Ngā Matapakinga | Discussion

Tessa Gray. Talking to yourself in a compassionate way is actually really good for you. 

Yayy, so talking to myself is finally ok? 

Totally agree Tessa Gray. Firstly I have stopped saying to myself that I am working from home. Instead, it has become I am doing my best from home as technically we are not working from home - we are managing. Also for myself I have reframed some of the language that I use with myself into a less harsh tone - for example, if I get overwhelmed - have a mantra which goes - I am okay and I say that three times.

Thanks, Tessa for sharing your thoughts.

Kia ora Ara Simmons, thank you so much for taking the time to capture Megan's tips and ideas to share with the rest of us. I found this INCREDIBLY useful, especially listening to Megan's three tips about:

• Having a simple framework ie: CLANG = Connect, Learn, Active, take Notice, Give so everyone is on the same page with shared understandings.
• Making wellbeing strategies and focus super simple by lowering expectations, having have a couple of strategies or addressing one little thing at a time and practicing this is also important advice.
• Understanding that while we like face-to-face contact, that doesn't look the same online - as we continue to teach and learn from a distance.

That last point is something I'm personally having to manage in terms of my own wellbeing. Considering we have all found the need to work from home (WFH), it can be increasingly tiresome and stressful to attend multiple online video meetings, where we're required to multi-task while trying to listen and read facial expressions (watch ourselves on the screen) and for some navigate intermittent Internet connection. 

It's draining and potentially stressful, as shared on Breakfast last week, I think we need to get away from this notion that we all have to be online all the time looking at each other a point echoed, observations also echoed in, The reason Zoom calls drain your energy.

Anyone else finding a new set of challenges from interacting virtually online?