Personal Wellbeing / Speaking & Workshop Topics
S = Speaking Presentation: (1-1.5 hrs)
W = Workshop: (3-4 hrs)
Personal Sustainability: How Slowing Down and Stopping can help you Get Ahead (S, W)
In all the current discussion and debate about sustainability, personal sustainability is strangely neglected. How can we expect to respect and conserve the earth's energy reserves if we can't do that for ourselves? Living life in the fast lane, while exciting, can leave us with too little time, too much stress, and not enough energy to enjoy the simple pleasures of life. In this presentation, geared towards preventing burn out, Thea explores:• why ‘tired-all-the-time’, (otherwise known as TATT) is one of the most common reasons for people going to a doctor;
• what happens to our physiology when we press on despite being exhausted;
• how you can read your body so you can tell if you are energetically 'in the red';
• practical health and sustainability skills we can apply even and especially in the middle of deadlines and urgent request to restore energy and focus, leaving you more alert, productive and happy.
Information Communication Technology: we can’t live without it, but how can we live with it?
ICT has become a central and valuable part of our lives, but its use invariably involves sitting for hours in front of a screen, almost motionless except for our fingers flickering across the keyboard. And most of us still don’t get it - that the typical office chair or lounge-room couch is a lethal piece of equipment that increases our risk of an early grave the longer we sit on it. And that constantly switching our attention between incoming emails, instant messages, RSS feeds and Twitter wastes hours a day and can leave you with a reaction time that’s worse than someone who’s drunk. Indeed multi-tasking re-wires our brain, reducing our ability to concentrate. In this presentation Thea presents cutting edge discoveries about the way the Internet affects our health, including the good news stories as well as the bad, and offers practical ways to take care of our health and our bodies will enjoying the wonderful benefits of ICT.Inner Cosmetics: How to Give Your Self Image a Make-Over without Spending a Cent (S,W)
No matter how good your figure, clothes or hairstyle, you won’t make a favourable impression or be happy if your inner body critic is constantly complaining that you are too fat, too thin, too bald, too old. So before you think of dieting or signing up for surgery to improve your self-image, consider the possibility that it might not be your body that needs to change, but your mind. A fault-finding mind will literally make you unattractive, etching itself onto your face and posture, while a positive attitude that seeks out the best in yourself can do wonders for boosting body-esteem and self-confidence. Learn Thea’s original ‘Inner Cosmetics’ routine, using proven techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Creative Visualisation and Relaxation Meditation, to refresh and reshape your self-image, leaving you free to face the world with confidence. Suitable for both men and women.Healthy Working Women (S, W)
Working women know better than most that they need high-levels of wellbeing to fulfil on their work-life goals and commitments. To survive, adapt, excel and live well, women need energy, endurance, flexibility and some peace in their lives. However too many women constantly struggle to not be so busy and tired and experience more peace in their lives. This seminar will show you how to design a work-style that suits your unique body-rhythms and how to generate daily energy and calm in 5 – 15 minutes.Men are from Mars Bars, Women are from RyeVitas
She goes to the doctor, just to make sure. He waits until the heart attack. She confides in all her friends, he tells no-one. She asks people for health advice, he looks it up on the internet. When it comes to the psychology of health, men and women are on different planets. This seminar takes an entertaining and practical look at: how men and women think differently about health and their bodies, how gender differences in attitudes to health affect relationships, for better or for worse and what men can do to support women to be healthy and vice versa.How to Cultivate Health Habits that Last (S, W)
Know what you “should” do for better health, but just don’t seem to do it? Wish you had more motivation and will power to succeed in health? Habits take more than a “just do it” attitude to change – you need skill as well as will. In this workshop you will come to understand the true nature of habits and what it takes to change them, and equip yourself with critical success factors for developing health habits that last.Protecting Work from Home and Home from Work (S)
Whether you are aiming for work-life 'balance' , work-life 'integration', or simply staying sane, healthy boundaries help us to move in and out of different life domains with minimal fall out. In this seminar you will learn simple techniques to protect your home life from your reactions to work pressures. Learn also how to free yourself of personal and family concerns as you face your working day, giving you the skills to switch focus and 'show up' wherever you are.Stress and Nutrition (S, W)
The more stressed we get, the more likely we are to under-eat, over-eat or simply not take time to prepare nutritious meals. Conversely, our nutritional status influences how well we cope with the stressors of life. Identify and come to better understand your own stress-eating cycle. Learn how to use food to protect your body and mind from the effects of chronic stress.QUIT Smoking
Thea is a trained Quit facilitator (with the Victorian Cancer Council) and can run 1.5 hour seminars or 4-6 week programs.All of these seminars can be adapted for the workplace and schools.
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