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StitcherPerformance Coach and Grief Recovery Specialist Helen Arthur offers some advice on coping with COVID 19.
This show is a little different to the previous episodes and is aimed at anyone who’s had a difficult time coping with COVID.
We recorded the show just before we found out that the UK government was about to start a vaccination programme. That hopefully, is a bright light at the end of a very dark tunnel. We still have quite a bit of pain to go through, so I feel there is plenty of value in this episode. I’d really appreciate your feedback on it, good or bad.
Helen and I have been working together for the last 15 years on various training and coaching programmes. We first met when she was the UK Training Manager for Daimler Chrysler, which at the time included Mercedes.
In 2006 she got her coaching qualifications and started her own business. Helen is an excellent coach. Earlier this year she started a new course on strengths-based coaching and needed some volunteers to practice on. My wife Jacquie and I put our hands up, which has led to us employing her as our coach.
There’s a good chance this podcast would not exist without my coaching programme with Helen.
Helen is also a Grief Recovery Specialist, who helps people cope with loss, which is very relevant in this current climate. So many people have lost loved ones, work, jobs and for a lot of people, their self-esteem. That’s why I thought it would be useful to get her advice on how to cope with COVID, in the hope that it could help some of you.
There are plenty of people in the world right now who need a pick me up. So if you find any benefit from the show, perhaps others might too, so please share it and spread a little positivity. It might just be the boost your friends and family need in these strange times.
Enjoy the show.
Learning and action points
Thanks to Helen for all her insights and advice which I hope you found useful. Here are some things you can try: –
- Don’t say “your fine” if you’re not
- Tell someone about how you actually feel – It’s OK not to be OK
- Talk with a vulnerability, an authenticity and openness
- Stay true to your emotional feelings
- Ask for help if you need it and keep communicating
- Share what’s going on with you, don’t keep it inside
- Check in on others who you haven’t spoken to for a while
- Play to your natural strengths
- Finally, let’s help each other, by reaching out to people and checking how they are
Listen to Helen’s chat on the MENable Matters podcast here: –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rHP0agfzik
If you like to get in touch with Helen, her email address is: – helen@griefuk.net
Her website is: – www.griefuk.org/helen
On LinkedIn: – linkedin.com/in/helen-arthur-5a860325
this his the link to the Clifton Strengths Test: –
https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/253676/how-cliftonstrengths-works.aspx
If you’d like to get in touch, our email is info@stagebystage.com and you can find us on all the usual social media channels.
All of this information is in the show notes which you can find on my blog at www.stagebystage.com/blog
There are plenty of people in the world right now who need a pick me up. So if you find any benefit from the show, perhaps others might too, so please share it and spread a little positivity. It might be just the boost your friends and family need in these strange times.
That’s it for now, thanks very much for listening, until the next time, take care and stay safe.