Workshop: Putting the oxygen mask on yourself first
4 May 2023
Description of Workshop
Teaching, especially these days, can be a stressful and demanding endeavor. We often invest a lot of time in our course, coordinating and our students, feeling responsible to take care of everything and everyone involved. But in that process we often forget about ourselves.
This workshop will provide you with valuable insights from the science of self-compassion to help you value and support yourself in stressful times. You will discover strategies to no longer be held back by your inner critic and experience greater fulfillment and autonomy.
Research has consistently shown that self-compassion is a strong predictor for well-being and a reliable antidote to self-doubt, anxiety, and self-criticism. Self-compassion involves treating yourself with kindness and concern when considering personal inadequacies, mistakes, failures, and painful life situations.
Dr. Elke Smeets will provide you with easy-to-apply strategies that will enable you to boost your emotional resilience in a profound way.
Intended Learning Outcomes
After the session, you will be able to:
… reflect on various insights from the science of self-compassion,
… apply strategies practiced during the workshop yourself,
… boost your emotional resilience and wellbeing using the strategies practiced during the workshop.
About the trainer
Dr. Elke Smeets has been teaching Positive Psychology to international students at Maastricht University since 2011. She trains psychologists and other professionals in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) and Positive Psychology and has a private practice in Hasselt where she lives. In June 2017 she published her first book “Geluk en optimisme (happiness and optimism)” together with Professor Madelon Peters. The book describes a 7-week positive psychology intervention that Elke developed during her Post-doc research at Maastricht University.
PLEASE NOTE that this workshop will take place on-campus at EDLAB and will be 2,5 hours. You will receive an outlook invitation prior to the event.
Accessibility
At EDLAB, we strive to make our activities as accessible as possible and do our best to make accommodations when possible. You will have the opportunity to indicate any accessibility requirements after registration.
A note about the costs
EDLAB is currently offering all CPD activities free of charge. Please note however that we have paid to develop and offer this session together with the trainers, so if you sign up but cannot attend, we would greatly appreciate it if you could give us at least 5 days’ notice so that we can advertise your spot to others who may be interested. Cancellation without at least 5 days’ notice or failure to show up may result in your department being charged the full cost price.
EDLAB reserves the right to postpone this event should a minimum of 6 participants not be reached.
Activity full or can’t make this date? Then sign up for the waiting list and we’ll let you know as soon as this event is scheduled again.