Bangor Presents: Inner Change Works: Empowering Resilience and Responsivity for Leaders and Change Makers
Please join Sophie Sansom and Bridgette O’Neill from the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University as they explore how we can bring awareness and compassion to understanding the systems we live and work within (e.g., households, families, workplaces, communities, planet earth), how these systems impact us and how we can act to effect changes within systems. They will discuss ways to cultivate psychological resilience and compassionate responsiveness to engage with and navigate social and ecological challenges.
This session will build your understanding of:
- ✔️ Common barriers to engaging in effective action, including hopelessness, anxiety and empathic distress and burnout
- ✔️ The meaning of active hope
- ✔️ How awareness and compassion practices can resource our sense of agency and capacity.
- ✔️ How we can drive change within our own contexts (e.g., relationships, families, communities, workplaces)
The session will be interactive, and participants will have the opportunity to explore innovative ideas and insights to influence and inspire, share experiences, and gain practical tools to support well-being and foster sustainable action.
Event details:
📅 Date: Thursday 26th June 2025
⏱️ Time: 12 – 1 BST
📍 Location: Online via Zoom. Buy your ticket below.
About Sophie Sansom
Sophie Sansom is co-director of the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University where she teaches on the Masters programme. She sits on the International Panel of Acknowledgement (IPA) for the European Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches and is chair of the British Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches (BAMBA).
About Bridgette O’Neill
Bridgette is a senior lecturer with the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University. She is a co- author of the journal article ‘Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for our time: a curriculum that is up to the task’ and is motivated to understand what kind of mindfulness and compassion practices are needed to support us with the challenges of our time.
