Attached is a link to a short TedTalks (~4 mins) that we thought you might enjoy. Amongst other messages, Camille Seaman talks about "we're all interconnected" ... as I watched this talk, I thought about collaboration amongst teams/departments and more;
http://www.ted.com/talks/camille_seaman_haunting_photos_of_ice
Additional thoughts and ideas that came up for me included:
- "continuation of the past" ... honouring the work that has been done before and building upon it
- "some icebergs are 1,000s of years old, some 100's of years old" ... regardless of the amount of time in an organisation/team, we all bring new skills, knowledge, experiences and strengths
- "a different side of its' personality" ... we are all different and we all adapt
What comes up for you as you watch and listen?
There are awesome photos and an amazing video of an iceberg rolling. Enjoy!
An offer from insium for your wellbeing! Newsletter January 2016 Featured
Written by geoff Wednesday, 27 January 2016 00:00
We're at the end of January and I hope you've had a great start to 2016 ... however you define great!
This great start may have been serendipitous for you or may have been planned. We know that if we plan and have goals, we are more likely to achieve these and celebrate success ... however success is defined for you.
So what plans and goals do you have for your success in 2016?
The start of a new year often sees people considering what lies ahead for the upcoming 12 months. At insium, we'd like to see people consider their own well-being and how they can look after "self" in 2016. With this in mind, we'd like to share some Wellbeing apps (available on both iOS and Android) that we find useful:
- Values Ink helps identify values; if we live to values we are more aligned, authentic and hence, more resilient
- Buddhify 2: this is a quite targeted mindfulness app
- Mood Meter: helps identify emotions, thereby building emotional vocabulary which helps in emotional management
- Smiling Mind: a meditation app
Check them out - we hope that they may be of use to you.
Santa's helpers are another twelve months older!
We wish you all the best for a successful and fun-filled 2016.
Dina & Geoff
This year, insium chooses to make a donation to the Lort Smith Animal Hospital. Lort Smith is the largest not-for-profit animal hospital in Australia with over 60 vets and 80 nurses. Built on its current site in North Melbourne in 1936, its founder Louisa Lort Smith was passionately committed to caring for the animals of poor and disadvantaged people. The hospital has 11 wards including an Exotic and Native Wildlife Unit. Its Adoption Centre cares for animals undergoing medical treatment and also provides shelter, adoption and fostering services for abandoned and relinquished animals.
Gratitude: What went well today …
Every night, for 1 week, before you go to sleep, write down 3 things that went well that day and why they went well (and the writing down is important; whether in a journal/on laptop/other). These things don't have to be earth-shattering - may be as simple as "my partner cooked my favourite meal tonight"; or may be as important as "my sister had a baby today." The writing of why the instances went well is important too and may be as simple as "I happened to be talking to my partner about dinner and my favourite food" or "my partner is thoughtful and looks out for me."
Writing about positive events will help maintain positive mood; it will make you happier ... and you might even like doing this exercise!
Adapted from “Flourish,” by Martin E.P. Seligman