Do you find it difficult to focus some or all of the time? Are you not as productive as you’d like to be? Or is this something that’s affecting your work team or a family member?
You’re not alone in these challenges. According to the World Health Organisation Ireland is in the top 10 countries worldwide for per cent of population affected by anxiety disorders (W.H.O. 2017). In addition they’ve reported that the cost of anxiety and depression to the global economy is US$ 1 Trillion per year in lost productivity.
The good news is, it doesn’t have to be that way. I provide a meaningful approach to reclaiming your calm for highly focussed productivity and a better life.
#FocusforSuccess
This is your opportunity to pause and reflect, to find a new starting point leading to greater results.
In this article, I invite you to take advantage of the following free supports to get you started.
Webinar on Keeping Calm for Highly Focused Productivity (replay).
An Anxiety Support Sheet packed with insights and strategies for short and longer term benefits for reclaiming calm and improving focus and productivity.
"Actively promoting staff wellbieng leads to greater staff productivity, morale and retention and reduced sickness, absenteeism and presenteeism"
Chartered Institute of Personal Development (C.I.P.D.)
Webinar Replay – Keeping Calm for Highly Focused Productivity
During this webinar series of Jigsaw’s Never Mind the Buzz Words, I shared insights from my own personal story of recovery from burnout, anxiety and panic attacks, as well as providing strategies and techniques for improving your wellbeing, focus and productivity. I also talk about how managers can support their employees’ mental wellbeing.
Watch the replay to discover how to:
Improve your ability to be calm so as to think clearly when under pressure
Improve productivity and resilience through developing self-awareness
Be more informed about anxiety, how to manage it and how to help others dealing with it whether they are family or members of your work team.
Thanks to Julie O'Sullivan from Jigsaw for inviting me as guest speaker on this topic. We had a very engaging interactive discussion with like-minded people. Join the replay here.
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Access Your Free Anxiety Support Sheet
Sign up to receive your free support sheet which provides:
Insights about anxiety
Short term and long term support strategies for reducing anxiety and promoting calm.
Ways to support family or team members who are experiencing anxiety and panic attacks.
Anxiety Support Sheet
Employee Wellbeing - Approaching the Issue of Anxiety:
Many employers are realising that wellbeing is not something that can be ignored. The best workplaces take proactive steps to ensure their people can manage the inevitable challenges they will face, so that they can remain calm, focused, and productive. During my webinar with Julie, I highlighted ways we can support ourselves and others to be better equipped to handle the challenges of anxiety and stress and to avoid burnout.
I wrote SevenC's to Calm for the following reasons:
To show that there is a simple path to recovery based on my own experience.
To assist my clients (many of whom were professionals working in global organisations) who were struggling with anxiety and suffering in silence.
By providing a copy ofSeven C’s to Calm to your team you are:
Showing that you care about their wellbeing
Opening the door to having conversations that can lead to improved wellbeing
Empowering your team to be happier and more productive
Join me in the Shaw Room of Carlow Library (2019) from October 1st to 11th October for my exhibition 'From the Ocean to the Tree',celebrating nature's influence on our capacity to feel well.
"Featuring colourful tree paintings from 'The Sacred Lives of Trees' and 'My Portugal' collections."
Art of Caroline
Art Honours Nature
Prior to my launch of 'The Sacred Lives of Tree's' I had never heard people openly discuss how they felt about trees.
Feelings expressed by many visitors to my exhibition were echoed by my on-line network of business community and friends.
Tree's provide comfort in times of lonliness and stress, they allow us to restore a connection within and to a greater source.
In keeping with this theme of nature and wellbeing, I've added some scenes influenced by time spent in Portugal in recent years.
The ocean is also a source of restoration and inspiration. Many people living in the Algarve referred to the healing energy of the water which is so refreshing after a long day working in the summer heat.
Carlow Creative Rising - Things are happening in Carlow
Carlow was the capital of Ireland once upon a time. You wouldn’t hear much about that nowadays. You’d be more likely to hear about the fact that Carlow had a thriving sugar factory but that too has passed.
It’s a town surrounded by rich agricultural land, a glacial hill and a Dolmen. It’s the home of Teagasc, two significant third level colleges, a state of the art gallery and theatre and an entrepreneurial community with international players in the mix.
In 2014, I moved back to Carlow from the city, all set to inspire self-care and the pursuit of authenticity. But Carlow wasn't ready for all that. In general the mood was low.
Four years on, things have changed and I know I played my part. It's possible too, that I entered the scene when Carlow was on the rise.
Caroline Cunningham at George Bernard Shaw Theatre
Caroline Cunningham at Carlow Library
#MakingitHappen
My arrival in Carlow co-incided with the launch of a new Local Enterprise Office, through which I availed of networking opportunities and learning supports for my business. Their #makingithappen hashtag certainly applied to my initiatives in the next few years.
Creative initiatives were springing up. I dived right in. Within a year, a portrait drawing of mine was being displayed on the outside of the Post Office building alongside the work of local artists.
By establishing a close relationship with Carlow Library, I exhibited my art in their beautiful Shaw Room many times and launched two books.
By 2017. I had RTE inviting me to showcase my work and my journey on their Nationwide TV programme.
Carlow is Rising | 2018
By 2018 Carlow had become a bit of a curiosity. Walk through Tullow Street you'd be likely to hear the most unusual snippets of conversation and witty remarks between passersby. There's more of a stir and a sense of things about to happen any minute.
Cursed Murphy & The Resistance
Things certainly happened when author Peter Murphy came to town to take up a writer’s in residence position. I signed up to avail of Peter's expertise and wisdom with the aim of being a better writer.
Peter put me through my paces. I absorbed every bit of his critique with the view to handing in a better piece next time. Within, two months I was a different writer, still with a lot to learn but a good deal better than at the start of our work together.
Never did I expect to be on stage in the George Bernard Shaw Theatre reading a chapter of my work in front of a live audience. That was exciting.
Nine of us had taken part in Peter’s workshops. We were proud to share the stage with our rebellious-spirited tutor as he performed his spoken word show to the title of Cursed Murphy and The Resistance.
Cursed Murphy & The Resistance
Carlow Rocks | 2019
Through Peter's residency in Carlow, I discovered another layer of creatives all as madly passionate about writing as myself. Carlow was not only rising it was starting to rock.
Peter Murphy is set to return to Carlow in 2019, for the launch of Dr. Derek Coyle's book of poetry entitled Reading John Ashbery in Costa Coffee, Carlow. I highly recommend putting the date in your calendar (April 10th, 7.30pm in Carlow College).
