Three Steps to Invest in Mental Well-Being @ Work - Ready, Resilient, Reflective
Dr.Jay Kumar
Course Description
Dr. Jay Kumar
There is a 90% increase in the rate of employees today who reported experiencing a diagnosable mental health condition, such as anxiety, depression or PTSD at the start of 2021 versus the start of 2020. The focus towards mental well-being in corporate culture today is shifting to a top priority. But how do we begin to explore this ubiquitous challenge? What steps can we take to cultivate and support mental well-being at work for ourselves, co-workers, teams and culture?
In this course, acclaimed expert, professor and author of The Science of a Happy Brain, Dr. Jay Kumar outlines three powerful steps that can guide you and your company to peace of mind and well-being, post pandemic. Through the timeless values of being Ready, Resilient and Reflective, Dr. Kumar delivers strategies that will help restore and rehumanize your own work life and your company’s workforce.
Dr. Kumar discusses the three ways that your brain sabotages your mental health and well-being and offers strategies to nurture and re-train the brain to resilience. The course offers us valuable tools and exercises for rehumanizing life at work. It delivers accessible ways to cope with stress and the daily pressures related to working virtually, while providing practices to maintain a sense of interdependence in the midst of our recent independent and in some cases isolated lives. Three Steps to Invest in Mental Well-Being @ Work gives you a clear path to cultivate a renewed happier and healthier workplace.
In this course you will learn:
- How the human brain behaves in the throes of change or uncertainty
- Why we need to learn strategies to rehumanize for the future.
- How mental health is the future for work.
- How to harness brain science research to help you become more ready, resilient and reflective
- Strategies to re-train the brain
- How clear communication is the antidote to anxiety
Course curriculum
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1
Introduction
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Three Steps to Mental Well-Being at Work
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Course Information
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Chapter 1: The Need to Rehumanize
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Lesson 1: Defining Re-humanization
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Lesson 2: What Happens to Our Social Brain
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Lesson 3: What Our Brains Do in Times of Change
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Lesson 4: The Process of Re-entering Society
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Chapter 2: Why Mental Health Is the Future
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Lesson 1: Get Ready
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Lesson 2: Change in Mind
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Lesson 3: Statistical Information
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Chapter 3: Connecting with & Supporting Your Workforce
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Lesson 1: The Deep Desire for Belonging and Inclusion
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Lesson 2: Giving Permission to Discuss Suffering
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Lesson 3: Company Strategies to Support Your Workforce
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Lesson 4: Corporate Support as an Imperative
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Chapter 4: The Science of Resilience & Thriving
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Lesson 1: The Three Forms of Sabotage
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Lesson 2: The Primal Brain
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Lesson 3: From Surviving to Thriving
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Lesson 4: Brain Negativity Bias
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Lesson 5: Training the Brain to Thrive
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Chapter 5: Nourishing the Social Brain
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Lesson 1: Social Pain & The Brain
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Lesson 2: Daily Dose of Vitamin S
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Lesson 3: Nourishing the Social Brain
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Chapter 6: Reflection & Mental Health Hygiene
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Lesson 1: Mental Hygiene Practice
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Lesson 2: Focus on What You Can Control
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Lesson 3: Progress not Perfection
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Lesson 4: Unplug Wisely
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Lesson 5: Reflection
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Chapter 7: Clear Communication is the Antidote to Anxiety
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Lesson 1: Communication is Key
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Lesson 2: Decision Making Framework
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Lesson 3: Listen and Lead with Empathy
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Lesson 4: How You Can Reduce Decision Making Fatigue
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Chapter 8: The Unity in Community
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Lesson 1: Recognizing the Unity in Community
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Lesson 2: Companies and Community
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Lesson 3: Creating Community
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Conclusion
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Conclusion
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Final Assessment
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Course Survey
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