Looking after your wellbeing during COVID-19 in 2022

Tips and Tools for managing anxiety, self-care and wellbeing

Just when we thought we’d come to terms with the Delta variant of COVID-19, along comes Omicron. And the timing couldn’t have been worse. If you were looking forward to a holiday season with fewer restrictions than last year, COVID-19-induced anxiety may be rearing its ugly head. We all now know people with COVID-19 and it feels like it is just a matter of time before we are a close contact, our business is shut due to a positive case or we get COVID-19 ourselves. We’re all wondering what this means for our lives and our families (and our mental health) as we move into 2022. 

After nearly two years of fear, grief, and day-to-day pandemic turmoil — cancelled plans, delayed weddings, missed milestones, financial stress, lockdown loneliness and illness — the emergence of the Omicron variant throws another spanner into what we hoped would finally be post-pandemic life in 2022. The human brain doesn’t cope well with uncertainty and defaults to anxiety in the face of a potential threat. We prefer routines and feeling in control. It’s no surprise that a pandemic, which has destroyed any semblance of routine and personal control, has wreaked havoc on many people’s mental health.

It is normal to feel worried, anxious and stressed. COVID-19 has in many ways made our world seem unsafe. The things we knew, took for granted, or counted on for comfort are no longer reliably there. Losing them leaves many of us feeling vulnerable and exposed. This program will help you to understand and monitor your own physical and mental health and to recognise the signs of stress in yourself, colleagues and your loved ones.  It then provides a practical tool-kit you can apply straight away to design and take action on your own wellbeing and mental health plan.

To begin this course scroll further down to the first module and select the first lesson “Covid-19 – a normal response to an abnormal situation”. 

Course Content

Module 1 – COVID-19 – a normal response to an abnormal situation
Learn about normal reactions to an abnormal event like COVID-19

Module 2 – Mental Health and Self-care
Understand the importance of self-care, structure and routine

Module 3 – Recover and Renew
Strategies to stay calm, relaxed and resilient

Module 4 – Stay Connected
Ways to build social connections – even remotely or when in self-isolation

Module 5 – Productivity Hacks
Reduce distractions, improve focus and stay present

Module 6 – Healthy Thinking
Learn how to challenge unhelpful thinking patterns

Facilitator

Samantha Young
M.Psych (Clin), MBA (Melb), MAPS

Sam brings a unique combination of senior management and commercial experience, psychological intervention skills and Masters-level formal education in both business and psychology to her clinical, training, coaching and consulting work. Sam is a highly sought after facilitator and public speaker nationally and delivers training to hundreds of employees and managers every year. 

Testimonials

Tactical Calm for CSSS SA Health Leaders

Rethinking challenging times and how to stay calm and resilient under pressure

This workshop gives leaders an understanding of their own emotional and physical reactions to stress and challenge and a range of techniques for downshifting amygdala high-jack and remaining calm under pressure. Course content integrates the human factors that determine emotional and physical calm to promote a clear and focussed mind and resilience for leaders.

Course Content

Module 1 – Introduction
The role of the leader during change and adversity and challenge

Module 2 – The Resilience Spiral
Warning signs of chronic stress, burnout and resilience fade

Module 3 – The Flourishing Leader
Become an agent for resilience, recovery and growth

Module 4 – Train your Mind
Re-wire your brain for focus, flow and calm

Module 5 – Master Stress
Practical techniques to tap your inner calm and overcome stress

Module 6 – Spirit Action
Connect with your leadership purpose and spirit

Facilitators

Samantha Young
M.Psych (Clin), MBA (Melb), MAPS

Sam brings a unique combination of senior management and commercial experience, psychological intervention skills and Masters-level formal education in both business and psychology to her clinical, training, coaching and consulting work. Sam is a highly sought after facilitator and public speaker nationally and delivers training to hundreds of employees and managers every year. 

Aspire

Discover. Thrive. Succeed.

Authentic self development for women.

When did you last take the time to think about your life and what you want personally and professionally?

Do you know what success looks like for you and how to attain it?

Is this the year you start to live your future despite everything going on in the world right now?

Aspire is an innovative and interactive professional and personal development program designed and developed by Adelaide Psychologist Samantha Young that will help you get to know yourself, define success on your terms, eliminate barriers holding you back and develop a plan to realise your potential.

COURSE CONTENT

Module 1 – Introduction
Reflect on why it can feel hard to invest in ourselves and why taking the time to complete the Aspire program reflects genuine self-care.

Module 2 – Know Yourself
Explore and unpack your personality, values and your definition of success. Formulate a clear picture of your strengths and attributes and really get to know yourself.

Module 3 – Remove your Roadblocks
Remove the roadblocks in your head: perfectionism, fear of failure, imposter syndrome, self-sabotage, and identify and challenge negative beliefs you may hold about yourself.

Module 4 – Find your Voice
Explore ways to enhance your assertiveness and improve your communication skills.

Module 5 –  Sell Yourself
Learn the importance of self-promotion and develop your personal brand and confidence in selling yourself in an authentic and genuine way.

Module 6 – Take Care of You
Get a practical toolkit to prioritise self-care, relaxation and wellbeing including the foundations of exercise, nutrition and sleep.

Module 7 – Live your Future
Define your goals and your personal action plan for implementing what you want your future to look like aligned with your personal definition of success.

Module 8 – Give Back
Determine your purpose and ways to give back to others to truly create a sense of meaning and realise your potential.

FACILITATOR

Samantha Young
M.Psych (Clin), MBA (Melb), MAPS

Sam brings a unique combination of senior management and commercial experience, psychological intervention skills and Masters-level formal education in both business and psychology to her clinical, training, coaching and consulting work. Sam is a highly sought after facilitator and public speaker nationally and delivers training to hundreds of employees and managers every year. 

TESTIMONIALS

“Aspiring Women helps you realise the barriers you are creating and ways to break them. The fact that you share common themes and stories with others at the workshop makes you realise that success does mean different things and that ticking everything off a list isn’t success”  

– Unknown

“Aspiring Women was thought provoking, challenging and provided me with tools to focus on my goals, both work and personally” 

– Unknown

Return To Work During COVID-19

A Leadership Guide for Transitioning through COVID-19 Recovery

COVID-19 is still very much with us in 2022 and continues to challenge how we work, where we work and even why we got to work. The Omicron strain feels like it has derailed recovery just when we though things were returning to some kind of normal. Many of us are watching and waiting with uncertainty and anxiety to see how 2022 unfolds.  This adds a layer of complexity for staff adjusting to returning to work and all of the associated change that comes with it.  Building recovery and resilience resources to help our people through this next phase will be critical to maintain wellbeing and engagement.

Course Content

Module 1 – Introduction
Phased re-opening and the impact of re-entry on mental health and wellbeing

Module 2 – Lessons from Antarctica and ICE teams
Anticipating the end of isolation

Module 3 – Flattening the COVID-19 Mental Heath Curve
What can you control?

Module 4 – Re-integration tips for Leaders
Ways to build social connections – even remotely or when in self-isolation

Module 5 -Redefining Leadership during COVID-19
Leaders need to be “Dealers of Hope”

Testimonials

Looking after your mental health during COVID-19

Tips and Tools for reducing anxiety, self-care and wellbeing

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the way we live, including the way we work.

It is normal to feel worried, anxious and stressed. This program will help you to understand and monitor your own physical and mental health and to recognise the signs of stress in yourself, colleagues and your loved ones.  It then provides a practical tool-kit you can apply straight away to design and take action on your own wellbeing and mental health plan.

To begin this course scroll further down to the first module and select the first lesson “Covid-19 – a normal response to an abnormal situation”. 

Course Content

Module 1 – COVID-19 – a normal response to an abnormal situation
Learn about normal reactions to an abnormal event like COVID-19

Module 2 – Mental Health and Self-care
Understand the importance of self-care, structure and routine

Module 3 – Recover and Renew
Strategies to stay calm, relaxed and resilient

Module 4 – Stay Connected
Ways to build social connections – even remotely or when in self-isolation

Module 5 – Productivity Hacks
Reduce distractions, improve focus and stay present

Module 6 – Healthy Thinking
Make the most of the remote working experience with ideas to build wellbeing

FACILITATORS

Samantha Young
M.Psych (Clin), MBA (Melb), MAPS

Sam brings a unique combination of senior management and commercial experience, psychological intervention skills and Masters-level formal education in both business and psychology to her clinical, training, coaching and consulting work. Sam is a highly sought after facilitator and public speaker nationally and delivers training to hundreds of employees and managers every year. 

Testimonials

Supporting a remote workforce during the COVID-19 outbreak

A tool kit for leading a healthy, happy team

Sudden, anxiety-inducing change is undeniably hard, and leaders need to support their people in learning how to cope with the new normal of isolation and social distancing, caring for family, and an uncertain economy. Most organisations don’t teach their leaders how to manage staff virtually and it is easy for remote workers to feel isolated, neglected and de-motivated. And none of us have a playbook on how to lead during the pandemic. We need to double-down our leadership to support a teams during this challenging time. This program provides leaders with strategies for managing a remote workforce, including communication skills, ideas to build team cohesion and engagement, OHS&W and technology-use considerations and the need to understand and promote mental health and wellbeing.

COURSE CONTENT

Module 1 – Working from home basics
Checklist of the basics people need working from home including OHS & W and technology considerations.

Module 2 – Structure and productivity
Review team benchmarks and productivity metrics, setting expectations and monitoring performance.

Module 3 – Team Cohesion and Morale
Ways to build trust, safety and a new “business as usual” for your staff.

Module 4 – Communication
Understand what conversations we should be having with our staff and how to have them to build genuine connection.

Module 5 – Wellbeing and Self-Care
Ideas for supporting work:life balance, self-care and healthy lifestyle

Module 6 – Towards a New Normal 
How to provide emotional support and monitor mental health

FACILITATORS

Samantha Young
M.Psych (Clin), MBA (Melb), MAPS

Sam brings a unique combination of senior management and commercial experience, psychological intervention skills and Masters-level formal education in both business and psychology to her clinical, training, coaching and consulting work. Sam is a highly sought after facilitator and public speaker nationally and delivers training to hundreds of employees and managers every year. 

TESTIMONIALS

Radical Resilience

Take a radical leap in your wellbeing and resilience

There has perhaps never been a more important time to invest in your wellbeing and resilience. Empower yourself to choose how you will respond to life. To survive and not just thrive during challenging times, we need to radically bolster our resilience, response to change, master stress and build our Adversity Quotient (AQ). You can apply this practical tool kit straight away to think, feel and perform better and become radically resilient.

Course Content

Module 1 – Introduction
Overview of the Radical Resilience program and what you will learn.

Module 2 – Radical Resilience
Understand the concepts of resilience, radical resilience

Module 3 – Mastering Stress
Understand your stress response and tools to overcome it

Module 4 – Mindfulness Practice
Techniques to become grounded, present and calm

Module 5 – Embracing Change
Shift mindset and eliminate resistance points to adapt to change

Module 6 – Adversity Quotient
How to build your AQ to conquer adversity

Module 7 – Individual Action Plan
Self-assessment and planning tools to develop an individual action plan

Facilitators

Samantha Young
M.Psych (Clin), MBA (Melb), MAPS

Sam brings a unique combination of senior management and commercial experience, psychological intervention skills and Masters-level formal education in both business and psychology to her clinical, training, coaching and consulting work. Sam is a highly sought after facilitator and public speaker nationally and delivers training to hundreds of employees and managers every year. 

Rachel Armstrong 
B.A. (Hons), M.Psych (Forensic)

Rachel holds a Master of Psychology (Forensic) and Masters-level clinical training. She provides clinical, organisational and forensic services with a passion for mindfulness, building resilience and positive psychology. She has experience in clinical, IQ & cognitive assessments, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, motivational interviewing and mindfulness-based stress management for clinical concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship issues, anger, substance abuse and stress.

Testimonials

Tactical Calm

Rethinking challenging times and how to stay calm and resilient under pressure

This workshop gives leaders an understanding of their own emotional and physical reactions to stress and challenge and a range of techniques for downshifting amygdala high-jack and remaining calm under pressure. This workshop integrates the human factors that determine emotional and physical calm to promote a clear and focussed mind and resilience for leaders.

COURSE CONTENT

Module 1 – Introduction
The role of the leader during change and adversity and challenge

Module 2 – The resilience Spiral
Warning signs of chronic stress, burnout and resilience fade

Module 3 – The Flourishing Leader
Become an agent for resilience, recovery and growth

Module 4 – Train your Mind
Re-wire your brain for focus, flow and calm

Module 5 – Master Stress
Practical techniques to tap your inner calm and overcome stress

Module 6 – Spirit Action
Connect with your leadership purpose and spirit

FACILITATORS

Samantha Young
M.Psych (Clin), MBA (Melb), MAPS

Sam brings a unique combination of senior management and commercial experience, psychological intervention skills and Masters-level formal education in both business and psychology to her clinical, training, coaching and consulting work. Sam is a highly sought after facilitator and public speaker nationally and delivers training to hundreds of employees and managers every year. 

Rachel Armstrong 
B.A. (Hons), M.Psych (Forensic)

Rachel holds a Master of Psychology (Forensic) and Masters-level clinical training. She provides clinical, organisational and forensic services with a passion for mindfulness, building resilience and positive psychology. She has experience in clinical, IQ & cognitive assessments, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, motivational interviewing and mindfulness-based stress management for clinical concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship issues, anger, substance abuse and stress.

TESTIMONIALS

“Human Psychology provided top educational services that have been invaluable to our wellbeing program with workshops well attended and feedback excellent.”

– Jenny Hardy – Associate Director, Wellbeing & Employee, University of South Australia

“Sessions are well researched; the research underpins the content. The latest information is shared with clarity and in terms the layman can understand. Support materials are well written and provide a valuable hands-on reference for staff.”

– Nina Lucas – Senior Learning & Development Officer, Super SA