Mental Health

Oct 9
6 min

Buffering burnout (as an individual)

It is World Mental Health day on Saturday 10 October 2020, so I thought it might be apt to discuss how each of us can buffer the risk of ...

Nick Bloy

Sep 15
4 min

Burnout: A burning issue for business

We have been interacting with thousands of people in recent months through webinars and 1-2-1 coaching, and we have noticed a definitive ...

Leading through uncertainty: The courage to care

Nick Bloy

Apr 27
5 min

Leading through uncertainty: The courage to care

If you are a leader reading this, you will know that leadership is extraordinarily tough. It is tough at the best of times, let alone whe...

157

Thriving from home: Maintaining your mojo at home

Nick Bloy

Mar 24
6 min

Thriving from home: Maintaining your mojo at home

These are unprecedented times. Many of us are waking up to the new reality of being confined to working (and mostly living) from home for...

212

The importance of social connection at a time of physical isolation

Nick Bloy

Mar 16
3 min

The importance of social connection at a time of physical isolation

While we are being told to self-isolate where practicable, it is important to recognise the impact that feelings of loneliness and social...

195

Five ways to bolster your immune function

Nick Bloy

Mar 15
6 min

Five ways to bolster your immune function

At a time when mass panic has set in and people have found themselves caught on camera fighting over the last pack of toilet paper in the...

119

Nick Bloy

Mar 14
4 min

How to stay sane in troubling times

While some fear is adaptive, the fear which is being promoted by the media is not. This type of fear, the one that robs us of reason...

168

The darker side of self-criticism and what to do about it

Nick Bloy

Jan 17
0 min

The darker side of self-criticism and what to do about it

Understanding the role of emotions in influencing our thoughts and actions

Nick Bloy

Nov 1, 2019
5 min

Understanding the role of emotions in influencing our thoughts and actions

How we can inadvertently screw up and what to do about it: a (mostly) true story about socks, monkeys, anger, Jedi, embarrassment and lau...

Nick Bloy

Oct 16, 2019
4 min

Silencing the critic within

For many of us, when we make a mistake, self-criticism is often our default response. The voice in our heads that tells us that we are ‘u...

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