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Choosing your beliefs may well be the key to your success in 2024. In an exclusive interview not yet released, Ripen Founder Matt Hughes sat down with his personal performance coach to share Matt’s Resilience journey, including why and how he founded and built one of Australia’s leading Corporate Wellbeing Providers. Here’s a snippet with Matt talking about the power of choosing our beliefs, and how overcoming limiting beliefs can make anything possible...

At the start of every new year, millions of us around the world set ourselves new goals or resolutions intended to make positive changes in our lives. But despite the best of intentions, studies suggest as few as 8% of people are able to stick to their resolutions for more than a few months! If this is true, it’s likely the goals you set yourself a couple of months ago are already wavering? In this episode, Matt shares why goals typically fail and his recent experiences applying a proven approach for turning goals into success! To his surprise, it worked...   

It’s likely some of the people you know and care for are feeling a sense of loneliness right now. You might be feeling a sense of loneliness right now... Especially around times of the year when family, connection and belonging matter even more. In this episode Matt shares why we experience a sense of loneliness and the 2 approaches Resilient people have learned to overcome it… 

From everyone at Ripen, we wish you a safe and enjoyable end to 2022 and a wonderful start to 2023! 

Most of our daily behaviours are unconscious habits. From how we get ourselves ready for the day, interact with others and complete work tasks, to how we consume media, experience emotions and even hang out washing! All impacted by automatic habits we are largely unaware of. Changing habits is hard, but not impossible. As Matt explains in this episode, it all starts with a little bit of self-awareness…

Most people’s happiness is attached to getting something they don't yet have, or completing a goal they have not yet reached. They tell themselves “I will be really happy when I can get this thing I want”. Waiting for happiness to arrive when you get what you want is actually a recipe for unhappiness. It’s a recipe for not experiencing the joys of what you already have, or the journey you are already on. In this episode, Matt shares the secret to experiencing happiness right now, which has been used by philosophers and therapists for many decades! Enjoy... 

In a previous episode Matt explored and demonstrated the impact of beliefs, and explained that most of the beliefs that are impacting your life and outcomes are likely not your beliefs at all! There’s an endless number of beliefs that could be limiting your Resilience, but there’s 2 beliefs that can really improve it. Or put another way, here are the 2 beliefs you can adopt or role model for cultivating Resilience in yourself, your team or your kids… with some great personal examples of ways Matt is helping to cultivate Resilience in others.  

Not to blow your mind, but most of the beliefs that are impacting your life and outcomes are likely not your beliefs at all! Some beliefs we’ve cultivated improve our wellbeing and outcomes, but others limit us. And if you have a team or kids, you may be passing your beliefs onto others as well. Maybe it's time to explore the beliefs you hold and their impact on your outcomes, and ask yourself a simple but important question... Is this belief mine, or was it handed to me? 

Mental health is a vast topic that’s deeply personal. Talking about it often leaves people feeling they are falling short in how they are handling and responding to work and life – especially when comparing ourselves to others who seem to just breeze through setbacks! But given the inevitable tragedies we all face in life, its highly likely you and some of the people around you are Not OK Today! So what do you do about it... 

Free resources for achieving Mental wellbeing today, and everyday! Visit: https://ripen.be/mental-wellbeing-today/

People suffer from burnout as a result of chronic work stress, which affects both people employed and those navigating through unemployment. It’s a process in which everyday stresses and anxieties gradually undermine our mental and physical health. And it's so prevalent the World Health Organisation now has Burnout listed as a Disease! So what are the warning signs and what do we do about it... 

*Here's an article to help you further understand and take action to manage burnout -- https://ripen.be/5-signs-of-burnout-and-what-to-do/

Why are businesses taking an interest in Resilience training 'post' the Pandemic? A question Matt answered in a 2022 interview for the Virgin Active Minds Podcast. Matt explains that recent Research has showed a lack of workforce Resilience is estimated to be costing Australian companies $12.8 billion per year in lost productivity ($60 billion globally)! Boosting Team Resilience boosts wellbeing, motivation and productivity, which is good for individuals and good for business! So it’s no wonder Resilience training is now a priority for all teams and businesses wanting to remain in business. 

If you would like to hear the full interview, head to Spotify... https://open.spotify.com/episode/6uDJGTUduX1lpWsxPoyRaY?si=49odVmjfTaewpJ6LfHpO6w