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Resilient Brain Project

Breaking Down Barriers to Mental Health Through Accessible, Therapeutic Learning

  • Identity & Discrimination
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  • Anxiety
  • Addictions
  • Trauma & PTSD
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Productivity

“New research suggests we work more effectively, creatively, and collaboratively when we’re happy at work”
Fast Company

Actions For Now

Steps (& Apps) to Reduce Symptoms
  • “How to Improve Your Productivity At Work”: Tips for making the most out of your time during the workday
  • “Should I Quit My Job?”: A worksheet designed to help you answer this important question
  • “18 Ways to Be More Positive At Work”: An infographic about improving workplace happiness and satisfaction
  • “4 Minute At Work Guided Meditation”: A brief meditation that’s ideal for starting your day or recharging between tasks.
  • Workplace Anxieties: Sometimes, you just need to laugh about workplace anxieties. These comics take care of that!
  • “5 Questions to Ask Yourself When Something Bad Happens At Work”: Explore your emotions and find the best way to respond
  • “10 Tips for College Students Looking For a Job in a Tough Market”: Advice for people seeking to enter the professional world when jobs seem scarce
  • Corporate Stress Test: Test the healthiness of your work environment
  • “How to Feel More Rested (and Less Stressed) on a Busy Schedule”: Easy ways to de-stress when your schedule is packed
  • “Beating Workplace Burnout”: Tips for overcoming burnout on the job
  • “Thriving During a Major Job (Or Life) Transition, with Lea Sloan, M ED, LPC, BCC”: How to healthily and happily manage a successful career change
  • “Reducing Stress at Work,” Advice for managing and/or eliminating workplace stressors
  • “Guided Meditation for Being Present”: Get focused with this meditation
  • “How to Job-Hunt While You’re Working”: Managing a job transition while you’re still employed
  • Ambient noise: Tune out the rest of the world by playing this ambient noise while you work
  • “How to Keep Your Job From Defining You”: Build your identity outside of your workplace skills and challenges
  • “9 Simple Hacks to Stay Healthy At Work”: Stay physically and psychologically healthy, even during flu season
  • “How to Do a Concentration Meditation”: Non-audio instructions on completing your own meditation
  • “Train Your Brain to Focus” : Exercise your brain to enhance your cognitive skills
  • “50 Productivity Tips”: A guide to increasing your productivity
  • “My Project Planning Template”: A free, step-by-step template (exchange email to download)
  • “Emily Prokop’s Awesome Weekly Docket”: Keep track of your work chores, must-do activities, shopping needs, and more (exchange email to download)
  • “6 Effective Ways to Deal With Criticism”: How to improve from criticism instead of letting it bring you down
  • “How to Appear Confident, Even When You’re Not”: This infographic explains how to present confidently at your next meeting or conference
  • “3 Meditations You Can Do At Your Desk”: Features both video and written instructions
Apps
  • Evernote: Capture notes from anywhere
  • Rescue Time: Track and manage time spent on the internet
  • Tap My Back: Allows employees to instantly recognize the work of other employees, improves feelings of recognition ($2-4 per user per month, typically sponsored by your place of work)
  • Grammarly: Checks spelling on all online documents
  • Wunderlist: Create and manage to-do lists
  • Bonusly: Boost workplace happiness by allowing coworkers to send one another mini bonuses (typically sponsored by your company, $3-5)
  • Droplr: Share documents, screenshots, songs, and more on your computer or your phone
  • Hootsuite: Manage multiple social media accounts from one place
ADHD
  • Attention Deficit Disorder Association: Register for a free educational webinar, locate a qualified medical professional near you, or share your story on this website
  • Symptoms Tests: Concerned that you might have ADHD or a related condition? Check out these self-surveys from ADDitude Magazine
  • “29 Ways to Manage Your ADHD At Work”: Tips for coping with ADHD in a way that allows you to perform your best
  • “School Success Kit For Kids With ADHD”: This kit claims to be for kids, but many of the tools are helpful for people of all ages

For Allies

Give the Best Support Possible
  • “5 Ways to Motivate Your Friend At Work”: Advice for inspiring your friend, whether they’re dealing with a heavy workload, a bad boss, or several other situations
  • “How to Support Someone Who Is Unemployed”: An article on providing emotional validation for loved ones
  • “How to Help a Friend Find a New Job”: How can you use your influence to help your friend get hired?
  • “How to Support Someone Who’s Lost His Job”: How to speak with someone who’s coping with job loss
ADHD
  • “How to (Explain) ADHD”: Learn how ADHD works in the brain so you can better understand and support your loved ones
  • “5 Suggestions for Supporting a Loved One with ADHD”: PsychCentral offers advice for supporting a loved one with ADHD or a related condition in everyday life
  • “Teaching Strategies for Children with ADHD”: Working with children? You’ll definitely want to check out this resource
  • “5 Tips For Working with Someone with ADHD”: Your workplace communications don’t need to suffer

You’re Not Alone

Connect with Others, Hear their Stories & Access Playlists
Stories
  • “9 Career Change Success Stories”: Whether you dream of becoming a writer, traveling the world, or something else, these stories of major life changes will inspire you
  • “5 (Unconventional) Things I Did To Land My Dream Job Before I was 25”: The author, who has received job offers from Google, Twitter, and Uber, among other places, explains their unique strategy for applying for work
  • “6 Inspiring Stories From People Who Unexpectedly Lost Their Jobs”: Losing your job isn’t always a bad thing—in some situations, it can be a great opportunity
  • “How I Started My Small Business”: Martina Iring, founder of Small Business Bliss, shares how and why she created her own company
  • “Job Seeker Success Stories”: Hear what worked for other job searchers in this piece from the job search site Idealist
  • “Moving On: How I Found Happiness After Getting Fired”: Advice for coping with being let go from someone who’s been there
ADHD
  • Forum for parents: ADDitude hosts this forum for parents to discuss treatment, symptoms, emotional health, and more
Tune In

Check out our Spotify playlist for Productivity here!

  • “Eye of the Tiger,” Survivor
  • “Seven Nation Army,” The White Stripes
  • “Run the World (Girls),” Beyonce
  • “Don’t Stop Me Now,” Queen
  • “Lose Yourself,” Eminem
  • “You Gotta Be,” Des’ree
  • “Take On Me,” a-ha
  • “Beat It,” Michael Jackson
  • “Numb/Encore,” Linkin Park & Jay Z
  • “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll),” ACDC
  • “Livin’ On a Prayer,” Bon Jovi
  • “The Edge of Glory,” Lady Gaga
  • “7/11,” Beyonce
  • “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go,” Wham!
  • “Comeback Kid,” Sleighbells
  • “Fighter,” Christina Aguilera
  • “Work,” Rihanna ft. Drake
  • “Titanium,” David Guetta ft Sia
  • “9 to 5,” Dolly Parton
  • “Started From the Bottom,” Drake
  • “Footloose,” Kenny Loggins
  • “All I Do Is Win,” DJ Khaled
  • “Working for the Weekend,” Loverboy
  • “Independent Women,” Destiny’s Child
  • “Bo$$,” Fifth Harmony
  • “We Will Rock You,” Queen
  • “Tightrope,” Janelle Monáe
  • “She Works Hard For the Money,” Donna Summer

Master The Subject

Learn How it Works & The Science Behind It
  • “Your Brain At Work”: Check out Psychology Today’s collection of articles about how we function in the workplace, featuring pieces like “Three Ways to Think Deeply At Work” and “Why “Diverse Teams Are Smarter.”
  • Tips for Work and Life with Andrew Lacivita: This podcast covers subjects like job interviews, workplace discrimination, salary negotiation, and more
  • Live Career: Resources for all office scenarios, from your first day on the job to dealing with difficult bosses and keeping it cool at the office holiday party
  • “3 Signs Your Mental Health is Interfering With Your Work”: Melanie Shapiro, LICSW, details ways in which chronic mental health concerns can derail your professional goals and offers advice for coping
  • “The 4 Attachment Styles and How They Sabotage Your Work-Life Balance”: This piece from the New York Times looks at how we relate to others, and how that can cause stress within the workplace
  • “Mind/Body Health: Job Stress”: How does your work affect your wellbeing?
  • “Ted Talks to Help You Find the Right Job”: These talks cover the importance of failing, how to find work you love, how to return to work after a career break, and other relevant topics
  • “How to Recognize a Bad Workplace…Before You Take the Job”: Avoid getting into a job situation you’ll later regret
  • Center for Disease Control, “Workplace Health Resources”: Resources and assessment tools for a variety of health issues
  • “Learning How to Manage Stress in the Workplace”: Resources for managing job stress
  • “The Guide to Healthy Office Snacking”: Keep your energy and focus up with healthy workplace snacks
  • State Labor Laws: Regulations on minimum wage, paid rest, and more, organized by state
  • “Top 10 Work From Home Jobs for Introverts”: Why introverts make good employees, and a list of jobs that generally work for introverted people
ADHD
  • “How to (Explain) ADHD”: Learn how ADHD works in the brain so you can better understand and support your loved ones
  • “How Do ADHD Medications Work?”: The topic of medication can be a controversial one. What do ADHD medicines actually do?

Advocate

Connect to the Larger Movement
  • Top-Rated Nonprofits For Helping People Get Jobs: These nonprofits across the US help others become qualified for and find good employment
  • The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law and Policy: An institute that supports employees by promoting workplace equality and justice
  • Workplace Fairness: A nonprofit dedicated to advancing employee rights
  • National Employment Law Project (NELP): This organization fights for job creation and quality for low-wage workers and the unemployed.
ADHD
  • Attention Deficit Disorder Association: Support educational, healthcare, and legal resources for those with ADHD and related conditions
  • CHADD: This nonprofit was developed to help parents and children cope with the frustration and isolation that often come with ADHD

The human brain is both brilliant and resilient. Not only does it control the way we think, feel, and react to daily life, but it is also capable of undergoing major change. By working with the brain, we can change our experience to improve our personal, professional, and relational lives. Our goal is to empower you to do exactly that.

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