Join alumna Anastasia Vinnikova, Wellbeing Lead at the Bank of England, as she explores the idea of resilience and how you can stay motivated when facing challenges.
In this talk, Anastasia will look at how, rather than always being positive and ‘strong’, acknowledging your vulnerability can be a key part of developing resilience. She will also help you to identify common challenges to motivation and resilience, such as peer pressure, job hunts, social pressures and toxic perfectionism.
The talk will include where to look for support and the importance of building support networks, as Anastasia brings her personal and professional experience together to advise our students and graduates.
Anastasia will answer questions during the Q&A session following the talk.
About the speakers
Anastasia Vinnikova, Wellbeing Lead, Bank of England (Business Management – Human Resources Management BA, 2014)
Anastasia is Wellbeing Lead at the Bank of England, a former member of the Commission for Equality in Mental Health, and a Co-Chair of the Thriving from the Start Network – a mental health network for those early on in their careers or about to finish their studies. Last year, Anastasia also founded Winning Minds, a mental health resource for sportspeople. Through her work, Anastasia is keen to decrease the stigma around mental health conditions in the workplace and beyond.
Anastasia is a passionate mental health advocate following her own experiences with depression and an anxiety disorder. Because of fear of stigma, Anastasia kept her challenges secret for seven years before feeling empowered to open up in 2016. Anastasia is a former competitive figure skater, through which she sustained some difficult injuries such as a spinal fracture and cartilage damage. Her experience juggling academia and a sporting career has informed her appreciation for wellbeing and resilience.
