Creative Resilience: How To Flourish In The Face Of Life's Challenges
Offered By: Kadenze
Course Description
Overview
Is it time to elevate your resilience skills?
In today's fast-paced world, how do we adapt and even thrive in a world of constant disruption?
Here's the good news: We have the power to not just survive but thrive in both our personal and professional lives. Setbacks and failures in life and work are inevitable, but it's how we handle them that truly matters.
Our ground-breaking course introduces five essential building blocks that promote creative resilience, drawing from neuroscience, the science of human flourishing, as well as the arts and creativity.
This is not your typical self-help program.
It's a transformative journey into the heart of creativity, innovation, and personal empowerment.Imagine a life where setbacks and challenges are not roadblocks but stepping stones to your success. Picture yourself armed with the creative tools to not just bounce back but to leap forward, finding ingenious solutions to life's complexities.
Our course is built on five core principles, merging cutting-edge neuroscience, the science of human flourishing, and the transformative power of the arts:
Learn how to navigate change with agility, optimism and resilience:
- Discover Your Strengths: Uncover your five core character strengths that will boost your confidence and resilience.
- Build Resilience: Explore the five key building blocks for mental, physical, and spiritual well-being, all backed by cutting-edge neuroscience and the science of human flourishing.
- Science-Backed Techniques: Dive into proven techniques from Positive Psychology to enhance your mental health and overall wellness.
- Practical Practices: Benefit from field-tested practices that will help you develop mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.
- Stress Reduction: Learn techniques to de-stress and access alpha states that foster creative breakthroughs.
- Art and Creativity: Develop your creative resilience through the power of art, creativity, and mindfulness.
- Problem-Solving: Acquire creativity techniques that will empower you to reframe problems into opportunities.
- Blueprint for Success: Create a personalized blueprint for your best life, guided by evidence-based strategies.
- Community Support: Connect with fellow students on our forums.
By the end of this course, you'll have a practical, evidence-based toolkit of skills that will not only enhance your creative resilience but also empower you to thrive in any challenging situation.
But this journey is not one you'll embark on alone. Connect, ask questions, and share your progress with like-minded individuals on a similar path to greatness.
What remarkable transformation awaits when you embrace creative solutions to life's challenges?
Join us on this empowering journey towards creative resilience and unlock your full potential.
Syllabus
- Art and Creativity
- This session explores how resilience and well-being can be developed through creative practices, including art, storytelling, meaning-making and mindfulness. How to find the silver lining in any obstacle and reframe problems into opportunities. How to achieve flow states through art, nature and mindfulness exercises to access inspiration Introduction to creative practice Storytelling from Hero’s Journey to Artist’s journey Experience the Healing Power of Art Finding meaning through art Savouring and the fine art of noticing Embark on a Haiku Walkabout How to find a creative breakthrough Connecting the dots
- Creating Your Best Life
- In this session, you will envision your ideal future, synthesize the insights and discoveries you have gained on your learning journey, and create a plan of action. Envision your ideal future: Finding meaning and purpose and living your values Create a blueprint for living your ideal life and map out your pathway for taking action Create a plan for weaving creative resilience into your daily life
- Building Your Reservoir of Resilience with PERMA
- This session focuses on ways to de-stress calm down and find inner peace. These include meditation, breathwork, mindfulness practices, and even forest bathing. Build your resilience muscles Cultivating positive emotions Re-framing obstacles into opportunities De-stress techniques via breathwork Heart connection meditations
- Foundations of Flourishing
- The first session is focused on creating a foundation for self-discovery. Discover more about yourself through self-assessments and self-reflection activities based on Positive Psychology and Character Strengths Introduction to Creative Resilience Introduction to the science of flourishing based on Positive Psychology Discover Your Strengths
Taught by
Susmitha Rajan and Linda Naiman
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