Myron’s Maxims – this weeks discovery
I came across this concept last week – Myron’s Maxims – and thought I’d have a delve into it and do some thinking! Myron Rogers is an expert in organisational development and...
Category: Self Care
Working from home: Are you a segmentor or an integrator? It could make a difference.
When it comes to thinking about working from home the psychology literature would suggest there are broadly two types of people. Some of us are Segmentors. We prefer to keep work and...
Churning the Soil, caring professions (health, teaching and social care) and Madonna.
agraph Last month I enjoyed the lecture of Durham University’s new social work lead Professor Carlene Firmin, on contextual safeguarding. I was particularly energized by the language of “spaces” and shifting the risk...
The transition problem – student to practitioner
In their book ‘The Lost Art of Running’ Shane Benzie and Tim Major talk about research that was undertaken with athletes that sought to explore their running gait and style. The research was...
Empathy, Sympathy and Compassion
“Empathy Is Walking A Mile In Somebody Else’s Moccasins. Sympathy Is Being Sorry Their Feet Hurt”. (Rebecca O’Donnell) The nature of our work as social workers, (or any caring profession for that matter) is...
Who IS to blame….?
The Guardian this morning (August 1st 2019) reports that social workers are being blamed for their own stress and burnout. You can read the article here.There are some very damning statistics in...
How to start your day!
Start right! we are going to be productive throughout the day how we start our day is crucial in setting ourselves up with the right frame of mind. Too simple? Well, neuroscience...
Work smarter, not harder
Work Smarter Not Harder Organisation skills and productivity Firstly, in talking about and exploring organisation skills and productivity, and self care and its impact on productivity, my intention is not for...
How do you sleep?
It is estimated that 1 in 2 people are not getting sufficient sleep! Sleep is crucial to our wellbeing. Physically our body uses the time to recover and replenish and sleep has...