Comments and Musings
By Francis Lynch
Comments and MusingsMay 06, 2023
The Power of Gratitude for a More Meaningful Life
Gratitude is a powerful emotion that can have a significant impact on your mental and physical health, relationships, and overall wellbeing. By understanding the science behind gratitude, practicing gratitude daily, and cultivating gratitude in our lives, we can experience the many benefits of this powerful emotion. So why not start today and begin to experience the power of gratitude for a more meaningful life?
The show notes for this episode are at https://francislynch.me/2023/05/06/the-power-of-gratitude-for-a-more-meaningful-life/
How to Incorporate Mindfulness into Organisational Culture
Mindfulness has been shown to have a positive impact on various aspects of our lives, including work. By reducing stress, improving focus and attention, building better relationships, and increasing creativity and innovation, mindfulness can help to improve employee engagement in the workplace.
There are many different mindfulness practices that can be used in the workplace, many of them quite easily integrated into workplace practices and routines. Get in touch if you want to learn more about how to do this.
You can see the full article and review the references on the website page for this podcast here.
Noticing meaning in your life is helpful
The difference between the meaning "of" life and meaning "in" life is an important distinction to make. My musing on this distinction reflects that the meaning of life is a more abstract and universal concept, whilst meaning in life is more personal and specific.
The blog post for this episode is here
Having a settled and routined life can bring a sense of meaning
I like things to go the way that I expect them to – most of the time anyway. A predictable life with lots of routines and habits means I don’t have to think about every little thing that I do. What I hadn’t appreciated until recently was how these routines help me find more meaning in my life. Not in the sense of helping me find the “Meaning OF life” – more the sense of finding life to be meaningful and that it makes sense.
The blog post for this episode is here.
A journal article referred is here.
Valuing what I put time into
Matt Jackman & Harmonie Jackman - Covid impacts on mental health services
In this episode Matt Jackman and Harmonie Jackman, brother and sister, talk about their experiences during the lengthy lockdown periods in Melbourne during two waves of Covid-19 in 2020. Matt and Harmonie both live with Bi-Polar and discuss with me how thier support services have adapted to the changed circumstances this year.
They talk about how their NDIS Support Coordinator has been working with them to deliver flexibility in how their allocated funds can be spent. They also reflect on how their Support Worker, they both have the same one, has kept visiting in person and how this has been very important in keeping them on track during the stresses of this year.
Harmonie also discusses her experience of being pregnant this year and how her antenatal care has been difficult due to health system impacts of Covid.
Dave Pugh - Covid impacts on Anglicare NT
In this episode I speak to Dave Pugh, the CEO at Anglicare NT, who has worked in the community sector for many years across Australia. Working in Darwin and regional parts of the Northern Territory during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 has been quite different to the experiences of other parts of Australia. Join me as Dave and I talk about how Covid has influenced work in the NT.
Margaret Augerinos - Covid impacts on CNV - Family Violence
Margaret Augerinos is the CEO at the Centre for Non Violence and has worked in leadership in the family violence area for many years. Margaret has led CNV through some major changes in 2020, starting new services, advertising their services in the mainstream media when referrals significantly dropped, and keeping all their staff connected and engaged during 2 lockdowns.
John Cleary - Covid impacts in residential aged care
John Cleary has worked in leadership positions and consulted to the residential aged care sector and is the Managing Director of Blue Chip Consulting Group. He has some clear views on why the sector has struggled with Covid in 2020.
Ann-Maree Davis - Covid Impacts on Amicus - Disability
"The period between March and May we had about 70% of participants suspend all support.."
Amicus has had to make major changes to its service delivery as they have adapted to what people want from them. Whilst 2020 has been a challenging year Ann-Maree is confident that they are well placed to keep supporting people in the community.
Karyn Walsh - Covid Impacts on Micah Projects - Homelessness
Karyn Walsh AM is the CEO of Micah Projects in Queensland. She has been leading the organisation for many years and also led many sector projects at a state and national level. Her commitments have included leading Chairing the Australian Alliance to End Homelessness, and being a past President of the Queensland Council of Social Services.
In this interview Karyn talks about how the outreach nature of Micah's services has been challenged, but been a key strength of how they have been able to support people in 2020. She also talks about how their existing integration of nurses into their outreach teams has been a significant factor in keeping homeless people in Brisbane well during these times.
Dr Nicky Howe - Covid Impacts on Southcare - community aged care
Whilst WA has not had a second wave of Covid, Southcare is acting as if they are in a high risk environment and has built its response as if they have Covid positive customers.
Standing Up for what is right
Organisational Culture
The big WHY – why does this organisation matter, why does it do what it does? Those things can be attractive. But the way that things get done here in this organisation can matter even more than the Why.
Why would a leader give away some of their power?
Winding up a Not For Profit
Seek the rewards of using your strengths at work
Who do I bring to the workplace?
7 Tips for keeping focused on what clients want
Who gets to solve "wicked problems"?
It appears that some private corporations see a market opportunity in helping to address, and maybe even solve, wicked problems like homelessness and domestic violence. Is that ok? Does it matter? If it does what is to be done to create a different future?
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