BCC: Building Resilience to Manage Work and Job Search Stress

Featuring: Sabrina Woods, Holistic Career Coach & Linkedin Trainer

Description: We are in uncharted territory with the pandemic and the unknowns about the economy and job market. Most people are feeling a heightened sense of concern and worry. This situation can lead to an increase in levels of stress (and spikes in our cortisol) that can adversely impact our well-being and our effectiveness. However, there are some things you can do. In this interactive webinar we’ll discuss details about how stress impacts us, as well as how mindfulness practices and positive psychology principles can help.

Practicing various forms of mindfulness can reduce your stress and move you towards being healthier, more productive, and calmer during times of uncertainty. These practices are being capitalized upon by CEOs, not to mention being used to transform whole school systems. We’ll also widen the topic to include a bit of neuroscience, to help you move yourself out of that “fight or flight” state and into one that is more sustainable and more effective.

You’ll learn techniques to:

• Lower your stress - with tips that fit into an already busy schedule

• Approach big decisions (like career issues) feeling more calm and confident

• Use visualization to enhance interview and presentation success

The aim of this session is to give you fresh ideas to help you understand your stress and build resilience to reduce its impact on your life. This session will be taught by Holistic Career Coach & Linkedin Trainer, Sabrina Woods

This workshop is co-sponsored by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Postdoc and Graduate Student Affairs Office and the Harvard Chan School of Public Health Office of Faculty Affairs

Speaker Bio: Sabrina Woods is a Holistic Career Coach & Linkedin Trainer in private practice with 15+ years’ experience in the career services field at Harvard, Northeastern and the University of London. She regularly facilitates workshops and train-the-trainer sessions on topics ranging from the Meyers Briggs and Mindfulness to Networking and Salary Negotiation. Sabrina's workshops combine her insights, enthusiasm and infectious energy for maximum engagement. As a coach, she often draws on  mindfulness practices and positive psychology principles to help her individual clients through their career transitions.  When she’s not coaching or teaching, you can find her biking, meditating or, on a rainy day, baking brownies. For more info: www.sabrina-woods.com or www.linkedin.com/in/sabrinawoods.