RiseWell 4: Real-Time Resilience is for anyone who has learnt resilience skills and wants to use them in the moment: in a meeting, a conversation or a hard day. It is the fourth and final course of the RiseWell resilience series. It suits those who have completed the earlier courses, and anyone ready to start here.
Setbacks rarely wait for a quiet moment with a worksheet. The earlier courses built the skills; this one makes them quick enough to use as things happen. With practice, the long skills become short ones, and mindful attention widens the gap between a trigger and your response.
Where You Stand opens with a measure of mindful attention and the Bounce-Back Check-In. In Mind: Talk Back to Chatter you practise Talk-Back Sentences, then the Real-Time Talk-Back drill, alone or with a partner. Heart: Climb the Emotion Ladder gives you Climb One Rung, reaching for the feeling one step up. Body: Body Gears offers Gear-Shift Movements to energise, calm or focus, and Spirit: Alignment works on values-based choices. The final module, Your Resilience Plan, has you retake the scales and build The 4 S Resilience Plan from what worked for you before.
On WorkSmart4Life this course sits under Sustain. If your team chose Positive emotions in Work Well Together, the Positive Emotions Booster Plan here takes that block further. Begin with Where You Stand; the free 24-hour trial lets you see the whole course first.
Dr Alten du PlessisFounder, WorkSmart4Life