Well-being workshop
A series of highly informative and interactive workshops on well-being
Union Syndicale invites you to a series of interactive online lunchtime well-being workshops with a real-life focus on finding passion, motivation & purpose in your life. We will explore all the various facets of what wellbeing is, to look at how important it is to our mental and physical health and gain some ideas into how we can start to look after ourselves and each other much better.
In this first session of 90 minutes we will cover what the dictionary definition of wellbeing is and also what it means to you. We will then take a look at some quick wins, things we can do right now to check how we are, see where things need to be improved and make a plan to change what we are doing in order to look after ourselves.
You will come away with some of the basic things you can implement in your daily routine to increase your own Well-being factor.
The workshop will be conducted in English and will not be recorded.
Well-being Workshop, Wednesday, 28 January 2026
The Cost of Compliance: Breaking the Cycle of People-Pleasing
from 12h30 à 14h, Zoom Meeting, Open to public
Deadline to register : Tuesday, 27 January 2026, at 12h00
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January is that magical time when we promise ourselves this will be the year we set boundaries, say “no” more often, and finally stop over-committing…only to find ourselves doing exactly the opposite by week two.
To support a different kind of fresh start, Union Syndicale is delighted to launch a new cycle of well-being workshops with Andy Whittle.
This engaging session explores how being the “Good Girl” or “Nice Guy” may have once kept us safe but can now lead to burnout, frustration, and a quiet loss of self—especially at work, where saying no isn’t always simple. Expect eye-opening insights into where people-pleasing comes from, practical phrases for handling tricky conversations at work, with family, and in relationships, and tools to build emotional resilience when guilt shows up after setting boundaries. If you’re ready to stop being everyone else’s go-to person and start the year by showing up for yourself, this workshop is for you.
We look forward to seeing you there!
An open mind, a willingness to participate and some ideas of your own to share. You will also need to have a pen and paper at the ready, or you maybe have a favourite notebook you can use (you can choose to have one notebook dedicated to the whole series, it will be fun to go back to previous sessions!). There will be some writing and doodling during the workshop.
These workshops are designed to help you take a deeper look at what wellbeing means for you and for your context when joggling with all the unknowns of the current period. You can follow all workshops or only those that “speak” louder to you. We are going to create a safe space for learning and sharing, talking and reflecting silently, whatever works so that you feel that you’ve got a better grasp on how to stay safe and healthy, how to be kinder to yourself and better at supporting others.
Each well-being workshop will propose some pre-work, some homework and bibliography, if you feel like deepening your understanding of specific topics. These will not mean a lot of work but will help you integrate what is discussed in the workshop and continue the reflection at home. The approach is supported by reliable scientific models and statistics.
You will be able to continue the discussion, if you want, in the Facebook group we have created and where you’ll find most of the information and resources used for the class, plus more conversation and support.
This is not a course, this is a community.
Andy is a friendly, approachable, fully accredited Life and Executive Coach (PCC) and a Wellbeing Trainer. He is really and truly a people person who loves listening to people’s stories and delving deeper into what is possible for people to achieve. He has a wide experience of working with people and has a knack for designing and delivering workshops and running events, combining several of his passions in one go.
Andy is a faculty member of Kingstown Coaching College, an Associate Tutor for Barefoot Coaching, a European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Board member, and has worked at all the main European Institutions and many large and small companies across Europe. He is the co-owner and co-creator of the Imagination Club, a consultant for Talent Interlock and the International House Leuven as a career advisor and coach as well as working with individual coaching clients and groups.
Visit his website here: https://www.andywhittle.be/
Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyjwhittle/
Here are some suggestions for books to read and videos to watch, in general TED talks which are associated with the books plus a few gratitude exercises.
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Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter – The Burnout Challenge
Dr Nicole LePera – How to Meet yourself
James Clear – Atomic Habits
Any Brené Brown books (Gift of imperfections, Rising Strong, Daring Greatly)
Martin Seligman and his book Flourish
Nigel Marsh – Book Fat, Forty and Fired
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