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An 8 week resilience training course offered in support of MSU Employees currently experiencing furlough or layoff
Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook describes resilience as “the speed and strength of our response to adversity”. If you would like to increase your capacity for resilience this class is for you.
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Resources to Help You Navigate Fall Semester 2020
Resilience training and grief and loss support services are available for MSU faculty, staff, and graduate student employees.
The Basic Building Blocks of Empathy
Empathy is not something we either have or don't have. Empathy is a skill we can develop that can help us show up for other people when they are having a hard time.
Cultivating Psychological Safety in the Workplace
3 ways leaders can create a greater sense of psychological safety in the workplace.
Accessing Creativity to Increase Work Effectiveness
Letting your processing mind rest can actually enhance the quality of your work.
Laughter: Good for Your Brain
Stop me if you heard this one: humor and laughing is really good for you. That's not a joke. It's science!
Give Yourself the Benefit of a Mid-Afternoon Reset
Thinking of your break as a reset may help you take more of them and likely increase your work-effectiveness.
“There’s Always a Moped”
Use what can be easily found in your environment to help you relax.
ACT Episode 8: Value Guided Living
This video concludes the ACT series with a focus on clarifying your values so you are able to direct your time and energy towards value guided living.
What’s up with your Inner Supervisor?
Having a harsh and critical "inner supervisor" can make it harder for you to be your best self both at home and at work.
ACT Episode 7: Expansion Strategies
This video offers specific skills and strategies to help you navigate powerful emotions.
ACT Episode 6: Expansion and Acceptance
This episode illustrates that a life well lived is one that involves the full range of human emotions. Knowing how to experience and navigate big emotions is a key component of emotional resilience and psychological flexibility.
ACT Episode 5: Connection
This episode introduces the skill of “Connection” which is an informal mindfulness practice. Shifting our attention to the here and now allows us to release our attachment to our current thought, making space for a brand new ones to come through.
ACT Episode 4: Defusion Strategies
This video offers specific diffusion strategies for you to experiment with. Find the ones that are right for you….
ACT Episode 3: Learning to Defuse Your Thinking
This episode explains how we get “fused” with our thinking and how dangerous it can be to take our thinking seriously. Learning how to “defuse” or unhook from your own thinking is an important part of developing your psychological flexibility.
ACT Episode 2: Waking Up the Witness
Episode 2 is focused on "waking up the witness" and increasing your ability to be aware of what you are creating with your psychological gifts and determining if what you are currently creating is lined up with your core values
ACT Episode 1: Introduction
Episode 1 starts you on the journey of increasing your psychological flexibility.
