What is stress?
Pressure to Perfom.
- Cynthia Johnson
Olympic athletes teach us about performing under pressure, including the importance of rest and recovery, and that resilience can be broken and restored.
Resilire et Robur
- Derek Roger
Resilience is both the ability to adapt to changes, and to stand firm when change is happening around you. We can practice how to do both.
Something Mything
- Derek Roger
The field of stress and stress management has more myths than the traditions of ancient Greece and Rome together.
Don't worry, be happy
- Cynthia Johnson
A few months ago I attended the 13th annual conference on Happiness and Its Causes in Sydney.
Carried Over the Threshold
- Derek Roger
One of the fundamental principles of the Challenge of Change Resilience Training is that stress is not caused by people or situations but is the self-inflicted habit of ruminating about emotional upset.
Me First!
- Derek Roger
There have been many references over the past few years to managers being narcissistic or even psychopathic.
Resilience: Inoculation Against Stress
- Derek Roger
The research programme that underpins the Challenge of Change Resilience programme was based on the fundamental question in science – what's wrong?
Reflecting, Sleeping, Ruminating
- Derek Roger
The key to understanding what the programme is about is attention.
Sir Graham Henry and the All Blacks: Champions of Resilience
- Cynthia Johnson
How is Sir Graham Henry coping with the stress of releasing a book and the furore surrounding his suspicion about match fixing in the 2007 game against France?
Psycholimitations
- Derek Roger
Many models have been proposed to try to define and explain stress, but a common feature is a reliance on capacity.
Listen, just relax
- Derek Roger
We generally attach relaxation to particular times, such as weekends or the summer holiday.
Being Well
- Derek Roger
‘Well-being’ and ‘wellness’ are increasingly popular phrases in the training world, but what do they actually mean?