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Being Human is Enough – You Are Enough

Every day, in some subtle and, often not-so-subtle ways, we’re told we’re not quite enough. Not strong enough. Not thin enough. Not calm, smart, productive, or confident enough. The metrics shift, but the message doesn’t. It’s reinforced through advertising, workplace targets, school reports, social media filters, even well-meaning self-help, all suggesting we’re a few steps short of being okay.
This constant striving can erode our sense of worth. It places “wellbeing” just out of reach, as though we need to earn it through transformation. But, what if we took time individually and collectively to consider what it is to be a human being, and what some of the universal features, or standard specs are? Maybe we’re not only enough, maybe we’re far more resourceful and capable than we realise.
In this talk Matthew will explore these ideas and reinforce how amazing, knowledgeable, and full of potential we all are. Encouraging us all to harness the resources we either take for granted, or weren’t fully aware that we had. To take care of ourselves, doing the things that we know sustain us and the people who are important to us.
Matthew will also introduce the evidence that links our emotional distress to the things that happen to us, rather than something being wrong with us. Highlighting the need for workplace cultures to focus on the climate that people work within, and move away from blaming the canary in their particular coalmine if they are struggling.

Speaker Bio:

Matthew Morris has worked in the NHS, Social Care and the independent sector for over 40 years. He is currently the Director of Development for a group of companies called the Mavam Group.
Matthew’s latest development is Emotional First Aid (EFA) training. This training seeks to empower and to liberate. Using his experience, Matthew presents people with the reality that, despite many theories, there are few universal truths when it comes to human emotion. Leaving us all free to explore and make sense of how we feel in the ways that help and make sense to us.
Emotional First Aid training is evidence based and draws upon scientific principles, and is a celebration of what it is to be a human being. Making it a proactive presence in the workplace, as opposed to the more reactive models that seek to name and label people’s distress.