PiViva Perspectives on Resilience and wellbeing: personal development and coaching for change that stays with you.
Mindfulness in everyday life means noticing the small gap between something happening and how you respond to it, so that you can choose your response. PiViva's Mindful Choices…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read
A gratitude journal simply means writing down a few things you're grateful for on a regular basis. The best-known study, published by Robert Emmons and Michael McCullough in 2003,…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read
The most reliable way to get out of your comfort zone, and to stay out of it, is to take one small step at a time into the space just beyond what feels easy. PiViva's Escaping…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read
A self-compassion break is a three-step pause for a difficult moment. You name what's hard, remind yourself that struggling is part of being human, and offer yourself the words…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read
The PERMA model describes wellbeing in five parts: Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and Accomplishment. Martin Seligman, one of the founders of positive…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read
Fear setting is an exercise for the decisions you've been putting off. You define exactly what you're afraid of, the worst outcome that could realistically happen, how you'd…
Ralph Varcoe · 4 min read