Graeme Cowan | #1 Team Care & Resilience Author & Speaker
- Graeme is the #1 Team Care and Resilience Author and speaker.
- He is the founding director of R U OK?
Podcast
Overview
Resilience and mental health are two interconnected concepts that play a vital role in our overall well-being. In the face of life’s challenges and adversities, resilience empowers individuals to bounce back, adapt, and grow stronger. Mental health, on the other hand, encompasses our emotional, psychological and social well-being, affecting how we think, feel and act. In today’s episode, we discuss in depth the importance of resilience and how to cultivate it to navigate mental health.
[00:32] – About Graeme Cowan
- Graeme is the #1 Team Care and Resilience Author and speaker.
- He is the founding director of R U OK?
- Graeme is also the co-founder of WECARE365.
- He has worked in senior leadership positions with Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer and at Kearney.
- He is an author of five books, including the internationally acclaimed “Back from the Brink.”
[06:41] – How can readers apply your advice about resilience and bouncing back from adversity in their own lives?
- In terms of resilience and staying well, there are three important outcomes for us to pursue.
- The first is vitality.
- Second is intimacy, which is our physical and mental well being.
- Our physical well being comes from exercise, good rest, good food, intimacy.
- Our emotional well being are the people around us. They can act like our scaffolding when things go wrong.
- The third part is prosperity and that’s our contribution, energy and resilience that comes together.
[13:17] – How do you define resilience?
- You have to be more insulated from setbacks and disappointments.
- There are things you can do to boost your mood when you have a setback.
- Resilience is consciously doing things that help and enhance your mood.
- Harvard Business Review tells us that if we’re in a positive mood, we will be 31%, more productive, 37% more influential and 300% more creative.
[19:47] – What are three lessons you would want our viewers and listeners to take away?
- The first is caring, which includes both self-care and caring for those around us.
- The second thing is to be helpful.
- The third thing is to be persistent to learn and grow.
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You can connect with Graeme Cowan: LinkedIn
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Profile
- Graeme is the #1 Team Care and Resilience Author and speaker.
- He is the founding director of R U OK?
- Graeme is also the co-founder of WECARE365.
- He has worked in senior leadership positions with Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer and at Kearney.
- He is an author of five books, including the internationally acclaimed “Back from the Brink.”
