By Chris Welford on 13th October, 2020 in Assessment, Self-Knowledge
We’ve been telling stories to each other pretty much since the birth of language. Art, philosophy and religion are replete with tales about human behaviour and interactions. But we don’t just tell stories to each other, we also tell them to ourselves e.g. ‘I’m not good enough,’ ‘I must be...
By Chris Welford on 6th October, 2020 in Assessment, Development, Psychotherapy & Counselling, Sane Works
“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ask most people about their development goals and they will reel off a list of weaknesses that they want to...
By Chris Welford on 3rd August, 2020 in Positive Works, Sane Works
Sixth Sense Six Week Challenge To download this as a PDF Click HERE As we all stagger towards a new normal, it’s become all too clear that many of us have fallen into some bad habits: lack of exercise, all the wrong foods and too much drink, to name but...
By Chris Welford on 28th July, 2020 in Assessment, Coaching, Sane Works
To download this as a PDF click HERE Strict lockdown appears to be easing for now but the new normal is not yet with us. We suspected that for many people the transition phase feels quite ambiguous and anxiety-provoking. Therefore, we created a poll to understand how people are feeling....
By Chris Welford on 23rd July, 2020 in Assessment, Development, Sane Works
Surely not – but yes! It’s been a decade. To say that it has flown by would be one huge understatement. Here’s a little birthday card that we have designed. We hope you like it. So, whether you are one of our incredible clients, a supplier of the tools and...
By Chris Welford on 21st May, 2020 in Development, Positive Works, Sane Works
Data from the Royal College of Psychiatrists suggests that one in five people in the UK will suffer from depression at some point in their life. Whilst this high prevalence of depression is without a question not due to a single factor, but the result of several complex causes, one...
By Chris Welford on 19th May, 2020 in Psychotherapy & Counselling, Sane Works
Take Care! It’s interesting how often we now say this to each other as we leave. But what is taking care of yourself, is it just staying away from Covid-19 or does it run deeper? What exactly is self-care? There’s a whole stack of research that shows the most important...
By Chris Welford on 18th May, 2020 in Positive Works, Psychotherapy & Counselling, Sane Works
Discover your stretch zone so you can perform at your best. You know the uncomfortable, restless sense of being anxious? Whether you’re concerned about a deadline, a presentation or going head-to-head in an important meeting, worry and fear just seems to make everything worse. But some anxiety in your life can actually...
By Chris Welford on 12th May, 2020 in Positive Works, Psychotherapy & Counselling, Sane Works
The challenge with remote conversations, even when you have Zoom, Skype or Teams, is that they can be a bit transactional. It’s no bad thing to be rational, but if you hide behind distance and try and strip the emotion out altogether, if you fail to acknowledge the feelings that...
By Chris Welford on 6th April, 2020 in Positive Works, Psychotherapy & Counselling, Sane Works
It’s taking many of us a while to adjust to a very different way of working. For some people, the experience is already feeling quite stressful. Here are a few ideas, drawing on our TREES model of resilience. The team here at Sixth Sense hope this helps Thinking We’ve noticed...
By Chris Welford on 23rd March, 2020 in Positive Works, Sane Works
Help is but a click away … Our TREES model represents the essential architecture of resilience. How can we use this to protect ourselves during this unprecedented time? Thinking. Worry seems to make us more susceptible to infection. There’s a huge amount of evidence that stress dampens our immunity. Now is the...
By Chris Welford on 21st January, 2020 in Sane Works
Despite the fact that we all spend up to a third of our lives in bed, it’s remarkable how little is generally understood about the mysteries of sleep. For so many people getting to sleep and staying asleep have become the most un-natural of natural experiences. It’s easy just to...
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