Today was our last session with Geoffrey Baines looking at strengths. Geoffrey handed out a sheet to everyone with the 34 different types of strengths and for them to choose 5 descriptions they feel accurately reflect who they are. This was quite a challenging exercise for some people, but through speaking to others they couldContinue reading “Building Strengths”
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Everybody has strengths, find yours…
Have a look at these brief descriptions of the 34 Strengths and see if you can identify which you think are more true for you than others – you can pick 5, have fun! Achiever People who are especially talented in the Achiever theme have a great deal of stamina and work hard. They takeContinue reading “Everybody has strengths, find yours…”
Hurt and Healing
Today at the group we looked at what our strengths were. Initially people did not feel that they had any but after a while of discussing their lives they realised that they did. We looked at how one person can enjoy doing a task and another person does not like doing it but enjoys somethingContinue reading “Hurt and Healing”
Instructions for Thursdays meeting
For those attending the group on Thursday, Geoffrey has sent a few thins to prepare if you wish… I look forward to Thursday and our look at how life is better when focus on our Strengths and not on our Weaknesses. There are different ways to explore, so be thinking about what is best forContinue reading “Instructions for Thursdays meeting”
Group Discussion
It was a big group today and was really nice to see people who had just returned from holiday and had not been at the group for a while. Today’s group was very much about giving people the opportunity to express how they were feeling. A lot of group members were finding things very hardContinue reading “Group Discussion”
Link To Strengths Assessment Test
Following on from yesterday’s meeting about “strengths”, please clink link below if you would like to have a go at the untimed Strengths assessment from the Richard Step website http://richardstep.com/strengths/
Looking at our strengths
Today we welcomed Geoffrey Baines back to the group to look at strengths. It was very thought-provoking and emotional for people, as it brought up things from people’s pasts. We discussed what energizes us and how to deal with situations by using our strengths. We looked at how as growing up, we were possibly toldContinue reading “Looking at our strengths”
