by Janette Kirk-Willis | February, 2021 | Janette Kirk-Willis, resilience
We are only too aware of the physical, social and economic effects of this current pandemic, but it is also widely acknowledged that the psychological effects on individuals will be possibly our biggest long term challenge. Mental health and the pandemic The burden...
by Janette Kirk-Willis | December, 2020 | Janette Kirk-Willis, Life
Acceptance and its questionable reputation At first glance acceptance doesn’t have a great reputation does it? What often springs to mind is defeat. It feels somehow passive, perhaps resigned to settling for less that we had hoped for. It may feel unpalatable and...
by Janette Kirk-Willis | October, 2020 | Janette Kirk-Willis
Resilience is a set of skills and behaviours that can be learned and having resilience is probably more important now than ever before. Managing our boundaries plays a big part in our personal resilience and wellbeing. But what do we mean by ‘managing our...
by Janette Kirk-Willis | February, 2020 | Janette Kirk-Willis, Mental Health
‘Prevention is better than cure’ so the old adage goes…and it was never truer than with mental health. Fortunately, there are actions that we can take in order to keep ourselves psychologically well and resilient. It concerns me that the focus for some organisations...
by Janette Kirk-Willis | December, 2019 | Janette Kirk-Willis, Work
Belonging – What is it? To feel a sense of belonging means to be accepted… It’s a human need, just like the need for food and shelter. Feeling that you belong is vitally important to seeing value in life as well as coping with intensely painful emotions. Why...
