Newsletter 61 – July/August 2011

By Jan Lawrence | 08 July 2011

In this edition you can:
* Discover how taking action may reduce the anxiety experienced by anticipating a problem
* Find out the positives and negatives to watch out for if you are a perfectionist
* Receive a useful explanation of the different types of behaviour people reveal when angry, together with some useful tips for managing anger in a healthy way
* Find details of how to participate in a survey, the results of which will be used to measure the scale of mental health problems in the workplace
* See how one school tried to prepare their pupils for the exam season – alternative but amusing

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Challenging Negative Thinking Habits

By Jan Lawrence | 05 July 2011

  Each thought you have affects how you feel, each feeling you have affects how you behave and there are consequences to every single one of your behaviours, be it positive or negative.  Behaviours that are CONSISTENT become HABITS and habits can become who we are and how we respond to our environment. Negative Thinking…

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