Introducing The Mental Workload Podcast!
I’ve been beavering away over the past few weeks on a new project and I’m finally able to share it! Announcing… The Mental Workload podcast! The Mental...
Super Secret Announcement!
Super secret announcement post for my paid subscribers! I’ve been working on something exciting, which is why this post is a lil shorter than normal for my...
Empathy and bias
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Learning to let go
Thank you for being a paid subscriber <3 This post is a follow up from my last paid post: https://buttondown.email/SelfCareBackpack/archive/on-being-...
From Tech to Wellbeing
I pop a poll on my linkedin every month to see what people want me to write about, and the winner this time was From Tech to Wellbeing, so here we are. This...
On being triggered
Self care has to be deliberate. If it’s not then you’re not fully embedded in the process. That doesn’t mean you need to be thinking ‘I am going to do self...
Accepting Nurturing (free)
Occasionally I remove the paywall from posts to give you all a sneak peek into what you can get if you sign up for a paid subscription. Want to get weekly...
I've passed my exam
Fear and grief still exist, even when the change is something you want, and it’s something I’ve not had much space for. I think it’s still been theoretical...
Empathy wrap up post
I’m doing some virtual events in July! I have a mid-year reflection workshop on July 2nd, and on July 3rd, I’m doing a mid-year affirmations session! I’m...
Rest as restorative
I’ve put a miro template together for this activity. If you want to give it a go for yourself you can see it here: https://miro.com/miroverse/rest-activity-...
Self-empathy
This is the last of the empathy as a skill series. The next free newsletter (out on 19th June) will be a collection of things that didn’t fit in the series...
Accepting Nurturing
How do you feel about being nurtured or looked after? How do you feel if someone does something for you (that you like/enjoy), without asking? I’ve been...
Uncontrolled empathy
This is the second in my series on Empathy as a Skill, and I want to talk about balanced and grounded empathy.Part one is here:...
Self care in crisis
It’s hard sometimes. I see the genocide in Palaestine, Congo, Sudan. I see the cost of living crisis, the rise of facism, the transphobia everywhere. And...
Empathy as a skill, part 1
I asked over on LinkedIn what people wanted to hear me write about in May, and Empathy as a Skill won the poll, so here’s a newsletter on it! There’ll be...
How do you evaluate your evaluation?
How do you evaluate your work? This question was asked to me by my therapy tutor a couple of weeks ago. I was in a practice supervision session - we did a...
You can’t hate yourself into someone you love
‘You can’t hate yourself into someone you love’ ‘If being hard on yourself worked it would’ve worked by now’ Both these things are true, and might even give...
What are your warning signs?
Plan for your bad days on a good day. It’s easier, and is a way to practice being kinder to yourself. By thinking about warning signs and what you can do to...
April is Stress Awareness Month
(I'm sending this out as I don't think it sent a couple of weeks ago, sorry readers, apparently I failed at scheduling emails) The hashtag for this year's...
Let's talk about Mindfulness
Note: I'm not sure I managed to schedule this to go out on Wednesday as normal. Sending this out now as a test, apologies if you receive it twice. I've been...
