CLIMATE AND EARTH
SYSTEM SCIENCES
Photo: UHH/Denstorf
13 September 2022
Photo: Pixabay/Myriams-Fotos
We are happy that we will continue our last year's successful webinar series on Mental Health and Well-being this autumn!
Together with Desiree Dickerson we created an exciting series of three webinars and hope to support you in these extraordinary times. The webinars are designed for all status groups. Register now!
September, 28 at 9:30:
Perfectionism & Imposter Syndrome
Our perfectionism drives us to great heights, to excel, and to maintain our edge. We rarely stop to see the costs it carries. Imposter syndrome distorts the way we see ourselves, our performance, and our capabilities. Both reflect our doubts and fears – fear of being judged, fear of failing, fear of not being good enough, fear of not belonging. They are the product of distorted thinking patterns that we can change.
In this webinar we explore:
- the true costs of these doubts and fears, and the extent to which they impact on our productivity, mental clarity, and our joy for what we do.
- simple ways to notice when our perfectionism or imposter syndrome is tripping us up.
- simple ways to reshape our inner critic to be more objective and more compassionate, so that we can thrive thanks to the voice in our head rather than in spite of it.
October, 27 at 12:30:
Motivation & Procrastination
Procrastination is a way of easing our own discomfort. Discomfort because the task is too hard, too boring, too big, too scary. The difficulty with procrastinating is that it makes you feel better for a moment but it does nothing to fix the reason the task feels uncomfortable to begin with. It is still too big, too hard, too scary, or too boring the next time you sit down to do it. And so the cycle repeats.
In this webinar we discuss ways to:
- identify these procrastination loops when they start to unfold.
- identify some of the thoughts underlying the discomfort and reframe them.
- employ alternative strategies that can alleviate the discomfort and make the task less difficult, scary, hard or boring.
- explore drivers of our motivation.
November, 28 at 12:30:
The power of saying no
When everything feels like an opportunity, a priority, or an obligation, how do we say no? The truth is we cannot start saying no until we get clear on why we keep saying yes to everything.
In this webinar we explore:
- why we tend to say yes (people-pleasing, scarcity and uncertainty, perceived opportunities, regret minimisation, emotion, obligation, the path of least resistance).
- the impacts of saying yes to everything: time poverty, exhaustion, loss of self and loss of joy for what we do.
- why we need to start saying no.
- how to start saying no (clear boundaries and priorities, with confidence and without guilt).