“Healthy Mind, Healthy Body” is the key to Optimising Personal Performance
Optimising Your Personal Performance
With over 100 registrations, we had a fantastic turn out for the August session of our ‘Women and Multicultural Program’ workshop.
Hosted by Entrepreneur in Residence, Lucy Lin, alongside five experts in various health and wellbeing fields, participants were given the opportunity to explore practical tips and tricks to optimise their personal performance.
The event kicked off with Tracy Minett Alexakis, a pharmacist and member of the CBCC (Canterbury Bankstown Chamber of Commerce), who spoke about the significance of identifying and maintaining healthy habits. As a mother, entrepreneur and healthcare advocate, Tracy juggles various daily commitments but still ensures to set attainable goals to maintain her health and wellbeing.
Next, Josephine Gale, a registered psychologist, mentor and coach spoke about her insights on developing a growth mindset and the differentiation between effective and ineffective goals. As a business owner, she emphasised the importance that with growth there will always be changes that will challenge you. Josephine stated that by having a clear vision of where you want to be and by being persistent in taking these steps, you are more likely to positively approach failure and/or setbacks.
After both keynote speakers, participants were then split into three groups, where they rotated around the room hearing from leading health experts in nutrition, physiotherapy and breath work.
Participants were given the opportunity to get hands-on and discover simple tricks to help boost their holistic wellbeing.
Breathing Facilitator - Lynn Berry
Lynn facilitated a breathing exercise, which encouraged participants to respond to feelings of gratitude and ‘breathing into your heart’.
Nutritionist - Steph Butler
Steph, who is a Western Sydney University alumni, spoke about how nutrition should not necessarily be what we look like physically, but rather how we feel. She went on to explain that most individuals are able to make positive food choices when they are in a positive headspace and how utilising an 80-20 approach is helpful to managing healthy eating practices.
Physiotherapist - Jawad Azzi
Jawad covered effective seating postures and stretches to prevent common injuries such as neck and back pain. He also discussed the importance of ergonomic practices and diversification of movement as key to preventing injury.
Key takeaways from the workshop were:
- An entrepreneurial mindset is beneficial for facilitating realistic expectations of our wellbeing.
- Creating a work-life balance, seeking stress management remedies and engaging in a supportive network is critical to promoting holistic wellbeing.
- Breathing techniques can help you reduce stress, gain clarity and sleep.
- Eating walnuts, legumes, avocados and chia seeds are good for the brain. So eat up!
The event ended with the announcement of the $250 lucky door prize winner, courtesy of JD Sports Australia, which went to Inderpreet Kaur who had the best tip for optimising our performance:
Networking continued well after the event, where attendees were able to engage in personalised conversations with the experts.
We would like to thank all of our amazing experts for sharing their knowledge on wellbeing.
Learn more about the Women & Multicultural Program below.