Self-Care - SE07 / EP07

Apr 20, 2020

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RUNNING ORDER

Intro: Welcome to Mauro and Steve
Mauro’s lockdown experience in Northern Italy
Dealing with reality by putting it on paper with ink
Using sketchnote skills to check and analyze news
Getting ideas out of your head though sketchnoting
Anticipating little pleasures after lockdown
Creating an “after the pandemic ends” list
Mind mapping thoughts as visual therapy
Taking advantage of this time to create new habits
Steve Silbert on helping team mates and others
Resetting expectations in a state of change
J-Curve: it will get worse before it gets better
Importance of patience, open-mindedness, and empathy
Practicing empathy and patience
Virtual Happy Hours
Choosing the right tools for your situation
Planning meetings with breaks between
Retrospectives: what’s working, what isn’t
Imagining new games for remote teams
Exploring new tools
The new normal going forward
We’re being forced to be creative
Benefits of this virtual moment
Online Museum Tours
Marianne Rady: Discovering Self-Care
Tweet-a-Day on self-care
Protect yourself with self-care
Managing energy levels
Drawing as self-care
Self-care experiments
Thinking of your energy as a battery
Start with minimums
Counting streaks to build habits
Long and short habits
Emotional self-care
Sharing self-care ideas with others
Daily check-ins
Supporting teams with chat tools
The “New Normal” can be a gift
Sketching another person’s thoughts as a gift
Wrap-up

TIPS

Put your thoughts down with ink on paper
Build a “what I’ll do when this is over” list
Mind mapping as visual therapy
Use this time to create new habits
Practice patience, open-mindedness and empathy
Have a Virtual Happy Hour
Build in retrospective moments
Experiment with self-care ideas
Be safe: mask and gloves
Get outside, start a hobby
Practice listening, it’s a super power
Sketchnoting someone’s thoughts as a gift to them

CREDITS

Producer: Alec Pulianas
Show Notes: Chris Wilson
Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

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