For all of us, recent times remind us that life throws up all kinds of disruption, change, grief, joy and confusion. Most of the time we want to push on but sometimes it feels like we are pushed to our limits. We are often told to be resilient. But what actually is resilience and how do you do it?

This webinar series draws on recent advances in somatic neuro-science to give you a clear understanding of what resilience is and also what it isn’t. We will introduce practical skills to better observe your own Way of Being and provide day to day techniques that will help you to grow your resilience. Resilience is not just about hanging on and getting through. It is also about living in a way that works with the drift of life, so you take care of the things that really matter to you.

Our objectives

This webinar series will help you to:

Actively observe your own way of being and level of resilience when and wherever you want to.
Use practices to adjust your way of being and adapt in times of disruption and life generally.
Shift from less resilient to more resilient moods so that you can take care of what’s important to you.

Outline

The program has one module a week for five weeks. Each module is a 60-minute webinar that will introduce you to concepts and tools, and provide an interactive opportunity to have a go at the Way of Being practices live on the webinar.

Module 1 Growing Your Resilient Self: Way of Being
22 May 2020, 12 -1pm

What is resilience? Definitions, origins and popular understandings
Resilience as a pattern of moods and as a way of being
Introduction to the Way of Being Approach
Practice key way of being techniques

Module 2 Growing Resilience: Moods and possibility
29 May 2020, 12 -1pm

Difference between moods and emotions
How moods set the range of our possibilities
The Mood Matrix
Using the Way of Being Model to adapt our mood

Module 3 Growing Resilience: From anxiety to curiosity and wonder
5 Jun 2020, 12 -1pm

Review of practice from Modules 1 and 2
Understanding the emotion and mood of anxiety
Understanding the mood of curiosity and wonder
Working with the Mood Matrix and the Way of Being model to move from a mood of anxiety to a mood of curiosity and wonder
Practice in mood shifting

Module 4 Growing Resilience: From resentment to acceptance and peace
12 Jun 2020, 12 -1pm

Review of practice from Modules 3
Understanding the emotion and mood of resentment
Understanding the mood of acceptance and peace
Working with the Mood Matrix and the Way of Being model to move from a mood of resentment to a mood of acceptance and peace
Practice in mood shifting

Module 5 Growing Resilience: From resignation to ambition
19 Jun 2020, 12 -1pm

Review of practice from Modules 4
Understanding the emotion and mood of resignation
Understanding the mood of ambition
Working with the Mood Matrix and the Way of Being model to move from a mood of resignation to a mood of ambition
Practice in mood shifting
Reflection and sharing of experience and insights

About the Facilitator

Ian Lees is the lead coach at Optimal Future. He works with leaders in complex organisations who want to get better at taking people with them to shape the future.

He provides engaging and insightful coaching so that leaders can achieve results in ever-changing environments by sustaining their own energy, engaging and inspiring people and actively shaping the future.

This workshop will be delivered by Ian Lees, with the support of Natalie Robinson, Founder of Mum's Garage.