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Deri’s blogs and video posts include emerging information, tools, tips, and strategies for living a positive, mentally-healthy life – at work and beyond!
7 Strategies for Resilient Leaders
Leaders require certain capabilities to be successful in today’s complex work environment. While the importance of ‘technical’ skills decreases as you rise within the organization, the importance of self- and social-awareness increases. Interestingly, research shows that the capacity for self- and social awareness declines as leaders rise within the organization. The difference seems to be…Choose Life; You Got This!
Two videos comprise this post. I am resharing my TEDx talk from 2013. During Mental Health Month, it is a message that is still timely today. I am also sharing a poignant message from Keynote Speaker and Facilitator Jennifer Spear of Work Unscripted, reminding you that ‘You Got This’! Enjoy! Deri Latimer is an expert…
May is Mental Health Month: Talk It Out!
Eric Ibey is a most interesting speaker and podcaster, who I met at a conference in December and with whom I had a strong connection. Eric and I both speak on the topic of resilience, and we are both interested in sharing others’ stories. Some of his accomplishments include: Creating a blog called the Year…
Enjoy Fall…And Don’t Feed The Monsters!
Fall is such a beautiful time of year. Halloween is a part of it, although we aren’t quite sure yet how that will look in 2020! Halloween is also all about ghosts, goblins, and monsters. They are generally pretty fun, on and around October 31. Monsters, however, are not fun when they take the form…
Strategies for Successfully Working Remotely
What follows are a few strategies to enhance your experience, productivity, and well-being while working from home: Set up a work station in your home that is for work only, if possible. Keep all of your work-related items (laptop, files, pens, etc.) in your ‘home office’. Manage your time as you would if you were…
Answer These Two Questions to Get More, Live More, Be More
The two most important questions in life are: Who Are You and What Do You Want? Both are positive questions and both move you TOWARD creating the life you desire. “Who Are You?” helps you to instantly focus on your highest values, on those things that are most important to you, on your legacy even.…
You’ve Got A Friend In Me: Social Connection and Mental Well-Being
It is difficult to know where to start on this topic….or to end. Social Connection is central to your mental health, to your level of happiness, and to your very survival! Period. One of my many valued book purchases from a few years ago, was renowned psychologist Matthew Lieberman‘s Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired…
Mental Health in the Workplace: Be Compassionately Curious With Yourself and Others
I had the honor of experiencing Dr. Gabor Mate for two days in a workshop on Compassionate Inquiry. I was riveted the entire time. This post features just a wee snippet of the opportunity we all have to increase our compassion for ourselves and for others. Dr. Mate describes how we are all traumatized. He…
Create Positive Workplace Culture
What is a Positive Workplace Culture? How is it created? What are the key elements? Organizational Culture…is an expression of the values, beliefs and assumptions of its members, and is manifested in behavior. You know that you can ‘see’ and ‘feel’ an organization’s culture as soon as you enter the doorway. It is, literally, written…
The Joy of Slow: Take Time to Tune In and Turn On
My friend, Jennifer, told me about a fantastic App called Insight Timer. I’ve been using it over the last few weeks. It’s filled with hundreds of meditations to choose from, and you get to see yourself amid a world-wide community of meditators. It is very cool! And, it’s free! One meditation I tried last night…