This one runs as an interactive workshop: the hour includes exercises your colleagues do themselves, not only a talk.
Rose specialises in mood disorders, vocational rehabilitation, crisis intervention, self-harm, emotion regulation, stress management, and conflict resolution. She is trained in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy as well as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She is currently working in her private practice as well as a Clinical Counsellor at the BC Occupational Stress Injury Clinic treating persistent psychological difficulty resulting from operational duties performed during military or RCMP service. She also worked at Vancouver General Hospital’s Mental Health and Substance Use Outpatient Services for eight years providing group and individual therapy for a variety of mental health conditions. She is also a TEDx speaker and has over ten years of experience working with children and youth.
All sessions by Rose →Have you ever wondered why eyewitness accounts at the scene of major events can vary so widely when everyone has witnessed the same event? In this session, Rose will take the participants through a fascinating exercise that will allow everyone to “flex their brain muscles”.
Participants will learn more about how their life experiences influence the way their mind interprets events, why their mind likes to create stories, and explore the concept of cognitive flexibility. Be prepared to participate and have fun!
During the expert session, mental health professional Rose Auyeung engages participants through a series of interactive activities using Mentimeter, an interactive engagement tool. She asks attendees to share personal stories about ambiguous pictures, encouraging creative storytelling and perspective-taking.
Participants then reflect on their thought processes and categorize their stories based on impact, generating new positive stories for the session. The goal is to help participants understand cognitive flexibility and learn ways to control thoughts for desired outcomes, as well as recognize individual biases and shift focus when needed.
Engage in activities that encourage shifting perspectives, such as looking at ambiguous images from various angles or generating positive stories from negative situations, to broaden your understanding of events and improve cognitive flexibility.
Recognize that the narratives our brains create are just stories and not always based on facts. Practice mindfulness exercises to become more aware of your thoughts and emotions without judgment, and learn techniques for managing negative thought patterns and rumination.
Incorporate mindfulness exercises into your daily routine to help calm an active mind, improve focus, and enhance overall well-being. Engage in activities that promote sensory awareness, such as the "Five 4 3 2 1" exercise, and be patient with yourself during this process, recognizing the importance of kindness and gentle guidance towards mental growth.
In this expert session, mental health professional and cognitive flexibility trainer Rose Auyeung leads a thought-provoking discussion on how our life experiences shape the way we interpret events and the importance of becoming mentally flexible. The interactive session begins with participants being encouraged to have something to write with and observe their initial reactions when presented with an ambiguous picture.
Rose, a registered clinical counselor with ten years of experience in trauma treatment, including suicide prevention and crisis intervention, introduces herself and shares her expertise on cognitive flexibility. She has recently worked with various professionals, such as veterans and Canadian mountain police officers, to help them cope with the traumas accumulated from their respective careers.
Participants are asked to identify the focus point of their initial story about the picture and categorize it based on its impact on individuals involved. They then explore generating alternative positive stories for the session.
Throughout the discussion, Mentimeter, an interactive engagement tool, facilitates participation and interaction among attendees.
Rose emphasizes the significance of recognizing the various ways our brains process information – rationally and emotionally – and encourages open communication and creative storytelling to broaden perspective-taking abilities. She shares her personal experience of initially struggling with this exercise and highlights how memories, particularly those based on emotional intensity, can skew perspectives towards negative experiences.
The second activity involves focusing on different elements in the picture and sharing opposite stories to broaden understanding that various interpretations can coexist and enrich perspective-taking abilities. Participants are invited to share their stories for this activity in the chat.
Rose emphasizes the importance of recognizing the stories our brains tell us and distinguishing them from facts. She encourages participants to practice noticing thoughts without judgment and assessing what is factual based on their senses.
The expert also shares insights on rumination, which can occur when we hold onto negative emotions and thoughts. She advises mindfulness practices to help manage these feelings and redirect focus to the present moment.
The session concludes with Rose introducing mindfulness exercises to help participants connect with their internal senses, such as the "Five 4 3 2 1" exercise designed to engage the senses of sight, sound, and touch. She explains that this internal anchoring technique helps calm an active mind and can be beneficial for those who find it challenging to focus or experience a racing thought process.
Rose leaves participants with final tips for noticing the stories their brains tell and practicing cognitive flexibility to broaden perspectives.
From the survey every participant gets when the session ends, in their own words.
Fantastic session! Hope we can have a new one soon! Thanks a lot
It was brilliant! Thanks a lot!
Session was good and I have learned a lot. thanks
Thanks for this refreshing end of my working day
I’m an artist and designer so familiar with stories and ideation techniques. However I really enjoyed hearing a professional use this in a wider context and Rose’s reminder on how feel things, not just think them.
Very helpful tips to calm my brain down or learn how to understand the brain, thanks alot.
Difference between facts and stories. Loved the session! Thank you.
In one hour a very comprehensive lecture with a lot of possibilities to participate actively, thanks very much for this experience.
No prior knowledge is assumed. It is built for a general working audience, and people who already know the subject get the research and the practical side rather than an introduction. What the hour itself covers: Have you ever wondered why eyewitness accounts at the scene of major events can vary so widely when everyone has witnessed the same event? In this session, Rose will take the participants through a fascinating exercise that will allow everyone to “flex their brain muscles”.
A workshop. The description of this session says so itself: the hour includes exercises and activities that participants do, not only an expert speaking. It still runs live and online, for as many colleagues as you want to invite.
Rose Auyeung-Chen is one of the experts we auditioned ourselves, and we produce every session so we see how each one lands. Participants rate this session 4.1 out of 5, across 251 responses, and rate Rose personally 4.5 out of 5.
It is interactive, and the block higher up on this page says exactly how for this session. Nobody has to speak up who does not want to: the chat and the polls carry most of it, and the questions can come in anonymously.
It runs 45 min / 15 min: the talk, then live questions. All you do is pick a date. We brief Rose, produce the session, host and moderate it, run the Q&A, and send you the report within an hour of the end.
A team, a department, an employee network or every single employee at once, with no cap and no per-seat price. It runs inside your own Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, or on a branded page we build. No integration, no login, no company device or e-mail.
The session is delivered in English. You can add high accuracy live subtitles in 8, 16 or 24 languages, so everyone follows in their own. That is a paid option, priced by the number of languages you need.
No, and that is by design. There is nothing to install, nothing to integrate and no connection to your systems, so there is nothing for IT to validate: we join your own Teams, Zoom or Meet as a guest speaker, or we host a page and your people open a link. No software, no accounts, and no data of yours that we can reach. It is why hundreds of companies, among them some of the largest technology and financial firms in the world, were able to start within a day.
We never receive or hold personal data about your employees. Because the session runs in your own environment, attendance and identity stay with you, and what we report back is aggregated: numbers, ratings and survey answers, not people. That is also why IT approval usually takes minutes rather than weeks.
You keep the recording and can share it internally. You also get attendance over time, participant ratings for the content and the speaker, the survey answers, and the topics your people asked for next.
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