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Best-selling author, recovering academic and 'Dr of Happiness'
Andy Cope is a best-selling author, recovering academic and ‘Dr of Happiness’. If you put the cheesy title to one side, the good doctor believes there has never been a more important time to focus on mental health and wellbeing. Andy has been described as a ‘wellbeing revolutionary’. His mission is to change the narrative and re-focus psychology away from what’s wrong with people to what’s right. His messages act as a gentle nudge towards people taking charge of their own mental health, enabling them to flourish in a crazy world.
Keynote: The Art of Bring Brilliant: Your Wellbeing Launchpad
In a world where there’s a lot of talk about ‘best self’ and ‘living your best life’, THE ART OF BEING BRILLIANT shows you how. Based on the science of positive psychology, THE ART OF BEING BRILLIANT is evidence-based but with the big words surgically removed and replaced with common sense, doable principles and great fun.
THE ART OF BEING BRILLIANT is grounded in the real world and applicable to all staff (teaching and non-teaching). The truth is simple – when the world’s doing its worst it’s even more important that we know how to be at our best.
SoUL ACADEMY (School Of Un-Learning)
In a world of change, there is one sure fire certainty; life is going to challenge us. All of us! In order to operate in ‘best self’ mode more of the time, we need to learn to UN-learn. Counter-intuitive and great fun, this workshop looks at the importance of letting go of thoughts, ideas and habits that are not serving us well.
BOUNCEBACKABILITY: Your Resilience Reset
Exhaustion, burnout, compassion fatigue, anxiety… modern education is fast, furious and unforgiving. The brilliant news is that resilience is a set of learned behaviours. We can all cultivate personal skills and resources which help us not just cope better with stressful situations, but embrace change and use challenges as opportunities to grow.
This workshop drills down into human bouncebackability. The good news is that there are no big words, just a whole load of common sense and do-able ideas.
CLASSROOM MAGIC: Tips, Tricks and fresh ideas
CLASSROOM MAGIC is a well-earned time-out to reflect on habits (good and bad), to remind ourselves of the sort of teacher we want to be, and grant permission to go be it!
Andy brings a wealth of classroom ideas – weird, wonderful, counter-intuitive, thought-provoking – to help you spice things up.