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Contents
Welcome everybody
Stage 1
Explanations will be given of the neuroscience of brain structure and functioning, the rules of the mind and how information enters and is processed by the mind. An explanation and application of the Chimp model will be introduced with an emphasis on the development of self.
Stage 2
This stage will help you to understand and manage the emotionally based system within your mind. It will explain how all emotions can be helpful and protective.
Stage 3
When emotions are understood, we can then appreciate how to use and work with all emotions to effect positive changes. Panic attacks, emotional scars and ghost emotions will be looked at in detail and how to manage them.
Stage 4
The science of habit formation is explained and how we can change habits, beliefs and behaviours, including resistant habits. The grief reaction and loss are used as examples to demonstrate how we come to terms with life events
Stage 5
By using the two main stabilisers of the mind we can establish a basis for happiness and peace of mind. How to find and implement your values along with perspective is reviewed and how to create a rigorous support system.
Stage 6
This stage explains the neuroscience of stress and how to work with the stress reaction. We look at how to prevent stress from occurring and how managing our environment can help with this. Lifestyle choices and recuperation, including the neuroscience of sleep and its applications, are addressed.
Stage 7
We will consider how to get the best out of someone and review some common problem scenarios involving people interactions. We will then look at how to optimise relationships and how to manage past experiences and relationships.
Stage 8
The final stage will pull the previous stages together to explain how robustness and resilience can be attained. Some common blockers to attaining this will be addressed in the troubleshooting section.
About the Author
and Chimp Management
MBBS; MRCPsych; D.Sc.; PhD; BA; MEd.; PGCE; Dip. Sports Med.
Professor Steve Peters is a medical doctor and consultant psychiatrist, specialising in mental health and the functioning of the human mind. He has dedicated his working life to help people get the best out of themselves and to be in a good place. His current and past experiences include: clinical director of Mental Health Services within the NHS at a district hospital, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Undergraduate Dean at Sheffield Medical School. He has spent 20 years as an examination panel member at the Royal College of Psychiatry and has been an expert advisor to World-Anti Doping Agency.
As an author he has written 4 books including the best selling self-help book of all time in the UK, The Chimp Paradox, which has sold over a million copies. - as per Nielsen TCM Chart 2020.
Other achievements include attending Downing Street for winning the senate award twice for his excellence in teaching. He has been a consultant to over 20 Olympic and national sporting teams and organisations over the course of his career.
www.profstevepeters.com
Chimp Management
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Our aim is to help people in all walks of life including the general public, education, health, sport and business through keynotes, workshops and 1:1 services.
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Introduction
- developing robustness and resilience
Welcome everybody
Welcome to this programme, that will take you on a path through the jungle of life to robustness and resilience. It will give an understanding of how the mind works and how to get the best out of yourself and others. Robustness and resilience are based on such things as good self-esteem, great relationships, confidence, a successful outlook, happiness and peace of mind. All of these things and more will be covered as the programme progresses.
I wrote the Chimp Paradox book to introduce the concept of how the mind is structured and works. The first stage in this book gives a summary of this. The remaining seven stages will form the path to robustness and resilience. The course is written following requests to have a structured practical programme that will help people to apply the Chimp Model and to develop emotional skills for life. By undertaking the programme, it will enable the reader to acquire and maintain psychological health and wellbeing.
Ive had the privilege of spending a lifetime supporting people. Many have had struggles, or are going through a rough patch, which just about includes us all. The one thing that stands out to me, is that no matter what someone faces, if they are in a good place they will cope and thrive. A major pitfall when dealing with problems and troubles is to engage with them, before first getting yourself into a good place , and then finding solutions and ways forward.
With these thoughts in mind, I have constructed the programme to help you to focus on yourself, empower you, develop robustness and resilience and support you getting into a good place.
I sincerely hope that you will find the book helpful, and that the jungle of life will become much more manageable, as you find your own inner strength. This book is for you and about you.
How to use this book