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Helping people to thrive in life. Gabi Lowe and Pippa Shaper are accredited life coaches with a wealth of coaching knowledge, life-experience and business acumen between them. Together they co-founded The Resilience Factory.
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2y ago
There is no doubt that exhaustion depletes your resilience reserves … everything looks and feels better on a good nights sleep. When we are under pressure, however, we often tend to give up (or let go of) things we feel …
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2y ago
I remember the first Christmas after my eldest daughter, Jenna, died … I was dreading it.
Christmas, festivals and holiday times can feel so brutal when you’ve lost someone you love. This is traditionally a time of year when people …
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2y ago
It feels like everywhere I turn at the moment, I’m hearing people say ‘Can you believe there are only 8 Mondays till Christmas!’. Which immediately makes me think, ‘where the heck did the year go to?’, closely followed by, ‘And thank GOD …
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2y ago
Pain comes in many different guises – mental, emotional, physical and spiritual – and there is no life on earth without it. Moving from bracing to embracing is an important part of dealing with pain and building our levels of …
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2y ago
I’ve been thinking a lot about comfort food recently (ok, let’s be honest… I’ve been doing more than just thinking about it…!). And I’m not saying comfort food when I’m really meaning junk food. I mean the food that we …
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2y ago
Here are some of the things we’ve learnt from feeling ‘on the edge’ of despair…
Firstly, as tempting as it is, to simply ignore our emotions and get back to work is not helpful in the long run
Secondly, puffing
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2y ago
Uncertainty, turbulence and unpredictability are unsettling, overwhelming and scary. Right now what we need most is to find ways to remain calm and productive.
Stop catastrophising – do not be derailed or seduced by fear…
Don’t feed the drama by …
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2y ago
I recently came across this excellent article about ‘Radical Acceptance’. This is such a huge concept, hard to come to terms with, but nevertheless one which is absolutely crucial in developing Authentic Resilience.
As the author of the article says, …
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2y ago
One of the greatest gifts to come from times of great hardship (and yes – there is more than one) is that of perspective. Of being able to stand back and see a situation with far greater clarity, holding it …
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2y ago
As we head into a new month and season, it is the ideal time for Reflective 0bservation, one of the most powerful ways to learn. Taking the time to reflect on the past decade, and more specifically the past …
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