A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities “There is prodigious strength in sorrow and despair.” As the end of term arrives, I have found myself reflecting on the extraordinary realities of the past eighteen months. Orange Ball has supported a range of schools in London and Liverpool...
Resilience is in the Eye of the Beholder

Resilience is in the Eye of the Beholder

Resilience is in the Eye of the Beholder What makes up a resilient person or a resilient team? Burnley Football Club’s manager, Sean Dyche, seems to value the quality of resilience quite highly. He will often praise the resilience of his team after having fallen...
Resilient Metaphors: Is Your Glass Half Full?

Resilient Metaphors: Is Your Glass Half Full?

Resilient Metaphors: Is Your Glass Half Full? “The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another,”. Whenever one thing is described in terms of another, that’s a metaphor (Lakoff, 1980). The word originates from the Greek...
Resilience and the Athletic Mind

Resilience and the Athletic Mind

Resilience and the Athletic Mind Executive functions make up the system that controls higher-order cognitive processes such as planning, decision making, information monitoring, self-regulation, goal directed behaviour and much of human volitional behaviour. The...