Becky Walsh | Performance & Personal Development Training

Uncovering the issues for the public sector and Personal resilience and self-protection
2023-07-04 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Northamptonshire County Association of Local Councils
Condescending comments, demeaning emails, disrupting meetings, reprimanding someone publicly, talking behind someone’s back, giving someone the silent treatment, not giving credit where credit is due, rolling eyes, and being yelled at, is a regular occurrence for many councils. In this webinar, we talk about the issues we face in our council roles. We will then talk about the impact this has on the individuals involved and the organisation as a whole.
And also in this webinar, we discuss emotional resilience and emotional intelligence and how this applies to specific council situations.
Each of the webinars will give real situation scenarios and what to do in each of them, including:

Meetings
Councillors with Councillors
Dealing with members of the public who may be vexatious
Staff having issues with other staff

Creating a positive council culture
2023-06-14 10:30 - 12:00
What can go wrong in councils and why
How to deal with challenging people and situations
Welcoming and encouraging new council members (onboarding)
Personal emotional resilience
Why having a strategy is important and how to create one

Needing more than rational reason?
2023-06-06 14:00 - 15:00 | SLCC Members webinar
When you encounter someone who isn’t operating with an average level of rational reasoning it can be frightening.
They may be unreasonable, angry, aggressive or even threatening. It can also be that their reality is far different from the one you are operating in which means they can be disruptive to a space or situation. It can be down to drug and alcohol use or mental ill health.
You might also encounter someone who is unwell or feeling close to the edge and needs support you might not feel qualified to give.
Knowing how to behave in these situations can go a long way to not escalating them and even bringing back equilibrium to the space and keeping everyone safe.
Becky Walsh will give you tips from real-life experiences so you can feel confidently empowered if it happens to you in person or remotely over the phone.

Creating a Strategic Vision for Shaping the Future
2023-05-16 14:00 - 15:00 | SLCC Members webinar
A Parish, Town, or Community Council strategy should be aspirational, but it can be inspirational too.
When a team and a town understand the values of the council we can make powerful collaborations.
The Council strategy is key to this, it needs to be a developing living document. In addition it needs to have feelings, in the form of values.
Finding out what people care about and how those values can become pillars that pin the strategy together, build teamwork plans and form the council’s unique brand.
A strategy isn’t a document that sits on a shelf gathering dust whilst you get on with other things. It is the backbone of the organisation that focuses all projects and staff’s way of thinking, creating the council’s voice in every conversation. Pulling councillors and officers together as one and who knows, maybe the whole town can have a mission to get behind.
In this webinar, Becky will provide you with information and ideas to help you write your own council strategy.

Question storming session. How can we create deeper connections in our community?
2023-05-16 10:00 - 11:00 | SLCC Members webinar
Question storming is a bit like brainstorming only different, as you can only ask questions you can’t answer them.
The idea is that often we think we know the answer to something without really exploring the question. By a group of people listening deeply to each other’s questions and bouncing a question off the last question they heard, we can go deeper into our understanding of a subject. It’s also really fun!
The aim is to never answer the questions, but you want to so badly! As the questions go they make you rethink your assumptions. It’s a tool that can be used in the early stages of a project and helps bring different perspectives together without the ‘need to be right’. It’s amazing how you can convince someone of a point with a question, not a statement.

‘Buoyancy aid’ personal development in Weston-super-Mare
2023-05-02 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-04-25 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-04-18 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-04-11 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-04-04 18:30 - 20:00 | The Stable, 3-6 Wadham St, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1JY, United Kingdom
Buoyancy aid is a weekly training group which aims to be the antidote to sinking into a ho-hummish banal existence from listening to too much negativity when people are having tough times.
Running every Tuesday 6.30pm from 24th January for five weeks at The Stable 3-6 Wadham St, Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JY
Do you have a dream or a goal that you would like to see happen in 2023? It takes focus and energy to make a change. The enthusiasm can flip-flop and sometimes, you don’t know what you want, but you want it to be better than this! There IS more to life and there’s definitely more to you. Come and explore your brilliance.
Week one – Purpose
There is a WHY behind everything you do. Understanding what motivates you gives you a solid base like a ‘Weeble wobble toy’. You’ll always find your centre when being pushed sideways by life (Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down, remember those, if not google it!)
Week two – Confidence v’s self-faith
Confidence is born out of the evidence from experience, but what if you have been kicked in the squishy bits a few times? Self-belief is an epic rubber ball, that puts a spring in your step. We will be cultivating more of yours this week.
Week Three – Life force
May the force be with you! You can have the most amazing plans and ideas, but if you’re too burnt out to pursue them then it is tough going! Frankly, who isn’t feeling a bit emotionally exhausted? This week we learn how to protect and wield your life force in the right direction.
Week four – The inner voice
Look who talking! Most of us have an inner monologue that seems to run our lives. Sometimes thoughts are helpful and sometimes … not so much. We are going to look at our archetypes, those inner voices so we can talk to ourselves (not out loud!!) and have smarter, kinder replies.
Week five – Goal focus
If I had a magic wand and could change anything for you, what would it be? Well come on, it’s week five you know you can do it yourself now, so what do you want? I mean really really want!
Five weeks of comedy-style training in personal development that reminds you that you are made of the good stuff!

We have a personal development session taught by Becky Walsh.
We work on raising your life force, keeping you chipper and getting you in the flow for whatever you are doing with your life. None serious, fully joyful, anti-fluff way.
Each session is a stand-alone lesson of an hour and a half and has a bigger impact when you can make all five sessions.

Why so funny, this is serious stuff?
It’s true: laughter is the best medicine.
Laughter strengthens your immune system, boosts mood, diminishes pain, and protects you from the effects of stress and it draws people together.
Nothing works faster to bring your mind and body back into balance than a good laugh. And laughing whilst learning makes you look at life differently. Personal development is about how we shift our thought patterns to see ourselves in a new light.
To book email Julie Beynon at Julie.Beynon@n-somerset.gov.uk Numbers are limited, so booking is essential.
About local treasure (she didn’t make the nationals) Becky Walsh.
Becky Walsh is a comedian bringing her humour to subjects of personal development, mental health and is a UK leading expert on intuition. Smart, funny and insightful.
Becky presented an agony aunt-style phone-in radio show on LBC Radio. She is the author of four self-help books including ‘You DO Know – Learn to act on intuition instantly’ which is in four languages and published by Hay House.
Becky is a sought-after speaker and has appeared at the world-renowned seminar ‘I can do it’, as well as being a senior curator, coach and script editor for TEDx Bristol. She is a regular trainer for public sector organisations on personal development subjects. She was the community manager of the SEE MONSTER project, bringing together and forming new community groups that lead to 40 events over the summer of 2022.
Becky has a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and is a qualified life coach. www.beckywalsh.com

Compare for Weston Comedy Village 21st April
2023-04-21 19:00 - 22:00
You’ll find me at the Stage Door venue for the evening as host for the acts.

Stand-up as part of Weston-super-LAUGH!
2023-04-08 20:00 - 22:00 | Front Room, 13 central walk, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1FF
Weston-super-LAUGH! A hilarious night of giggles celebrating the comedians of Weston and beyond – curated by our very own Joe Brooks and Jack Stringer!
After a sellout first event earlier this month, W-s-L is BACK in a BIG way! This month, the boys are joined by some amazing comics, check them out – you may spot some familiar names and faces…
Saturday 8th April
8pm
Front Room WSM
Pay-what-you-decide tickets (Recommended £10, minimum £3.)
Book your ticket NOW!
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Monthly Online Membership
2023-04-02 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-03-05 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-02-05 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-01-08 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Do you feel you’d like to have more ‘laughs’ in your life? Perhaps a nice catch-up with like-minded people who enjoy filling their minds with personal development information and tools to live their best life?
We meet on the first Sunday of every month via zoom at 6.00pm UK time.

We have a personal development learning/coaching session taught by me and other experts.
We have a catch-up and a laugh, and if you can’t make the time, the session is recorded so you can catch up with it later.
We work on raising your life force, keeping you resilient and chipper and getting you in the flow, in a none serious fully joyful anti-fluff way.

This isn’t a ‘hard-core’ transformational programme, it’s a buoyancy aid to avoid sinking into a ho-hummish banal existence from listening to too much negativity when people are having tough times. A comedy hour that reminds you that you are made of the good stuff!
£10 a month via BACS for an hour log call once a month. If you’re overseas £10.60 via Paypal. No contract, you need to set up regular monthly payments and cancel via email whenever you wish to. Pop me an email if you’d like to join becky@beckywalsh.com.

What makes people become challenging? and Understanding psychopathic and narcissistic behaviour
2023-03-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Northamptonshire County Association of Local Councils
In this webinar, we dive into human psychology, neuroscience and power dynamics. What triggers people to behave from the worst of themselves?
How as leaders can we create environments with fewer trigger situations and more safety?
Both psychopathic and narcissistic people generally lack empathy and tend to have unrealistically high opinions of themselves. They often exploit and manipulate others, and can be hard to spot as they can also be superficially charming. They are also attracted to roles of power and are often found in high leadership positions such as company CEOs and in political roles.
In this webinar, we learn how to spot them and also how to monitor your own behaviour to lessen their impact on you and your organisation.
Each of the webinars will give real situation scenarios and what to do in each of them, including:

Meetings
Councillors with Councillors
Dealing with members of the public who may be vexatious
Staff having issues with other staff

The Balance of Power and Grace
2023-02-28 10:00 - 11:00 | SLCC Members webinar
Talking about personal power is relatively new. It has negative connotations and it can be utterly cringe-making. Yet, you need your own power. Without it, you won’t make any significant change in the world or even in your own life. In this humorous presentation, Becky will show you how to balance your power with grace, magnificence and untwisted knickers!

Burn-out - A comedy show about emotional exhaustion and how to avoid it
2023-02-23 20:00 - 21:00 | Blakehay Theatre, Wadham Street, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS23 1JZ, United Kingdom
We’re all feeling some level of emotional exhaustion with everything going on. In this show, Becky Walsh brings you into her comedy kitchen to cook up some vibrant life force.
Explaining how you can create spoonfuls of energy, avoid the stress juice cocktail and how to know when the spinning plates need smashing.
Warning – The show includes verbal obscenities. Some of which are quite inventive.
TICKETS

Emotional and mental health in leadership
2023-02-01 14:35 - 15:35 | Practitioners’ Conference SLCC
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines mental health as ‘a state of well-being in which every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.’
Anything from sleep problems, fatigue, irritability, worry, stress, depression and anxiety can hold you back from being that person. In this webinar, we will look at how our perceptions of ourselves can cause these symptoms. You will discover the thoughts and voices in our minds (subpersonalities), and how to control the less helpful ones like the inner critic and build new ones that make you a resilient leader.

How to create an anti-racist council
2023-02-01 13:25 - 14:25 | Practitioners’ Conference SLCC
In this talk Becky Walsh talks about the human psychology of diversity and equality. Why as a council need to tackle racism in society. And how Town and Parish Councils can become self-reflective and analytical about their own culture and history, without becoming shut down and defensive.
Councils have a role to play in positive change around hate crime and bringing communities together.

Team Building and personal resilience training
2022-12-15 11:00 - 15:00 | Private booking
Improv Theatre-based team-building activities build teamwork and communication skills. We do this by encouraging people to take risks and play a little. This means people have the confidence to show up in the workplace as their whole selves.
It’s fun, we laugh and people get to see their work colleagues n a new and deeper light. Great for team building.

Civility and respect – Understanding psychopathic and narcissistic behaviour
2022-12-13 14:00 - 15:00 | SLCC Members webinar
Both psychopathic and narcissistic people generally lack empathy and tend to have unrealistically high opinions of themselves. They often exploit and manipulate others, and can be hard to spot as they can also be superficially charming. They are also attracted to roles of power and are often found in high leadership positions such as company CEOs and in political roles.
In this webinar, we learn how to spot them and also how to monitor your own behaviour to lessen their impact on you and your organisation.
Each of the webinars will give real situation scenarios and what to do in each of them, including:

Meetings
Councillors with Councillors
Dealing with members of the public who may be vexatious
Staff having issues with other staff

Speaker - Bristol Bath and Somerset Awards
2022-12-01 19:00 - 19:10 | Winter Gardens Weston-super-Mare
Awards opener

Civility and respect – What makes people become challenging?
2022-11-09 14:00 - 15:00
In this webinar, we dive into human psychology, neuroscience and power dynamics. What triggers people to behave from the worst of themselves?
How as leaders can we create environments with fewer trigger situations and more safety?
We will discuss real-life situations and how to turn them around when they start to get out of hand.
Each of the webinars will give real situation scenarios and what to do in each of them, including:

Meetings
Councillors with Councillors
Dealing with members of the public who may be vexatious
Staff having issues with other staff

Knowing You - Supper Talk. Brightlife - Isle of Man
2022-10-28 18:30 - 2022-10-30 22:00 | Bright Life, Ballalheaney House, Andreas, Isle of Man, IM7 4EN, United Kingdom
Join Becky for this introductory talk to her weekend retreat and learn how to, trust your intuition, read other people and hone your emotional intelligence.
Brightlife – Isle of Man – a world away from the everyday. Offering a diverse array of workshops, suppers, indulgent spa treatments and unrivalled spa facilities.
The food is also amazing!

Retreat Brightlife - Isle of Man
2022-10-28 15:00 - 2022-10-30 17:00 | Bright Life, Ballalheaney House, Andreas, Isle of Man, IM7 4EN, United Kingdom
Knowing YOU – Intuition to read people with Becky Walsh
You have an inner knowing within you that transcends logic, reason and experience. When it comes to using it to read other people, we can doubt ourselves and wonder if we are right.
This retreat is for people who want to KNOW they are right. Taking emotional intelligence (EQ) to a heightened level using heart, gut, and head brain intelligence. If you have a calling or are living a purpose that involves empowering other people, making connections, building community, or radical change, this is for you. Trust your intuition to do, say or act in the right way with the right people at the right time and never miss the moment.
By the end of the retreat, you will be able to read other people and yourself with such depth that you will have more faith in yourself and the decision for your future.
Brightlife – Isle of Man – a world away from the everyday. Offering a diverse array of workshops, suppers, indulgent spa treatments and unrivalled spa facilities.
Surrounded by stunning undulating hills which can be seen from every aspect. Escape to a world away from the stresses of everyday life, to our haven of tranquillity and peace.
With facilities including a Hydropool, Sauna, Aromatic Steam Room, Quiet Lounge with complimentary teas & coffee and 5 bespoke treatment rooms, The Spa offers a unique and unrivalled experience in relaxation.
The food is also amazing!
Retreat – 2 Nights (UK Residents) – £450
Includes:
£100 towards return flights
On Island transfers
2 nights 5* accommodation
All meals, tea, coffee & room amenities
Allocated spa time

Retreat – 2 Nights (Local Residents) – £350
Includes:
2 nights 5* accommodation
All meals, tea, coffee & room amenities
Allocated spa time

2 Day Workshop (Non-Residential) – £230
Day delegate only includes:
Lunch on Saturday & Sunday
All tea & coffee breaks

Paying a deposit of £95 reserves you place on this event. We will then be in touch to finalise details such as flights and accommodation if required.

Civility and respect – Understanding psychopathic and narcissistic behaviour
2022-10-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-10-17 13:30 - 14:30

Civility and respect – Personal resilience and self-protection
2022-10-06 11:00 - 12:00
Having a good understanding of yourself means you’ll know what to do when someone tries to push your buttons. In this webinar, we discuss emotional resilience and emotional intelligence and how this applies to specific council situations.
Each of the webinars will give real situation scenarios and what to do in each of them, including:

Meetings
Councillors with Councillors
Dealing with members of the public who may be vexatious
Staff having issues with other staff
