This week’s question is from Vicky:
Vicky has a couple of hesitations about the new 6-week Stress Resilience course I’m running that starts in March. If you missed last week’s blog post about the course, you can read it here.
Hi Kate, I’m very interested to join your course, the issue I have is that I can’t make every session live – will the sessions be recorded? Also, I’m very busy with a full-time role and a young child, how much time will I need to devote to the course in between the sessions? The course sounds great, but I want to make sure I’m able to get the most from the sessions and the investment.
My Answer:
I’m responding to Vicky’s question today because we’ve had quite a lot of people asking similar questions about the course.
Firstly, yes, all of the sessions will be recorded and will be available the next day.
Secondly, it’s up to you how much time you want to devote to additional work in between the sessions. I won’t be setting homework – most of the work will be happening during the sessions through learning and getting my support during the Q&A.
Every week we’ll be discussing a different topic and it’ll be up to you/the individual to decide what you do with that information.
But of course, the whole purpose of the course is for you to then implement some of what you have learnt in a way that works for you – so, a huge part of what I’m teaching is that these must be changes you can successfully manage around your lifestyle in a way that is sustainable.
One example might be that after session 2 on wellbeing and selfcare, you want to find a way, based on what you have learnt, to add more movement into your day. But it could be something as simple as committing to a daily 15-minute walk or 5-minutes of certain exercises every day if that’s all you can manage.
Another example is that you might make a conscious decision to become more aware of your thoughts and perspectives after session 4 on mindset. This again needs to be done in a way that suits you/the individual and your lifestyle. I will give you lots of ideas on how you might do that, some of which are very quick and simple but can make all the difference.
One last example; after session 1 on understanding stress, you might want to try and implement a new habit to reduce your daily stress levels – again, yes, it’s something you need to do and find time for, but it could be as simple as a 2-minute technique that you do 3 times a day, which hopefully you’ll agree, everyone could make time for!
Much of the change will come from simply learning, having new understandings and a greater awareness that will then impact your behaviours.
Some of the change will come from implementing new healthy habits – but ONLY in ways that suit your lifestyle and in ways that are realistic, so they become sustainable over the long term.
One of the key themes I’m teaching is that very simple, small changes often lead to profound results when done consistently and that is what I want you to take away from the course in the areas of stress, movement, nutrition, routines, boundaries, time/energy management and mindset.
If you took just one small thing from each of the 6 sessions and implemented them in your life so that they eventually became new ‘ways of being’ you could expect to see huge positive shifts over the long term.
I hope this helps anyone who is or was on the fence about the course – any further questions send them our way, either reply to this email or email; info@katehorwood.com
To find out more and/or to sign-up for the Stress Resilience course:
Kate x
