Resources

Personal Development Resources

Reducing Overwhelm video

In this 40 minute video, Dominique summarises how the nervous system works and teaches practical tools, based on the latest neuroscience research, to instantly reduce your sense of overwhelm. Comes with a free handout.
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Insight Timer App

Free meditation app with 1000s of guided meditation for all tastes, ages and interests. Meditation is great for creating calm and a sense of space in our lives, emotional self-regulation, encouraging creative thinking and problem solving.
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365 breathing exercise

Deep, slow breathing is a great way to restore our nervous system, calm us down and reduce anxiety. This article explains about cardiac coherence, our parasympathetic nervous system and how the 365 breathing exercise is great for balencing our bodies. For 365 vocal breathing guidance check out: https://bit.ly/2TA3xZz
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The Body Keeps The Score

Written by a world expert on trauma, Van der Kolk's accessible book explains how trauma and stress physically impacts on the body and offers a wide variety of solutions that have been proven to work via scientific research.
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi asks in this 19 minute TED talk, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow."
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Wheel of Life exercise

A useful exercise to give you a visual image of your current work/life balance. Perfect for checking in with where you are now and what you'd like to change.
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Viktor Frankl

In this 4 minute video, Viktor Frankl, inspirational author of Man's Search for Meaning, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor, explains how finding our true purpose and supporting other's to find theirs can bring the best out in people.
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Guided Meditation for Sleep

Since sleep has such a major impact on our mood, health, insight, and general wellbeing, a meditation that helps you sleep better has to be a good thing. A 16 minute podcast to help you sleep.
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Kristen Neff

Psychologist, Professor at University of Texas and self-compassion researcher, Kristen Neff's website has a range of resources and exercises to help you develop your self-compassion.
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Body Scan

A 29 minute body scan by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the man who brougth mindfulness to the west.Great for relaxation, self awareness and bringing our attention to the present.
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Cultivating gratitude

Read this article by leading scientific expert on gratitude, Dr Robert Emmons, to find out why gratitude is good for you and how you can develop your sense of gratitude.
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YearCompass

YearCompass is a booklet that helps close your year and plan the next one. Using questions and exercises rooted in psychology it takes you through the past year, then helps you turn your dreams into achievable goals.
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The Stress Bucket

A great 2 minute video explaining why we need stress and how we can help reduce it if it becomes too much.
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Why Mindfulness is a Superpower

A brilliant 3 minute video explaining why mindfulness is a great resource to cultivate
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How to make stress your friend

In this 14 minute TED talk psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.
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Eisenhower Matrix

A simple grid that will help you increase your productivity and reduce your stress. Check out this short article to see how it's done.
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How to say 'No'

A great blog post on why it's important to say 'No' and why we find it so difficult to say it. A 10 minute read.
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Embodied Yoga Principles
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STOPP technique - helping you take control of your emotions
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Morning Pages

Julia Cameron's great technique for clearing the mind, kickstarting creativity and improving your mental health. Links to a 2 minute video explaining the method.
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Four Thousand Weeks

The best book for reflecting on life's priorities. It changed my life, will it change yours? I get no commission from this promotion, I just think you should read it.
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Breath by James Nestor

Another fantastic book - covering the importance of how we breathe, and how to breathe to help your health. I don't get any commission from this either.
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Brene Brown

In this 20 minute poignant, funny, TED talk Brené Brown talks about the power of vulnerability. She shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. Warning: This talk could change your life!
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Why We Sleep

Another great book, exploring why we sleep, the impact of less sleep on our health, how sleep is the foundation of our health, even more so than food or exercises and how to sleep better.
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Byron Katie - The Work

If you're struggling with the Inner Critic, Byron Katie has lots of useful exercises on her website to help you.
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