Psychology
Unhelpful Thinking Styles and How to Combat Them. New research shows our brain generates over 6000 thousand thoughts each day. When a person experiences an unhelpful emotion (e.g. depression, anxiety and even general feelings of overwhelm), it is usually preceded by a number of unhelpful self-statements and thoughts. Often there is a pattern to such thoughts … Read more
12 Reasons to Seek Support That Might Surprise You.
12 Reasons to Seek Support That Might Surprise You. Dr Natalie Flatt Ph.D, Connect Psych Services. Due to the stigma of the term ‘Mental Health Challenges’, many individuals feel that they require a ‘cut and dry’ set of symptoms to warrant seeing a therapist. This certainly does not need to be the case. More often … Read more
The motivation struggle is real – it’s time to shake up your work day
If anything could beat back to work blues at this time of year it was the thought of seeing workmates again, sharing holiday highs and lows before discussing the next batch of holiday plans. This January, not only do many of us not get to see our work buddies in the flesh but our holiday … Read more
Diversity in the workplace
ByJoe Busuttil I like working in a diverse workplace. The life experiences and opinions of other people allows me to see the world in new and interesting ways and that makes me a better person. I have never met someone, learned about them, and then wished I hadn’t met them. Sometimes I’ll disagree with them … Read more
Creating a Strong EI Workplace Culture
Neuroscience shows that Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a flexible set of skills that can be acquired and improved with practice. In doing so, organisational leaders can increase the likelihood of success within their team; increasing trust, respect, understanding, ownership and essentially productivity. Leaders with strong EI are emotionally self-aware, understand and maintain self -regulation, clearly … Read more
