Peace during a Pandemic
13.3.20 I’ll get straight to it: while I mostly coach individuals on building their personal resilience, I also help business owners make...
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Catch up on the latest insights from Aslan Coaching founder Lisa Cresswell.
Themes include Resilience, Quiet Leadership, Domestic Violence, Just Culture and Psychological Safety.
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- Feb 28, 2020
Tired of caring?
It happens to people in caring professions because they are exposed to the sharp end of life every day at work. They walk in the shoes...
- Oct 19, 2019
Confidence follows courage
I was privileged to be a guest speaker this week at the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust’s Annual Leadership Conference in...
- Oct 11, 2019
The Right to Disconnect – how to set boundaries today
It followed a survey of 2,000 workers which found that a quarter of them reported that their employer expected them to answer calls or...
- Oct 5, 2019
Do you trust your own wings?
Resilience is not a trait that people either have or don’t have. It involves behaviours, thoughts, and actions that can be learned and...
- Sep 28, 2019
Brainwaves – have you had one recently?!
Quick explanation: Beta is when we are fully awake and alert and working. Alpha waves occur during relaxation or hypnosis. Delta is when...
- Sep 21, 2019
Flying trapeze – for brain health!
Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It has become so prevalent...
- Sep 14, 2019
Actively listening to enrich your life
Listening is sometimes called an art and a science. (In fact, I counted once – coaches are trained to listen in 11 different ways!). It...
- Sep 7, 2019
Close the Gate
‘Closing the barn door after the horse has bolted’ is a common expression to describe the futility of closing the gate too late. Did you...
- Aug 31, 2019
How to prime a conversation
Researchers at Yale discovered something really interesting about the importance of temperatures in adults – and specifically how holding...
- Aug 24, 2019
Your brain’s super-highway
This is the bridge network that connects the two hemispheres of your brain – the right creative side – and the left analytical side. It...
- Aug 17, 2019
You have what you need
The Resilience Hub will find a brand new section in there today, called ‘You Have What You Need‘ This will be a collection of short...
- Aug 10, 2019
Switch!
Our negative self-talk is possibly the most disempowering aspect of our mind. It’s an extension of our survival instinct, honed over...
- Aug 3, 2019
Have you ever stopped to plan your parenting?
Have you ever stopped to consider what your parenting goals are? We plan short journeys in the car, and yet we rarely, if ever, stop to...
- Jul 27, 2019
Why we get sick on first day of holidays
There are many reasons for this but one cause is the stress of working harder to finish up before our time off. We’re in a state of...
- Jul 6, 2019
Say ‘Yes!’ to business success – one action per day
This week I posted a very short video on Facebook each day with one positive action you can take that day to spark more energy in...
- Jun 22, 2019
No-one can give you confidence – they cannot take it either
When we don’t feel confident we lose out on opportunities for business development and/or personal growth. The only person who has...
- Jun 15, 2019
When you take on too much
But there’s coaching principle called ‘Pausing for Performance’… …and the best example of how it works is think how you’d feel if you...
- Jun 1, 2019
Helping your teenager through exams
There is plenty of guidance and advice for exam students at the moment online, but what about their worried parents, guardians, aunties,...
- May 25, 2019
A guided tour of your body during stress
We all know that stress doesn’t feel good, but did you know what effects it has on your individual organs? Here is a tour of your body in...
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