Alex runs three workshop programs, each built on practical resilience skills you can use straight away. All three can be booked for a workplace, community group or private group. Here is a short overview of each, with a link through to the full details.
Enquire about a workshop – tell me who the group is and I will tell you what would suit.
Writing for Wellbeing
A three-hour workshop that uses writing as a way into self-expression and self-care. No writing experience is needed, and there is no expectation to share your writing with the group. Maximum of 10 participants.
The session includes:
- writing space for self-expression and self-care
- short writing activities
- self-care, gratitude and mindfulness practices
- tips for effective journal practice
Benefits
Research into expressive writing reports improved mood, a greater feeling of psychological wellbeing, reduced depressive symptoms, improved immune and lung function, and fewer stress-related visits to the doctor.
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Adversity Skills
Skills-based, highly interactive sessions in practical self-management, for minimising stress and maximising personal performance. Available one to one, or for groups of up to 10 people.
Adversity Skills covers a range of programs:
- Job-seeking support: resumes, coaching and goal-setting skills
- Carer support, including a monthly carer social group
- Mental health advocacy: how to navigate the public and private mental health system
- Social Assist Skills: a 1.5-hour training in how to approach someone you are concerned about
- Reminiscence therapy, individually or in groups, for people with memory loss
- A six-week grief and loss program
Benefits
You will learn to recognise stress symptoms before they become an issue, use stress-reduction techniques, think more clearly and stay calm under pressure, and carry emotional resilience into both your working and personal life.
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Laughter for Resilience
Laughter yoga starts as deliberate laughter and, with the group dynamic, becomes spontaneous and effortless. There are no jokes, humour or comedy involved. Join the No Limits laughter club, or book a session for a private group.
Benefits
- boosts the immune system
- regulates blood flow
- increases oxygen to the brain and body cells
- decreases depression and anxiety
- provides pain relief
- helps manage stress
A systematic review by Alici and Donmez (2020) found that laughter yoga had positive effects on physical function and psychosocial outcomes in older adults, and was cost-effective with no adverse effects.
Read more about Laughter for Resilience
Booking a workshop
All three workshops can be booked for workplaces, community groups and private groups, and can be tailored to suit what your group needs. Contact Alex to talk through which would fit.
Common questions
Who books these workshops?
Workplaces, community organisations, aged care settings and private groups of friends or colleagues. Adversity Skills programs are also available one to one.
How many people can attend?
Writing for Wellbeing takes a maximum of 10 participants. Adversity Skills runs one to one or with groups of up to 10. Laughter for Resilience works with larger groups.
How long is each workshop?
Writing for Wellbeing runs for three hours. Social Assist Skills is a 1.5-hour training. The grief and loss program runs over six weeks. Other formats are set to suit your group.
Do participants need any experience?
No. Writing for Wellbeing needs no writing experience, and laughter yoga needs no fitness or flexibility.
Can workshops run online?
Yes. Workshops run in person around Bellingen and the Mid North Coast, and online across Australia.
Can a workshop be tailored to our group?
Yes. Tell me who the group is and what you are hoping they take away, and I will tell you how I would run it.
Enquire about a workshop
Contact Alex with a little about your group and what you are after.