Andrew Westcombe14 October 2021 LinkedIn Altruism and agency Let’s not sugar coat it: these are tough times for many of us. Maybe you’re personally struggling; if not you, I can just about guarantee that someone close to you is doing it tough right now. There’s a lot of it going around. Read full article
Alex Davids7 October 2021 LinkedIn The growing spectrum of mental fitness Over the last 18 months, mental fitness has been top of the priority list for many businesses. Rightly so. Read full article
Perpetua Neo30 September 2021 LinkedIn It’s not just Zoom: How you hold your meetings matter Zoom’s bad name has been getting worse, of late. The terms “Zoom fatigue” and “Zoom burnout” depict our current situation where, forced to work from home or grounded in our home countries, we have been using the video-conferencing tool as surrogate, and in that developed high levels of exhaustion. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett23 September 2021 LinkedIn We don’t like second hand smoking, so why put up with second hand stressing? You can probably guess from the name what second hand stress is. It’s when others around you are feeling stressed and then your stress levels start to go up. Read full article
Perpetua Neo16 September 2021 LinkedIn How to *really* make gratitude work for you “I know everyone’s telling me I’ve got to be grateful, I know looking at all the people around me, I should. But I can’t. Am I a bad person?”, my client Terence asks me. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett9 September 2021 LinkedIn Permission to vent – Granted! Ah “to vent or not to vent?” – we get asked this question a lot at Next Evolution Performance. So here’s some neuroscience to help answer the question, as well as some practical tips to avoid too much carnage for you or those around you… Read full article
Alex Davids2 September 2021 LinkedIn How much connecting do you have to do to be a great leader? Leadership is a never-ending topic for conversation. In our view, anyone who thinks of themselves as a leader, is. We all have to lead ourselves after all. Read full article
Perpetua Neo26 August 2021 LinkedIn Why we all need to know a little about trauma A few years ago, British television presenter Piers Morgan dismissed Lady Gaga’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He said that only if you’ve been to war, that you’re allowed to use that term. As a psychologist, I affirmatively call bullshit on that. Read full article
Alex Davids19 August 2021 LinkedIn Looking inward – A new way of planning Winter is creeping in and it’s a natural time to go inward. What does that mean really? Read full article
Vanessa Bennett12 August 2021 LinkedIn Your mental health is NOT your employer’s responsibility Ok so this title may sound a little harsh. Hear me out… Read full article