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With it being National Workplace Wellbeing Day last Friday I've added a new video to my website with 5 tips for resilience. We all know about exercising and eating healthily, but not everyone pays as much attention to their 'Mind Fitness'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSl3L08xBhg

Resilience & Mind Fitness Dr Jill Walker Dr. Jill Walker from People Potential Ltd gives 5 tips for resilience, wellbeing and making sure your mind is fit and healthy.

Here's the link to the full Irish Independent article I feature in about doing nothing & unplugging from technology.

http://www.independent.ie/life/me-time-when-your-solitude-is-the-only-game-in-town-30405467.html

'Me Time': When your solitude is the only game in town - Independent.ie Last weekend, I got a phone call from a friend who was furious that her husband wanted her to meet up with his parents at short notice on a Saturday afternoon. "Have you something

Today's Irish Independent - my piece about the importance of doing nothing for our wellbeing & effectiveness. Living & Leisure section "I Want To Be Alone"

My interview by the Irish Examiner last Friday about the positive psychology of managing your time.

Monday's coaching question: Where do YOU add stress in your life? What could you do to change this?

Got this great email after my talk on 'Mindfulness in Organisations' for HR people yesterday: "You will be glad to hear I made a conscious decision to be mindful this morning. I noticed the beautiful river Nore that passes through Kilkenny this morning, which I speed over every morning and swear over the traffic that stalls on the bridge overlooking it. What a beautiful place to be mindful. It really does make a difference to slow down the planning and plotting that the brain operates on constantly."
HR Professional, Healthcare

Coaching question: What is taking up your energy right now? Is this where you want your energy to be - is the balance right?

Great to see more evidence for the success of Positive Psychology techniques in organisations.

http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/03/the-ideal-praise-to-criticism/

The Ideal Praise-to-Criticism Ratio It's the secret to high-performing teams -- and strong marriages.

Coaching question: As Spring finally feels like it's here-what do you need to spring clean in your work? Fewer meetings? More delegation? Less procrastination? A better work life balance? What one change could you make right NOW to make this happen?

Getting great feedback on the new People Potential course 'Mindfulness at Work'. It's an introduction for teams and organisations to the concept of Mindfulness and how people can build it into their everyday work and life. Studies of Mindfulness in a business context have shown it is associated with increased creativity and focus, decreased stress and improved sleep.

Coaching question: On this wet and miserable day it made me want to ask - what do you do on days when you aren't in a good mood or things aren't going well, so that you feel more positive and motivated? What strategies do you use? What works for you?

Coaching reflection: Thinking of the year ahead, what theme would you like it to have? Fill in the blank "2014 will be the year of ... "