#adultlearning Archives - The Performance Practice

Stay Sharp! Navigating overwhelm in times of dizzying change.

Mar 7, 2025

Overwhelm in Times of Global Change In an era of significant and fast moving change, keeping up with economic and political news (i.e. scanning the environment) helps us to feel safe. However, anxious scrolling often leads to overwhelm. To respond, rather...

Stay Sharp! Psychological Safety

Jan 6, 2025

Stay Sharp! Psychological Safety – The Short! The phrase ‘psychological safety’ comes from the worlds of therapy and counselling psychology, where professionals[1] build a relationship of trust to enable the sharing of difficult emotions and life...

Stay Sharp! Leadership, Anxiety, Uncertainty and Team Performance.

Oct 29, 2024

Anxiety impacts work performance and is contagious. Stay Sharp! The Short! Understanding anxiety and its impact A normal emotional response to times of economic uncertainty and change, anxiety easily spreads. It directly distracts and exhausts teams and individuals,...

Stay Sharp! Let the music take you …. brain health at any age

Aug 1, 2024

Body and Brain in Sync! In this article: Is learning an instrument easy? Why learning as an adult IS harder The reasons to keep trying This Coach’s suggestions of how to get the benefits without such frustration An article1 in a UK national paper bemoans the...

Would you have done that, knowing what you know now?

Jun 12, 2024

It was a question to make you blink and become aware of your brain skidding in real time as it attempts to gain the traction that comes with understanding what was just asked. Then the Gods of Logic come to your aid as you realise the question is unanswerable,...