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Here are a range of resources that will help you manage the anxiety and feel better resourced to cope with the present situation.

MAJOR UPDATE!! What it means to be “furloughed”. This article sets out the main points to help you understand what it means and the implications of being furloughed.

You know sometimes it feels like you have to struggle to think for yourself? Here’s why and what to do about it.

This blog sets out a technique called RAIN which you might find helpful to soothe the mind as it enables you to think about the present reality more calmly and with an enhanced sense of your ability to cope.

My feelings are changing constantly, one moment a feeling of freedom, next, peace and then today sadness. This emotional flux is part of the covid process and embracing it is part of how to come more into the moment for each of us.

Are you feeling overwhelmed and anxious? Do you find yourself catastrophizing during this period of uncertainty? Here are 5 ways to help you to reframe your thinking.

Networking is just a conversation between two people. So why does the word ‘networking’ leave many with a sinking feeling? An inner dread and immediate feeling that something is expected of them. Something they don’t have. An uphill struggle.

7 days a week – 3 ideas.

The Scale of Awfulness is a psychological tool designed to help you reassess your perception of a situation in terms of its ‘awfulness.’ The idea is that placing a particular event or challenge on a scale from 1 to 100 will enable you to modify and control your instinctive response, reducing levels of stress and […]

These are fast changing, unpredictable days and we have no blue-print for how to respond so here are some top words of wisdom from our New Zealand cousins.