by Shayna | Apr 22, 2024 | coaching, counselling, workplace resilience
As humans, we have instinctive responses to the world around us. Instinct describes the way people and animals naturally react and behave. These instinctive responses are automatic, and don’t require us to think or intentionally learn from experiences. At work, we may...
by Shayna | Apr 19, 2021 | coaching, counselling, workplace resilience
Why does COVID make work so stressful, and what can we do about it? Even before COVID, many of us regularly experienced the discomfort of poorly-timed automatic ‘fight or flight’ responses in our lives. At work, this could mean raising our voices, rushing ourselves...
by Shayna | Apr 24, 2020 | coaching, workplace resilience
Resilience is no substitute for ensuring a safe workplace. Individual resilience is often idealized as a desirable employee trait. But, resilience is no substitute for ensuring a healthy workplace. Resilience in an individual worker is not a quality to be exploited or...
by Shayna | Mar 31, 2019 | coaching, workplace resilience
He just shouted at you, and you feel like you can’t take any more pressure. You’re sick of feeling so much stress. It’s probably not hard to imagine this situation, or multiple other versions of it. Knowing your stressed-out client has a lot on his...