I want to work for Google she said. They do mindfulness and they’ve got pods with sofa’s in for relaxing. And there’s this penthouse that looks so cool. And you can take your pets to work, oh and they’ll let you study if you want to…
I'd just come from a coaching development call in which the practice was building embodied resilience. Today, resilience needs no introduction, but the idea of embodied resilience?
Let’s take a step back. YOU are the embodiment of what you practice. Everything about you is what you embody. What then do you practice to help you bounce back to resourceful equilibrium?
Sometimes we might just 'suck it up'. This is not a resilience that replenishes and resources. Rarely is it creative. For innate powerful resilience we must self-care.
Studies consistently show the best practices for this are:
Being in Nature - builds perspective.
Connection - with just one other person is all it needs
Helping others
Imagination - for a positive and sustaining future
Meaning Making – making sense, fuelling purpose
Animals – as any pet owner knows!
All offer community and/or connection.
Is self-care important to you? Or do you baulk at the term? Does it help to reframe as ‘I’m practicing building authentic resilience’?
