Well-Being Skills for Personal Resilience (GSP221)

This course develops essential self-care competencies through applied learning of scientifically-supported restoration practices. Students will learn practical techniques grounded in positive psychology, applied coping research, and mindfulness studies to build personalized resilience strategies. The course prioritizes skill development and real-world application, providing both immediate applied well-being tools and preparation for further psychology and mental wellness related coursework.

• Mindfulness foundations
• Awe, gratitude and joy
• Flow psychology
• Bridging and bonding
• Purpose and meaning
• Self-mastery and inner balance
• Movement and nature connection
• Hope and agency
• Growth mindset
• Mood through food
• Mental rest and restoration
• Personalised integrative rejuvenation plan

• Explain key principles of personal restoration and their application to sustainable well-being.
• Describe how internal and external factors affect an individual’s ability to maintain sustainable self-care practices.
• Demonstrate the use of evidence-based restorative techniques to manage mental, emotional, and physical states.
• Apply self-assessment tools to track changes in fatigue and renewal patterns.
• Compare and contrast different wellness approaches to identify their strengths, limitations, and appropriate contexts for use.
• Analyse personal wellness data and lifestyle factors to design an integrated rejuvenation plan that combines multiple self-care practices.