This will be an interactive workshop for individuals aiming to learn about life-changing events and gain clarity on their life-changing events.

Life-events are described by life-span psychology as the major contributor to adult development and can lead to a 1) psychological decline or can be a 2) growth opportunity.

Life-events capable of changing people’s lives are organized into four clusters:
1) Family, including four types of events such as marriage, divorce, bereavement, childbirth;
2) Work-related, comprising unemployment, reemployment, retirement, relocation/migration;
3) Health-related events include any physical illness or sudden disability that have implied major life changes.
4) Non-events are those life events that should have happened at a certain age or stage, but it didn’t (e.g. getting married, having children, etc).

Whether positive or negative changes, Life Events are studied from both stress and developmental perspectives either way broadly accepted as a significant source of stress in people’s lives; one of the most critical components to physical and mental health, and well-being outcomes with implications in public health.

Schedule for the day:

9.30 am
What are life-events, and how they affect me?
- What is adult development?
- Differences between change and transition

10.00 am
Research study: What is the subjective experience of fear during life events, and its implications to subjective well-being?
- Study findings presentation: What is like to feel fear during life events.
(Developed at Glasgow Caledonian University while undertaking Psychology during 2018-2019.)

10:30 am
Psychological decline prevention and personal growth
- What are the differences between fear, anxiety, and stress?
- What is Life Planning? Emotional Intelligence and Cognitive performance?

10:30- 10.45 Coffee & Tea Break

10.45 - 12.20
How to cope with change and transition in adulthood?
- Everyone has a Story: Life timeline exercise.
- Discussion, Sharing & Brainstorming

End

“So, you believe-IN yourself, and you make the life you wish and deserve happen!”

What will cost? £ 20, Booking is required. Contact Márcia Pinho to book: marcia.pinho@believein.uk or 07843951151 for more information.


More about my research:

believe-IN conducted the first research study on the lived experience of fear during life-changing events and its implications to well-being. Inspired by believe-IN Founder life story, which after several co-occurrent major life events, in a ten months’ timeframe, preceded and proceeded by other life events started before 2013 and still in progress, eventually leading to a psychosocial transition, nonetheless, motivating the creation of “believe-IN” to assist individuals going through similar life-changing events in adulthood.

The study proposed to trace how fear is experienced from the first-person perspective, directing its focus to how human beings feel fear in the occurrence of a life-changing event; seven females, three males, age range 38-58 years old (mean = 46.7) experienced in life events (breast cancer, bereavement, divorce, career-related changes, relocation, sudden disability) were interviewed and subsequently extracted the first description of the feeling of fear during life-changing events, and how to cope with it!

Objectives
1) Raise awareness within the community to the importance of life-events and transitions, and its contribution to psychological decline, impacting well-being and mental health.

2) Present findings of the first known research study on the lived experience of fear during life-events and its implications to well-being.