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We invite you to explore the library of articles below. We have compiled these resources to support your journey towards sustainable Mental Fitness.
Developing Mental Fitness, Education
What is mental fitness? Mental fitness isn’t a unicorn state that only highly successful people can achieve. In fact, the great news is that anyone can develop mental fitness. This is providing they have access to a supportive environment, the right information and they’re persistent. Being supported by a qualified, highly skilled, professional that you […]
Mental Fitness, Wellbeing Hacks
Why that holiday feeling? Have you noticed, when you go on an extended holiday, the first few days last forever, time seems to be elongated? You visit different places, meet new people, and enjoy different experiences. Toward the middle of the week, time starts to speed up. Then before you know it, you are anxiously […]
Featured, Habit Forming
Firstly, cut yourself some slack we’ve got you on this You committed to a very worthwhile New Year’s resolution. You shared this with people close to you and you are determined to check in with them in 3 months time to celebrate your success. The satisfaction of their support and admirations will be so satisfying […]
Education, Habit Forming
The sobering reality of New Year’s resolutions So…Why don’t New Year’s resolutions work?Firstly, let’s uncover the telling statistics on New Year’s resolutions. Then we can consider a mindset shift that will better ensure you succeed in realising your goals for 2022. This year, 64% of New Year’s resolutions will be abandoned after one month. Yep! Nearly […]
Featured, Wellbeing Hacks
The Survival guide to your family christmas As Christmas is fast approaching, how can we best survive Christmas with our family? Official Christmas festivities can be a battlefield, and effective strategies are useful for survival. I’m sure no-one’s Christmases are all terrible, especially at first. Realistically, things can become a little stressed at this time […]
Mental Fitness, Wellbeing Hacks
Worry and how to tame it Firstly, what is worry? Worry is a natural response to anticipated future problems. Worry is usually short term. Worry is caused by a concerning situation (like COVID-19, health or finances, or external broader issues such as environmental pollution, social structure or technological change), which prods you to use problem-solving […]
Growth Mindset, Mental Fitness
What is this VUCA world? Given the events of recent years, and the impending events facing us in years to come, Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus’ concept of VUCA has never been more relevant. Therefore, understanding how to flourish in these conditions has never been so critical. So…here’s the VUCA world concept? V – Volatility […]
Mental Fitness, Wellbeing Hacks
Do Digital Detoxes really work? Health experts are recommending periodic digital detox or an extended period without gadgets. This certainly isn’t surprising considering the restrictive environment created by the pandemic and our increasing exposure and reliance on new technologies. Could you be considered one of “those people” who are glued to their iPhone? Whether you […]
Developing Mental Fitness, Education
Spotlight on mental wellbeing Some people call it resilience. Some people call it grit. But whatever you call it, improving your mental wellbeing, for better brain health, is the best thing you can do to unlock a happier life. Firstly, let’s Tune in According to the Mental Health Month website, ‘tuning in means being present. […]
Mental Fitness for Individuals, Wellbeing Hacks
What do we know about sleep and brain health? Sleep remains one of the most important but least understood aspects of our overall wellbeing. Science has recently started to uncover why we sleep, what good it serves, and why we suffer such devastating health consequences when we don’t get enough. Why Do We Sleep? Russell […]
Education, Wellbeing Hacks
During our regular working week we’re invariably stretched or fatigued due to work stress, family life, or personal commitments. As a consequent our empathy, creativity, and productivity levels are negatively impacted. In turn, this depletes our energy, resilience, wellbeing, and overall effectiveness. Ultimately, as a result our ability to cope, perceive, and regulate our emotions, […]
Mental Fitness for Individuals, Wellbeing Hacks
What is your ‘Q’ to getting mentally fit? Is it just me or is silence a rarer commodity these days? Considering the World Health Organization has previously called noise pollution ‘a modern plague’, how seriously do we need to factor in quiet time each day? So, I’m suggesting, this fortnight is a licence for all […]
Growth Mindset, Mental Toughness
Fertile ground for positive change We have previously proposed the concept that the Pandemic presented a unique opportunity. We questioned, whether our communities, as a collective, could possibly view the Pandemic’s disruption as an opportunity to pro-actively work on building their mental health and resilience? So, as you can imagine, when we discovered a recent […]
Featured, Mental Fitness
Beware the Happiness trap Is true happiness ever a constant in anyone’s universe? Honestly, if we get to touch it for a little while, we are fortunate. Considering the happiness finish line is a moving target and life and our desires are ever-changing, we may have to settle for work/life satisfaction for now. Let’s face […]
Developing Mental Fitness, Education
It’s better than O.K saying no It consists of just two little letters, but the word “no” can have a big impact on your relationships with others—and with yourself. Too little “no” and you might overbook your schedule and bring on too much stress in the process. Finding a balance between yes and no is […]
Education, Growth Mindset, Mental Toughness
The game changer for secondary students The ‘D21: Learning Making Shaping education conference’, held at Dwight School, Seoul Korea explored: What will last to shape successful schools of the future? How can education remain relevant in order to meet the needs of students, teachers and families? Our 45-minute presentation below proposes that the implementation of […]
Habit Forming, Wellbeing Hacks
The ultimate line of defence We all have countless opportunities to effectively employ practical mental imagery to calm our nervous system and interrupt negative thought processes. Whether you practice mantra meditation or another style, you’ll often see many of the same benefits, including: increased self-awareness, reduced stress, a greater sense of calm, and increased levels […]
Education, Mental Fitness for Individuals
Life control = a can-do attitude We all have the power to proactively respond to anything life throws at us. ‘Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way’. (Victor Frankl) According […]
Developing Mental Fitness, Featured
The Psychology and Science of Kindness It is commonly known that demonstrating kindness positively correlates to our own happiness. If you’ve ever found yourself looking around at our cutthroat world and wondered about the value of kindness, recent research out of Oxford University is for you. Using rigorous science, researchers there proved that by practicing […]
Developing Mental Fitness, Featured
Laughter and Play – mental fitness superfood Let’s explore the great psychological health benefits of incorporating more play and laughter into your professional and personal life. Benefits of Laughter When we laugh with others/colleagues, we’re not just having fun, we’re serving up a powerful hormone cocktail that can literally change their—and our—brain chemistry, on the […]
News, Program
Eligible small businesses from across Queensland are able to apply for a $5,000 grant to increase core skills and adopt best practice when the program opens on 31 May 2021. Check your eligibility To be eligible to apply for this grant, the business must: Have fewer than 20 employees (by head count) at the time […]
Habit Forming, Mental Fitness
Effective habit formation? You usually have good intentions but you struggle to get new habits to stick? No-one has ever shared the secrets to highly effective habit formation with you before? Like 90% of people, you’ve always relied on motivation and willpower alone to get you through? Willpower has probably worked for you when you’ve […]
Education, Mental Fitness for Individuals
Happy Hormones fuel your mental fitness The feeling that is called happiness is produced by the production of four brain chemicals: dopamine, endorphin, oxytocin, and serotonin. While you may not think twice about walking and talking at the same time or laughing at a joke while watching television, the brain is hard at […]
Habit Forming, Mental Fitness
Internalise the positive effects of Gratitude Gratitude is like most desirable traits and qualities. It is usually not enough to simply decide to be grateful—we must actively practice it to embed its place in our lives. Gratitude journaling, the best form of reflective learning, only takes a few minutes a day. The benefits of gratitude […]
Book Summary, Habit Forming
Traction draws you towards what you want in life Distraction, it turns out, is not about the distraction itself; rather, it’s about how we respond to it. Nir Eyal’s book, ‘Indistractable’ offers fantastic insights into the mechanisms of distraction and a systematic approach to creating behaviours that can help people avoid distractions and maintain traction. […]
Character Strengths, Education
Research shows that knowing and using your character strengths can help you: increase happiness and well-being; find meaning and purpose; boost relationships; manage stress and health and accomplish goals. Firstly, let’s identify your Character Strengths? Find somewhere you can be uninterrupted for 15 minutes. Complete the VIA Character Strengths Survey. This is the only FREE, […]
Education, Mental Toughness
What is mental toughness? We are increasingly hearing the term mental toughness referred to. Whether its a sports star overcoming adversity to win, a remarkable survival story of a natural disaster, or superhuman business people who are out to save the world, commentators refer to this human trait as being the secret to success. Their […]
Book Summary, Habit Forming
Control the Day or the Day will control you Being capable of achieving what you set out to do takes life control. People with effective life control are good at planning and time management and when required are comfortable when completing several things simultaneously. They have the skills to realise that they may not have […]
Developing Mental Fitness, Growth Mindset
What is a Growth Mindset? You may be quite familiar with the term ‘growth mindset’. However, what exactly is this frame of mind that enables people to flourish and consistently achieve success, regardless of external challenges. What is the opposite of a Growth Mindset? Are we able to develop and implement a growth mindset? If […]
Featured, Growth Mindset
Post-traumatic Growth – profoundly positive for Mental Fitness You may be familiar with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), however are you familiar with Post-traumatic Growth (PTG)? Affording ourselves optimistic licence (Growth Mindset), we can consider ourselves in extremely fertile ground for unexpected positive outcomes as we embark on 2021. It could be easy to blindly think […]
Character Strengths, Featured
Rather than just going through the motions… can we employ our unique character strengths to help us thrive? Considering the research, and our direct experience…YES! Research has shown many positive benefits of using character strengths across physical, psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual domains. Character strengths have been linked with each of the main elements of well-being: […]
Character Strengths, Developing Mental Fitness
We are all truly one of a kind Relevant literature, considering philosophies of human virtues, reveals a surprising amount of similarity across cultures and strongly indicates a historical and cross-cultural convergence of six core virtues: Courage, Justice, Humanity, Temperance, Transcendence, and Wisdom. The number of potential character strengths profiles, which are catagorised into the 6 […]
Character Strengths, Featured
We all need evidence-based, practical strategies that when employed ensure that we flourish personally and professionally. The VIA Character Strengths Survey is directly linked to the fundamentals of Positive Psychology, which makes it a perfect place to start. Enablers of positive change Researchers have recently identified seven personal factors, which can move us from surviving […]
Featured, Mental Toughness
Now that we know the benefits of being mentally tough, as discussed throughout the 8 Factors of Mental Toughness article, let’s look at what we can do to improve our resilience to stress, change and life challenges. There are 6 interventions that are proven to enhance the mental toughness/fitness of individuals. Six Interventions that support […]
Featured, Growth Mindset, Mental Toughness
What’s the benefit of being mentally tough? Clough, Earle and Sewell stated ‘mentally tough individuals tend to be sociable and outgoing, as they are able to remain calm and relaxed. They are competitive in many situations and have lower anxiety levels than others. With a high sense of self-belief and an unshakeable faith that they […]
Featured, Mental Toughness
Managing stress, pressure and life challenges No matter your ambitions in life, mental toughness is an extremely valuable quality that can hold massive influence over your level of success and quality of life. Developing mental toughness will help you to deal with stress, pressure and life challenges. This will help you to perform better professionally […]
Character Strengths, Mental Fitness
Firstly, let’s measure your Character Strengths By undertaking the ‘VIA Character Strengths Survey’ you can reliably measure your inherent character strengths. This will enable you to start developing greater self-awareness and skilfully take advantage of your unique personality traits. Right, let’s go, complete the free, 10 minute survey (above). Now that you have identified your […]
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