Humansolutions Bulletin - November 2nd 2017

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Athletes will often talk about being ‘in the zone’, by which they mean achieving optimal performance, with body and mind operating to the full. That is when they get the best results. Similarly, psychologists have talked more broadly about finding ‘flow’, by which they mean getting to a state of mind where you are, to use the modern idiom, ‘cooking on gas’. It refers to feeling that things are ‘just right’ and you are achieving your best. This can apply to any aspect of life – not just athletics – where the conditions are right. Flow happens when we are fully immersed in an activity, when we are free from distractions, interruptions or anything else that can stand in the…

What defines success -- and what is a failure, exactly? Readjust your expectations with these novel, refreshing perspectives on what it means to “win” and “lose”. Click here to read more

Stonewall is delighted to be delivering free Role Models programmes for people of colour who identify as LGBTQ. This programme will be running three times: once in October 2017 to celebrate Black History Month, once in December 2017 and finally in February 2018 to coincide with LGBT History Month. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on what being a person of colour and LGBTQ means to them, and how they can play an active role in furthering inclusion and acceptation without exception. Our mission is to ensure that LGBTQ people of colour have visible role models in their communities and see celebrations of difference and intersectionality wherever they live, shop, work, socialise and pray. At Stonewall, we believe anyone can be a role model. They don't have to be perfect, on a…

Above and beyond any practical advice, the most effective way to make your workplace mental health-friendly is to talk about it. Encourage everyday conversations about everyone's mental health. Make it OK to talk about and everything else will follow. Having plans in place to support mental health and offering them to everyone as a matter of course can be helpful. Here at Rethink Mental Illness we use a tool called a wellness & recovery action plan, or Wrap. This is a document drawn up by the person in question, based on what they know about their own experiences. Sometimes this type of document is referred to as an advance statement. Click here to read more

Migrants and refugees cross borders to live among us for many reasons. Some come fleeing human rights abuses. Some come to join other members of their families. Some come to take up work or study. But when they arrive here they often find that they face new challenges and problems. Some not only rise to these challenges for themselves, they also help others to succeed. The Women on the Move Awards celebrates and promote the contribution that migrant and refugee women, the media and their champions can make towards facing down prejudice and inspiring others. This year there are four categories of awards. The Woman of the Year and Young Woman of the Year awards celebrate women who, having migrated or fled persecution, provide essential support…