Resilience is the ability to manage the stress of difficult situations, land on our feet, and keep moving forward. Natural abilities to face adversities vary greatly but the good news is that we can all learn skills to strengthen our resilience and expand our capacity to maintain it.
Category: Leadership
Goodbye, Inner Critic – Hello, Inner Coach
Goodbye, Inner Critic—Hello, Inner Coach In the article, Goodbye, Inner Critic—Hello, Inner Coach, journalist Portland Helmich explains our key points for building an Inner Coach. Recently, I received some unexpected news—the lovely condo I rent is being put up for sale. The fact that I have to move has me questioning whether I want to… Continue reading…
Managing Anxiety in our 21st Century Culture
Managing Anxiety in our 21st Century Culture: What Works for Ourselves, our Kids and our Friends Millennials have been called "the stressed out generation," as record numbers are dealing with anxiety and depression. In this podcast, Dr. Jane Shure, co-founder of The Resilience Group and a nationally-recognized expert on self-esteem and self-confidence issues… Continue reading…
Walking the Spiral Path of the Labyrinth
Throughout the 30 years of our partnership, we’ve studied the human spirit and what influences it to soar. We’ve delved into understanding the causes of shame, and what sets someone into a downward spiral and we’ve discovered the key to self-empowerment and how to elevate someone into an upward spiral. Each fall we get to… Continue reading…
Creating an Inner Coach Stronger than the Inner Critic
Creating an Inner Coach Stronger than the Inner Critic A training program designed by The Resilience Group Project managers have the hard job of dealing with a wide range of stressors, creative clients who want things their way, tight time lines, budget restrictions and at the same time, need to manage up, and manage down.… Continue reading…
The Person of the Leader: Becoming a Good Coach for Yourself
Good leadership involves the skills of thinking smart, making fast decisions, taking risks, being creative and maintaining resilience even when work is stressful. It involves not only managing tasks well, but managing oneself in order to be a positive influence on others. We know that many leaders, even successful ones, can be bogged down by… Continue reading…
The Path to Courage Requires Walking through Vulnerability
In her bestselling book, Daring Greatly, Brene Brown explains that “you can’t have true courage unless you open yourself up to vulnerability.” Like many others, Dr. Brown was raised to believe that “vulnerability was weakness.” Her social research of 18 years has debunked that myth and led her to discover the keys to understanding how… Continue reading…
Authenticity in Leadership Presence
In the last 15 years of my career as a clinical psychologist and leadership coach I have been increasingly working in the corporate sphere, coaching leaders to find their own voice, to show up with confidence and sustain resilience through adversity. When I began this work I spent time wondered how safe it was to… Continue reading…
The Inner Critic : Listen to Beth Weinstock on Voices in the Family, WHYY
[soundcloud id = ‘160675660’ color=’1e4f78′ /] For those experiencing issues with soundcloud, please click here to listen. Each of us knows that negative inner voice – the one that tells us we can’t do something new, we can’t get that promotion at work-that we’re just not good enough. So who is this inner critic, how… Continue reading…
Mindfulness at work: Listen to Jane Shure on Voices in The Family, WHYY
[soundcloud id=’158679194′ color=’#ff7700′] For those experiencing issues with soundcloud, please click here to listen. Dr. Daniel Ames from Columbia Business School did a study recently that asserted that most people don’t know how they come across at work, whether it’s too pushy or too passive. Well what you come across as at work, and whether… Continue reading…