Category: Wellbeing Campaign

PLC Newsletter: Wellbeing in 2024: Let’s Get Back to Basics

I don’t know about you, but 2024 has been challenging for me thus far. My household has been navigating one cootie after another. Combating the germ hamster wheel has this germaphobe fatigued and sick-and-tired of being sick and tired. Alas, there is still a mountain of work to get...

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Shamis Pitts / 0 / 31st Jan 2024
HR Jolt: Wellbeing Practices: 5 Tips for You and Your Team

HR Jolt – Q2 2021 Edition Wellbeing Practices: 5 Tips for You & Your Team by Shamis Pitts April 27, 2021 Many people like to say that the universal truths are death and taxes. These days, I like to say that there was a lot going on pre-COVID-19, there...

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Shamis Pitts / 0 / 27th Apr 2021
My 2020 Wellbeing Campaign: Key Takeaways

Never in a million years when I launched my wellbeing campaign on January 1, 2020, could I have imagined what was to come. With COVID-19 ravaging the world, the overdue racial reckoning, record devastation from climate change and perpetual political turmoil, wellbeing became one of the most desired and...

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Shamis Pitts / 0 / 29th Dec 2020
Shamis Pitts / 0 / 09th Jun 2020
How to Balance Autonomy and Authenticity to Support Positive Team Dynamics

I will never forget the day I was sitting in a leadership class in business school and I had a major “aha” moment. My professor was taking us through Dr. Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats® framework, which separates thinking into six distinct categories. Each category has its own...

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Shamis Pitts / 0 / 28th May 2020
How Self-Acceptance and a Commitment to Personal Growth Can Increase Psychological Wellbeing

As part of mental health awareness month, I am compelled to create a conversation about psychological wellbeing. A component of mental wellbeing, the other two being emotional and social, I like to refer to psychologist Carol D. Ryff’s Psychological Wellbeing (PWB) Scale as the go-to framework for wrapping my...

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Shamis Pitts / 0 / 23rd May 2020
Social Wellbeing: Finding New Ways to Embrace My Mental Health

The idea of social wellbeing is being turned on its head these days. One of the three components of mental wellbeing, the other two being emotional and psychological, social wellbeing has taken on a whole new meaning. Our social wellbeing, or lack thereof, is being scrutinized with an entirely...

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Shamis Pitts / 0 / 13th May 2020
Emotional Wellbeing: Learning How to Listen to My Body

My body has a voice. It shouts at me when I am nervous, anxious, excited or afraid. It whispers at me when I am peaceful, calm and relaxed. The funny thing is that it has been talking to me for YEARS and somehow, I simply did not listen. How...

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Shamis Pitts / 0 / 11th May 2020
My Story: Journey from Burnout to Wellbeing

Earlier this year my friend, Cait Donovan, interviewed me for FRIED: The Burnout Podcast. In it, I share my burnout story. Then, I explain how I began to prioritize my wellbeing and decided to launch Pitts Leadership Consulting LLC. Launch the link! My Mindfulness Practice Helped My Self-Awareness A...

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Shamis Pitts / 0 / 27th Apr 2020
Special Series: Connecting, learning and sharing in the time of COVID-19

In this special series, I will be sharing thoughts, feelings and learning as WE navigate this emerging and evolving COVID-19 (aka novel coronavirus) landscape. My intention is to use this as a mechanism to connect and support all of you…and myself too! Sending love and hugs, each and every...

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Shamis Pitts / 0 / 21st Mar 2020