Mixed Mental Arts with Tough Cookie

What is Mixed Mental Arts?

Mixed Mental Arts is a toolkit of twelve practical techniques designed to build up people’s mental resilience by changing the way they manage their thoughts and emotions. Inspired by human wisdom, the teachings are rigorously supported by the latest research in psychology and neurobiology.

The course will cover the following modules and you can check out the full outline here.

• Breaking our Addiction to Thought;
• Hacking Our Body’s Stress Response;
• Neutralising Unhelpful Thought Patterns;
• Navigating Overwhelming Experiences;
• Re-Learning Relaxation;
• Reclaiming Emotional Autonomy.

Hosted by Tough Cookie, this programme has been tried, tested and recommended by teams and communities such as Mind, Facebook, Google and Time To Change! Read the testimonials for yourself!

What is Mental Resilience?

Mental Resilience is our ability to cope with the challenges of life in a way that is skilful and sustainable. The single most important building block of mental resilience is the skill to manage thoughts and emotions, yet most adults have never been taught best practise in doing so.

If you ask yourself the question “How am I coping with the adversity in my life right now?” and then stay with that question in a sustained, focused way, what answer would you find? Are your coping strategies as effective as they could be?

We find ourselves in the second year of this global pandemic and it’s vital that we equip ourselves with excellent cognitive, emotional and relational skills, to be resilient and navigate this challenging time proactively.

How will Mixed Mental Arts be taught?

This course will be delivered intimately and conveniently on Zoom in six 1 hour sessions, every Tuesday from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. The first session will commence on Tuesday 20th April, with the last session running on Tuesday 25th of May.

This course is only open to 15 people, in order to accommodate a better learning experience, so be sure to sign up as soon as you can via the link in the Newsletter!

Can I attend a couple of the sessions?

The benefits of this course come from the cumulative building of knowledge and sharing of experience within the group, so it is not possible or effective to hold drop in sessions.

Who should sign up to this?

Any Republic tenant who wants to learn more about the way the mind and our emotions work! We also ask that you are able to commit to the 6 sessions in advance; though we appreciate that life happens sometimes and you might not be able to make every single one.

Check out Tough Cookie’s website here for more information.