About the session
What helps you deal with the bumps, dips and knocks in life?
There may be minor bumps, or major life challenging situations. There may be times when you have dips in your energy and enthusiasm, dips in your confidence or your motivation. It is inevitable that at some point we will all need resilience skills to get through.
This exciting and interactive workshop focuses on the scientific research of resilience from the field of positive psychology. The course provides a description and explanation of simple and effective evidence-based tools that have been developed from the research findings.
During the workshop you will experience a number of evidence-based tools that will give you greater knowledge about your own resilience and allow you to confidently apply the techniques in your everyday life.
Who is it for?
- Early Career Researchers (including Postdocs)
- Mid-Career Researchers
- Managers of Researchers
- Research-related Professional Services Staff (including research support administrators, researcher developers and career development professionals).
Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will have learnt:
- Resilient ways to adapt to difficult situations
- Healthy coping strategies for times of adversity
- How to foster perseverance and sustain motivation
- An understanding of the relationship between resilience and wellbeing.
Get to know your facilitator
Alys Kay
Alys Kay, experienced facilitator, coach, photographer and videographer. I am drawn to collaboration; getting to know the people I work with and experimenting with ways to bring out their voices and experiences: https://www.alyskay.co.uk/alys-kay-blog
Alys also works with https://www.storycenter.org/ as an editor and facilitator, supporting marginalised people all over the world to create share first-person stories.
Session video and presentation
Download the presentation (PDF, 1MB)
Further resources
- For Identifying and Naming Emotions: Atlas of Emotions
- Emotion Wheel Exercise
- For Self-Compassion and Mindfulness: Self-compassionate Pause
- For Sharing Happy Thoughts: Happy Thought Questions
All NPDC21 listed resources including presentation slides and top tips are freely available. Please ensure you acknowledge the author(s) and/or source when using them.
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