Nuggets from The Positive Psychology in Practice Conference in Utrecht 24-25 October 2019
When I return from a conference, I like to pull out the key nuggets of learning. Here are some from my two days in Utrecht last week.
· 1 in 6 professionals are suffering from elements of burnout. Happiness is made up of Connections, Actions and Recharge. It could be the lack of one or more of these contributes to burnout.
· With other people we laugh 30x more often than when we are our own.
· Patrick Van Hees
· 1/3 of medics burnout
· Salmaan Sana
· The behaviour of people says something about them, not you
· Top three positive emotions – comfortable, satisfied, energised
· Top three negative emotions- frustrated, stressed, anxious
· Titia Niehorster
· The brain perceives negative self-judgement as a form of threat, and the brain doesn’t distinguish real from imagined.
· Toni Jarlstrom
· Of every 20 people not going into work for mental ill health reasons, only 1 tells the truth
· In the UK there is a suicide every 2 hours
· Gratitude, Connection, Awe, Vulnerability and Authenticity all impact on wellbeing
· Vikki Barnes
· In coaching you get client / coach attunement through synchronicity of body movement. Synchronicity at a non-verbal level impacts on client levels of safety. While the client has the capacity to influence how the coach shows up. This attunement happens as a subconscious level.
· Tunde’s research in the area is really interesting
· Tunde Erdos
· Happiness is an inside job
· Compassion is the giving part of empathy
· Dr Randall Birnberg
· We are 500% more productive when we are in flow. We are 340% more effective at problem solving when we are in flow. Knowledge workers are the most likely to experience flow.
· In flow, the prefrontal cortex shuts down inessential functions to focus, inner our self- consciousness: the inner critic is silenced
· Donna Churchman
· The pillars of happiness: Pleasure (the hedonistic layer), Purpose (the durable meaning pillar), Getting Results, Flow and Relationships
· Dr Ron de Jong
· The RAW model of flourishing – Resilience, Achievement, Wellbeing
· Miriam Akhtar
· Children laugh 300x a day, adults 15.
· Bente Adriaens
· Six factor model of wellbeing: personal growth, purpose in life, environmental mastery, autonomy, positive relationship with others, self-acceptance.
· Moving from a Doer to a Leader involves including delegation, vision, asking for help, sel- awareness, thinking with Doing in your leadership circle of time and activity.
· Odile Carru
· If we numb ourselves against ‘difficult’ emotions then we numb all emotional responsiveness, we can’t be selective
Nathalie Marcinkowski