Monday Job Seekers Connection: Building Your Resilience Toolkit

Start your week with a community of other job seekers who support, encourage, motivate, and learn from each other through their job searches. Job Seekers Connection energizes and inspires participants by sharing valuable strategies and techniques from professional career coaches, recruiters, and Human Resources representatives.

Topic: Building Your Resilience Toolkit: Tapping Mindfulness & Positive Psychology

During this session, we’ll dip into mindfulness by doing a few sample breathwork exercises that can be incorporated right into your day with very little effort. These simple practices help calm the nervous system, increase focus, and create the mental space needed for clearer thinking and better decision-making. Next, we'll teach you two exercises from the world of positive psychology: “3 Good Things” and “Get a Boost from Your Past.” The PERMA theory of well-being, created by Martin Seligman, will also be discussed. By addressing stress and reconnecting with sources of strength, you free up our energy to move forward in your job search or everyday work with greater clarity, confidence, and resilience.

About the presenter:

Sabrina Woods is an international trainer, speaker, and holistic career coach who helps individuals and organizations flourish by integrating career development with well-being. Drawing on mindfulness, positive psychology, and the neuroscience of stress, she designs engaging, practical experiences that help people build resilience, clarify what matters most, and thrive in work and life. Sabrina has led workshops and keynotes for organizations including Harvard Medical School, Princeton, MIT, Dana-Farber, and the World Happiness Fest. For more info: www.sabrina-woods.com or www.linkedin.com/in/sabrinawoods.

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