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Strengthened through life with resilience
Every day brings new opportunities - some are more complex, others easier to deal with. The question is not whether such situations occur, but how we react to them and how we feel afterwards. How can we learn to deal with challenging moments and emerge stronger?
OTTO's health management offers you a wide range of support and advice for your overall well-being: from anonymous, confidential psychosocial support to targeted mindfulness and stress management courses. These offers help you to emerge stronger from the challenges you face. A decisive key to this often lies in our inner strength: resilience. Julia from Health Management talked about how important this ability is and how you can strengthen it in an exciting interview.
Mental health is also important
Julia works in health management in psychosocial counseling. She supports colleagues in dealing with stress, mental stress and illnesses and provides advice in personal crisis situations. Although many people now take it for granted to do something for their health, they tend to think about their bodies and neglect their psyches. This can take its toll at some point.
Tell me Julia, what do you mean by resilience?
"In short: the psychological resilience or immune system of the soul. Resilient people know their own needs and limits and have healthier coping strategies for dealing with stress and pressure. They can maneuver through crises well and don't feel helpless for long, but remain capable of taking action and usually also recover more quickly after stress."
Why resilience?
"Resilience is relevant for all of us. Just as we strengthen our immune system to be well equipped against colds, we should also specifically strengthen our mental immune system.
Our world is becoming increasingly complex, volatile and unstable, and we need to find a good way to deal with it. Personal challenges and crises are part of life. Accepting this fact and at the same time not feeling powerless, but rather focusing on solutions and also not losing sight of the positive in life is more important than ever for all of us."
What's your connection to resilience?
"I had my first contact with the subject during my studies in a seminar on developmental psychology. That was the theory, so to speak, and the practice came on the job. After taking stock of the situation, my consultations are always about building up and strengthening competencies in order to master the crisis and, in the best case, even to grow from it. Acceptance, self-efficacy and personal responsibility (three of the seven resilience factors) play a major role here. After all, the great thing is that resilience can still be learned and strengthened in adulthood."
Your tip, Julia
"We think an average of 60,000 thoughts per day. Many of them are negative and stress-increasing. This is where a little kindness with ourselves would help. And: don't believe everything we think."
Did you know?
At OTTO, we are convinced that only those who feel good holistically can develop their full potential and perform at their best. That's why we attach great importance to your mental and physical health. Julia and her colleagues from Health Management are there to support you. Not only do they offer exciting opportunities to strengthen your resilience - such as the OTTO Academy seminars or the learning paths on our learning platform - but they also offer many other benefits for your health.
These include our work-life portal, an innovative app that provides you with individualized content on exercise, nutrition and mental strength and is tailored precisely to you. You will also receive support in the form of direct medical care at the workplace, regular health checks, comprehensive advice on caring for relatives and practical expert tips on ergonomics in the workplace. We provide you with everything you need to keep your working life healthy and balanced.
Take advantage of these diverse internal opportunities to get through your working day stronger and full of energy.
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