Maintaining a positive mindset

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Keywords

Resilience – Mindset – Relationships – Toxic Behaviour – Emotional Intelligence – Coping Tools - Grief

Summary

In this episode of Resilience Unravelled, Naomi Riley a brain injury survivor turned influential motivational speaker, discusses the concept of resilience and shares her personal experiences with adversity, including being diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis as a child and a brain injury in a car accident in 2017.

Naomi emphasises the importance of maintaining a positive mindset, even during challenging times and also talks about the challenges of dealing with difficult relationships at work, particularly those involving toxic behaviour. She also discusses the need for self-defence and professionalism, her work on emotional intelligence and coping tools, and the importance of celebrating the positive aspects of life, even during times of grief.

Main topics

  • The importance of maintaining a positive mindset

  • How gratitude meditation helps focus on the good things in life and set a positive tone

  • The importance of emotional intelligence and how it can help us navigate through life

  • The significance of being aware of our emotions and how they are affected by others

  • The necessity of letting go of individuals who are toxic or bring us down

  • Dealing with difficult relationships at work, particularly when faced with toxic behaviour

  • Maintaining professionalism and not letting personal feelings get in the way of work

  • The importance of emotional intelligence in creating a peaceful society, particularly for youth

  • Coping mechanisms such as mindfulness and deep breathing

 Action items

You can find out more about Naomi and her work or access resources at https://naomilriley.com/ or find our more about Text Pledge at https://textpledge.us/

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The Wrong Calamity

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Keywords

Resilience – Change – Coping Mechanisms – Shifting Perspective – Reframing Challenges – Narrative Building 

In this episode of Resilience Unravelled Marsha Jacobson, an author, teacher, and writing coach from New York, shares her life story, and how she overcame her challenging childhood, abusive relationship, and personal struggles to build a successful career and a fulfilling life. She discusses her experiences with vulnerability, resilience, and personal complexity, how she felt unprepared for challenges and how she overcame them.

She also discusses her resilience, her journey from teaching to consulting, and her experience in non-profit management and about her second husband's struggle with PTSD that ultimately led to their separation.

Main topics

  • The importance of embracing change and transitions as part of personal growth.

  • Adopting coping mechanisms such as "tiny experiments" and writing fake headlines to shift perspective.

  • Reframing challenges as learning opportunities.

  • "Narrative building" as a strategy for reframing challenges.

Action items

You can find out more about Marsha at  https://marshajacobsonauthor.com/about/ Her memoir, The Wrong Calamity, is her debut book.

You can listen to the podcast in full and find out further information here. Our upcoming guest list is also available along with our previous blogs.
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