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  • Thriving through adversity part 8: a metaphor for personal power

    No sooner had I written my previous blog on ‘returning to the workplace’ when the Omicron variant of Covid befell us and many employees worldwide were instructed again to…

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  • Thriving through adversity (part 8): A metaphor for personal power

    The world has seen a dramatic turnaround since the onset of the pandemic with the days of lockdowns and social distancing seeming like distant memories. The view now is…

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  • Thriving through adversity part 7: Improving emotional climate

    In many countries people are being encouraged to return to the workplace. For some it may be a joy and relief to be away from home and working with…

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  • Thriving through adversity part 6: avoiding burnout at work

    The global pandemic may be abating in many countries, but the after-effects are likely to be with us for some time to come. For over a year, the threat…

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  • Thriving through adversity, part 4: learning from adversity

    In this series of four blogs, I have outlined the four stages of how we respond, adapt, and recover from adversity. The fourth and final stage in the process is called Thrive – how we learn,…

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  • Thriving through adversity, part 3: recovering from setbacks

    This is the third blog in a series of four in which I discuss the four stages of change and resilience (from the Talogy Thrive Cycle) in relation to…

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  • Thriving through adversity, part 2: learning to adapt

    This is the second blog in a series of four in which I discus the four stages of change and resilience (from the Talogy Thrive cycle) in relation to…

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  • Thriving through adversity, part 1: the survival response

    Across the globe, we are individually and nationally at different stages in how we respond, manage, and – all being well – recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.  There are…

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  • How to help others (or yourself) develop resilience

    Between April and July this year, I wrote four blog posts on the four stages of resilience in relation to the psychological impact of Covid-19. In these articles, I outlined how most…

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