June 2014:
Sarah Abell - Live, Love and Lead Authentically
Tuesday 24 June 2014, 19:00 – 20:30
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 4RL
In this live interactive workshop you will explore what it means to “be real” and truly show up as yourself. You’ll discover the positive consequences of authenticity for your well-being, relationships, creativity and work. Sarah Abell is an expert on authenticity. She is a relationships coach, the author of “Inside Out – how to have authentic relationships with everyone in your life” (Hodder 2011) and she has spoken on authentic connections at two recent TEDx events.
May 2014:
Robert Poynton - Do Improvise
Tuesday 27 May 2014, 19:00 – 20:30
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 4RL
In this live interactive workshop, you will learn how to deal with the unplanned and unexpected and improve your natural ability to act with courage and conviction, no matter what life throws at you with Robert Poynton, author of Do Improvise (The Do Book Co.), a creativity and improvisation coach. Watch Robert’s Beyond Control talk.
In this live interactive workshop, you will learn how to:
- Overcome creative blocks
- Generate new ideas
- Respond fluently to all circumstances, no matter what life throws at you.
April 2014:
Magdalena Bak-Maier - Get Productive
Wednesday 30 April 2014, 19:00 – 20:30
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 4RL
Learn the real secret of work-life balance and getting results you actually want with Magdalena Bak-Maier, author of Get Productive! (Capstone, £12.99), a neuroscientist and performance coach who works with everyone from individuals to global NGO leaders and CEOs. For more, see her TED talk .
Learn:
- How to turn weekends from ‘recovery time’ into re-energising time
- A foolproof system to helpyouachievewhat you want this year
- 13 powerful ideas to become more efficient at work, in relationships, to shift fear and overcome procrastination
March 2014:
Cherry Healey – Goal! Practical Masterclass in Achieving Your Goals
Wednesday 26 March 2014, 7:00 – 8:30pm
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 4RL
Join Cherry Healey in conversation with Suzy Greaves followed by live interactive workshop. Cherry is a writer and TV presenter for BBC 3 for documentaries on everything from ‘HowTo Get A Life’, to body image, money and parenting.
Learn:
- How to set realistic goals
- The three secret strategies of high achievers
- Why we sabotage ourselves, and how to stop
- One mistake that will stop you in your tracks
- How to commit to your big goal
February 2014:
John-Paul Flintoff, Tom Chatfield & Anne Karpf – How to Change Your Life in 2014
Wednesday 26 February 2014, 7:00 – 8:30pm
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 4RL
Join Suzy Greaves, editor of Psychologies Magazine, exploring how to change your life in 2014 with 3 experts from The School of Life. The event will begin with a discussion followed by a live interactive workshop with Suzy Greaves.
How to Change the World
John-Paul Flintoff is an author, writer and broadcaster. He trained as an investigative reporter, worked for several years at the Financial Times, then for the Sunday Times, and has written for many other newspapers and magazines around the world. His work has won several awards, and has led directly to changes to UK government policy. For more information on the book go here.
How to Thrive in the Digital Age
Tom Chatfield is a writer and commentator. The author of three previous books exploring digital culture, he has worked with companies including Google and Mind Candy, and spoken at forums including TED Global and the World IT Congress. A fortnightly columnist for the BBC, he also writes fiction and plays jazz piano. For more information on the book go here.
How to Age
Anne Karpf is a writer, medical sociologist and award-winning journalist. A regular broadcaster, she is currently writing and presenting two one-hour BBC Radio 4 programmes. She is the author of three books, including The Human Voice. For more information on the book go here.
January 2014:
Claudia Hammond – How to Change Your Relationship with Time
Wednesday 29 January 2014, 7:00 – 8:30pm
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 4RL
Does each year feel as if it goes by faster than the one before?
Why does time slow down when you’re afraid?
Why do we take on more than we can fit in and then find ourselves rushing?
Following on from the great success of her event as part of NOW Festival’s Alternative Living Morning at Secret Garden Party this year, Claudia Hammond, broadcaster and author of the award-winning book Time Warped (Canongate, £8.99), will guide you through the latest research, which will explain how we perceive time and how we can change our relationship with it.
In this workshop, you will find out:
- Why there’s not enough time
- How to make the weekends feel longer
- Ways to help you worry less about the future
- What you can to do make time go faster
- How to predict better how you’ll feel in the future
More information on Claudia Hammond:
Claudia Hammond is an award-winning broadcaster, writer and psychology lecturer. She is `the presenter of All in the Mind & Mind Changers on BBC Radio 4, Health Check on BBC World Service Radio every week and BBC World News TV every month. She is a columnist for BBC.com and often appears on TV to discuss research in psychology, and is on the part-time faculty at Boston University’s London base where she lectures in health and social psychology. Her first book is Emotional Rollercoaster – a journey through the science of feelings.
December 2013:
Ruby Wax – Finding Calm in a Frenetic World
Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 7:00 – 8:30pm
Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH
Ruby Wax, comedian and author of Sane New World: Taming The World (Hodder & Stoughton, £18.99), shows us how our minds can send us mad as our internal critics play on a permanent loop tape. ‘Don’t do that… why didn’t you… you should have… but you didn’t.’ Ruby knows those voices well. She has been on a tough, but enlightening journey through depression, and now has a MA from Oxford in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
In this workshop, you will find out:
- Why we sabotage our sanity
- How our brains work
- What you can do to rewire your thinking
- Simple mindfulness techniques to find calm
- How to become the master of your mind