We are now celebrating our 1st year in business as SEVEN 'Psychology at Work'. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for working and collaborating with us over the year and look forward to continued success over the coming years.

So it's Saturday, two days since the wonderfully named volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, erupted in Iceland. And here we are stranded in Boston. Well, originally stranded in Chicago and now, after a joyful (we were on route home for around 5 hours) yet failed (we had to turn around!) flight to Dublin, we have all been re-routed to Boston. And so we adapt, we adjust and just accept that things aren't that bad really... 'Sure it could be worse', 'Thank goodness for the credit card', 'Aren't we lucky we have a hotel room', 'At least we are safe'. Perspective is everything - we survive because we apply that wonderful psychological principle of gratitude. We stay optimistic and we see the bright side, as one clever text replied when hearing of my first night in a boutique hotel in downtown Chicago 'sure every cloud has a silver lining' (boom boom!). But this is one big persistent ash cloud.

Johanna has recently acquired Accredited Coach status from the Association for Coaching – this achievement was recognised at the Association for Coaching conference in Dublin by Katherine Tulpa, Chair of the AC. Johanna is one of three Accredited AC Coaches in the Republic of Ireland.

Maggie Van den Heuvel presented her research on 'Meaning-Making' at the 8th International Conference on Work Stress & Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The conference was convened by the American Psychological Association, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Society for Occupational Health Psychology. To find out more about Maggie’s research please see the following article:

Van den Heuvel, M., Demerouti, E., Schreurs, B. H. J., Bakker, A. B., & Schaufeli, W. B. (2009). Does meaning-making help during organizational change? Development and validation of a new scale. Career Development International, Vol. 6, pp. 508-533

SEVEN, Psychology at Work is proud to be an endorser of the 2010 O2 Ability Awards. For more information on the Ability Awards go to www.theabilityawards.com or call the Kanchi team on 01 634 0018.

For more information on becoming a member of the Association for Coaching please contact Johanna or visit www.associationforcoaching.com