Thrive…..don’t just merely survive
Some ideas , tools and bits and pieces that are various means of doing that very important thing … looking after you.
Building resilience
Here we are in 2021…after a tough year, 2020 was a challenging and unprecedented year, this is the time when taking care of ourselves is so very important. Take a minute to look at a few ideas.
This short PowerPoint presentation , gives you some easy to do ideas to start building your resilience
Pause, take a moment to breath – better…ok so here you will find simple but effective breathing practices to use anytime anywhere.
Square Breathing
This is a quick and easy breathing practice that assists in reducing stress and increasing wellbeing and mindfulness.
Move It
A few ideas for body movement in the workplace.
Stand up and sit down a few times and don’t use your hands to help you. You can do this talking on the phone or while have a cup of tea, it only needs to be a few times
Take a deep breathe and shrug your shoulders up to your ears on the exhale let them drop down , repeat this a few times.
Yoga
6 min deep yoga stretches a great routine with the wonderful Adriene!…I think you may become hooked on yoga with Adriene
5 minute office yoga A great routine to give your body some care.
Meditation
Some different approaches or techniques to meditation for different contexts. Meditation is about focusing and quietening the mind by focusing on a single object.
Here are a few links to information about meditation as well as some guided meditations that you may like to try:
- General information , plus a whole pile of resources from the ABC’s Life Matters program: Meditation Toolkit
- Meditation information from Healthdirect
- 10 min guided mindfulness meditations
- How to De-Stress in 5 min or Less ..A YouTube video offered by Dr Emma Seppala of a quick and effective breathing technique
- Loving kindness guided meditation This You Tube video runs for just over 13 minutes and takes you through a loving kindness meditation by Dr Emma Seppala
- Developing Self-Compassion a guided meditation offered by Tara Brach This meditation runs for 18 min.
Resources
Checkout the Nursewell app, you can download for free from either google play or the app store for apple. This app was developed by the team at south eastern Sydney LHD, provides information and activities targeted at some key health concerns of nurses and midwives and all healthcare staff, such as sleep, back health, nutrition and more.
Insight timer app , is a free app with an extensive collection of guided mediations, it also has podcasts, courses , talks for kids…its truly a wonderful resource. Download from either google play or app store.
Thrive Global mission is to end the burnout epidemic with sustainable, science based solutions. There is also an app available for android users.
Wisdom 2.0 addresses the challenge of our age: to not only live connected to one another through technology, but to do so in ways that are beneficial to our own wellbeing, effective in our work and useful to the world.
The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education This center is part of Stanford University School of Medicine, its explicit goal is to promote support and conduct scientific study of compassion and altruistic behaviour. It is a fantastic resource, spend some time to explore the site.
emma seppala . Dr. Seppala’s site The Science of Health, Happiness & Success offers great information and resources, such as articles , guided meditations and links to other useful sites, well worth your time to have a look around.