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Mastering Overwhelm and Building Resilience

Creating A Personal Resilience Toolkit - A Conversation with Hadley

Overwhelmed? Facing one challenge after the next? Just plain wanting to pull the covers over your head and stay in bed? You’re not alone. Especially these days.

Photo shows a pug dog all wrapped up in his covers with only his sad-looking face peeking out.

Photo courtesy of Matthew Henry

While I’m not opposed to taking some of that “pull the covers over my head” time – I also see the need for some longer term strategies. Maybe building resilience into my routine that serves beyond a day of guilt-free isolation from the world is in order.

I recently had a discussion with Debbie Worman and Ricky Enger from Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired “Facing Your Challenges – How to Gain Strength Through Adversity”  about this very conundrum. Surrendering to your state of overwhelm, while at the same time building a toolkit of resilience. Seem impossible? I disagree. Read on or take a listen to the podcast to see how.

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE. 

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Date: October 26, 2017
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Event: Manage Your Stress: Resiliency Strategies For The Sensitive Person
Topic: If you’re one of the sensitive people in this world who is easily impacted by negativity in the external environment, personal stress, and even the stress of others, then building your resiliency is key. You will learn how to better understand, manage, and appreciate your sensitivities. You will explore practical, in-the-moment techniques with the intention of creating new behaviors that nurture and honor your sensitivity.
Venue: UW Waukesha
262-521-5460
Location: 1500 N. University Drive
Waukesha, WI 53188
Registration: Click here to register.

 

Date: September 26, 2017
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Event: Simplify Your Life By Accessing Your Inner Wisdom
Topic: We all have the ability to instantly access our own internal guidance system designed to get us through life smoothly. By using the basic foundation of mindfulness, you will learn how to tap into the wisdom of your Higher Self with easy to use techniques including intention setting, visualizing, gratitude, journaling, prayer, dream analysis and more. You will build a personalized toolkit that will assist you in your journey to becoming more grounded, calm, clear, and self-assured.
Venue: UW Waukesha - University of Wisconsin
Location: Waukesha, WI
Public: Public
Registration: Click here to register.

 

Date: April 4, 2017
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Event: Simplify Your Life by Accessing Your Inner Wisdom
Topic: We all have the ability to instantly access our own internal guidance system designed to get us through life smoothly. By using the basic foundation of mindfulness, you will learn how to tap into the wisdom of your Higher Self with easy to use techniques including intention setting, visualizing, gratitude, journaling, prayer, dream analysis and more. Participants will build a personalized toolkit that will assist them in their journey to becoming more grounded, calm, clear and self-assured.
Venue: University of Wisconsin Waukesha
262-521-5460
Location: 1500 N. University Drive
Waukesha, WI 53188
Public: Public
Registration: Click here to register.

 

Manage Your Stress: Resiliency Strategies For The Sensitive Person

Date: March 14, 2017
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Event: Manage Your Stress: Resiliency Strategies For The Sensitive Person
Topic: If you’re one of the sensitive people in this world who’s easily impacted by negativity in the external environment, personal stress and even the stress of others, then building your resiliency is key. Participants will learn how to better understand, manage and appreciate their sensitivities. We will explore practical, in the moment techniques with the intention of creating new behaviors that nurture and honor our sensitivity.
Venue: University of Wisconsin Waukesha
262-521-5460
Location: 1500 N. University Drive
Waukesha, WI 53188
Public: Public
Registration: Click here to register.