Notice your 'firsts'
Do you remember the first time you flew on an airplane?These are the types of ‘firsts’ we never forget – we’re either full of excitement or nervousness.
April is Stress Awareness Month and we are asking when experiencing your ‘firsts’ do you find them effortful or effortless?
• Maybe you’ve had a baby
• Started a new career
• Started at a new school
• On a new diet
• Living in a new place
• Left a career
• Over whelmed by the volume of things you have to do
What we’re aware of is that whether you find it effortful or effortless it is your choice. If the story you’re telling yourself is ‘it’s going to be hard’ then it always will be – because that’s what you believe.
We all love to indulge in telling our stories, why something is difficult, complicated, tough and gruelling – equally what if we believe it will be easy, simple, straightforward and effortless? What could happen then?
Wherever you are in your story we encourage you to be kind to yourself, become more aware about how you approach your ‘firsts’ and consciously choose whether you want your experience to be effortful or effortless.
It really is your choice.
Neena, Neets & Carol
Collaborators
At epoché I am passionate about well-being and psychology beyond just what I do.
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could you help young people get an insight to your career pathway?
Among the hustle and bustle of trying to get a socially distanced seat at a recent neuroscience seminar, I overheard a remark:
“We should consider designing learning interventions for the brain and not the learning style”
With two millennials, one teenager and an even bigger kid with a passion for all things hi-fi in the house you can probably imagine the cacophony of sounds that sometimes greets me.
I recently received a communication that was signed ‘Mx’ from a colleague who had previously signed communications as ‘Mr’. This prompted me to ask some questions and do some research; for me it is not about labelling and compartmentalising, it is about being informed, inclusive and respectful.
I constantly seek research and findings that effectively and meaningfully link academia and the real world. A recent example that sparked my imagination was discovering the works of Elizabeth Blackburn a Nobel prize winning, molecular biologist.
World Mental Health Day.
A collaboration between Neena Speding (epoché.com) &
Dominic Ciambrone (theshoesurgeon.com)
So, here’s two questions:
Would you frequent a commercial cannabis establishment if you were in a place where it was legalised?
Would you partake in any Cannabis consumption with a client/colleague of that region?
The relationship between mindfulness and stress is well documented. Our awareness of stress and the negative impact it has on ours and other lives is becoming more perceptible. Mindfulness, as a stress reducing therapy, is becoming increasingly used in clinical practice and its impetus in and outside the workplace is gaining steady traction.