Actor Michael Legge first realised that the noise in his head wasn’t ‘normal’ when he suffered a prolonged panic attack on a flight. “I realised I needed to find out who I was because there was clearly stuff in my head that needed sorting out.” Seeing a NLP practitioner helped him start to be able […]
Resilience – Recharge the Inner Battery
Resilience – Recharge the Inner Battery
We all spend a huge amount of mental energy adapting to changing global, professional and personal developments and challenges.
Working from home, communicating with customers and colleagues in a very different way, juggling childcare with work, managing everyone’s expectations and – for some – experiencing isolation and loneliness… all of this has been draining our inner battery.
Of course, some of us are naturally more resilient than others but resilience is not something that we have or have not. Resilience is something that we can all build and must maintain. Resilience is this inner battery!
It is crucial that we recharge our inner battery so that we can keep going, maintaining not only our performance in the workplace but also our mental and physical health.
Understanding resilience, and how stress and uncertainties can impact it, is very helpful.
Once we understand the neurobiology of resilience and the impact of a drained battery on our wellbeing and our performance at work, we have the opportunity to identify our energy leaks and depleting activities and uncover ways to patch them up.
Discover and experience simple evidence-based techniques and strategies to keep calm, maintain energy levels, and optimise our cognitive functions (such as decision-making, better conversations, teamwork, and kindness).
How can we replenish our inner battery with simple self-care practices that will boost energy levels, optimism and motivation?
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Inspiring Talks
Irish actor turned NLP coach, Michael Legge
Former Prime Minister of Finland, Alexander Stubb
Alexander Stubb, former Prime Minister of Finland, believes that happiness comes from a balance of human contact, ongoing learning, and physical health. He thinks one essential component is an open mind: “Cynicism is an attempt to take the easy way out – it means you haven’t been curious enough.” And he thinks empathy is critical […]
Former pro rugby player, Ed Jackson
Former professional rugby player Ed Jackson broke his neck and was paralysed from the neck down in 2017 after diving into a pool. Classified as quadriplegic, he was determined to prove science wrong: from wiggling his toes after a week to climbing Mount Snowdon. “I’m a walking quadriplegic – and I’m quite proud of that. […]
US bestselling author on depression, Nana-Ama Danquah
Writer Nana-Ama Danquah always felt that she was different, but it wasn’t until her twenties that a friend of her suggested she might have depression. “I didn’t know the physical aspects of depression existed: the exhaustion, the mind fog, feeling congealed to the sheets.” She wrote about her experience in her memoir Willow Weep for […]
Former Olympic Silver Medallist Diver turned Mental Wellbeing & Yoga Coach, Leon Taylor
Three-time Olympic diver and silver medallist Leon Taylor trained hard for his success but his body paid the price. ‘If you were a horse,’ he was told when he retired from the sport, ‘we’d have to shoot you.’ As with many athletes, it took him a while to recover both physically and mentally from the […]
Depression Survivor & Diversity Champion, Hayley Mulenda
Hayley Mulenda is a student and public speaker, and the author of The ABCs to Student Success. When she started university, while she was public speaking and running a business at the same time, she found herself overwhelmed with stress and depression. With the help of family and friends she overcame suicidal thoughts. Hayley says […]
Fitness & Wellbeing Guru, Adrienne Herbert
Adrienne Herbert was a professional dancer with much to look forward to — a new husband and a new baby — when her husband’s sudden illness turned their lives upside down. Adrienne took up running as a way to get out of the door and get her energy back. She now runs road races and […]
Headmaster turned suicide awareness campaigner, Dick Moore
Waller Trainer for Schools and Young People (Charlie Waller Memorial Trust), Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor (MHFA England) The Moores were a privileged, fortunate, happy family. Then, in September 2011, the third of their four sons took his own life at the age of 21, after a break-up that led to depression. Dick Moore, who is […]
Worlds no.1 Hypnotherapist, Paul McKenna
Hypnotist He started out as a radio presenter, but when Londoner Paul McKenna interviewed a local hypnotist he was hooked. He bought a book and started hypnotizing friends in the pub for a laugh. Fast forward a few decades, and McKenna is a multi-millionaire best-selling author and international celebrity hypnotist. With book titles like I […]
Entrepreneur & Founder of YO! Sushi, Simon Woodroffe OBE
Founder of YO! Sushi When he was forty, Simon Woodroffe found himself divorcing, without an income, and battling depression. A few years later he stood at the helm of a hugely successful business empire: The YO! Sushi chain and other YO ventures. ‘If someone asks me ‘what inspired you to start YO! Sushi?’ I reply: […]
Former NBA Basketball Champion turned Psychologist, John Amaechi OBE
Leading psychologist and high-performance coach Basketball giant John Amaechi OBE was for a long time widely known as the highest paid British sports star in the US. Born in the US and brought up in England, as a child he always felt different with ‘no one to turn to’. Braving a homophobic backlash, this self-described ‘extreme introvert’, courageously […]
Former Head of HR at Unilever, Geoff McDonald
Former Global VP of HR at Unilever Geoff McDonald’s crucible moment came in the middle of the night. He had a panic attack. At the time, Geoff was Vice President of HR for multi-billion dollar company Unilever. A real career alpha-man, he had no idea what was wrong. In this riveting talk he describes his […]
Inspiration from our Podcast
Filmmaker, musician and author, Jamie Catto
Jamie Catto is a musician, filmmaker and the author of ‘Insanely Gifted: turn your demons into creative rocket fuel.’ He believes that too much of our lives are lived at a superficial level of connection, where we behave in an inauthentic way. This, Jamie says, is something we’ve all been taught from our earliest years, […]
Chairman of Barclays UK, Sir Ian Cheshire
Leading businessman Sir Ian Cheshire says the pandemic has completely changed the background to talking about mental health at work. He became interested in the issues because of family experiences and has since worked with charities to promote good practices in the office. The fact that so many of us are working from home poses […]
Former hostage, and Colombian presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt
Held Hostage by the Columbian FARC Ingrid Betancourt became headline news when she was kidnapped by the Colombian guerrilla movement FARC in 2002. The Colombian presidential candidate was held in the jungle, mistreated and tortured, until she, and 14 other hostages, were rescued by the Colombian military six years later. Betancourt, who has a son […]