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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...

Leadership, Anxiety, Uncertainty and Team Performance

Oct 29, 2024

Anxiety impacts work performance and is contagious. This article is part of the Stay Sharp series, created to help individuals and leaders stay thoughtful and resilient in demanding environments. In this article, we discuss how anxiety at work develops, who may be...

Learning an Instrument: Benefits for the Adult Brain

Aug 1, 2024

Body and Brain in Sync! This article is part of our Stay Sharp Series exploring how adults can maintain cognitive agility and emotional resilience throughout life. Here, we examine why learning a musical instrument as an adult feels uniquely challenging, what it...

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:...