Seedling Ep 37. How to stay present when the world is in chaos
Today on the podcast I’m sharing some tips to help you stay grounded and present – something that can feel especially hard when the world is as chaotic as it is right now. I hope this helps, but please remember if you need to speak to a professional, don’t hesitate to reach out to one – we all need a helping hand now and then. Listen wherever you get your…
Seedling Ep 36. Finding body acceptance
For the first episode of 2021 and smack bang in the middle of January, I wanted to talk about a big topic… body acceptance. Now is typically the peak time where diet culture rears its ugly head and I guess I want to try and counter that in a small way. In the episode I talk about my own journey with body acceptance and share some tools that help me…
Give yourself kindness – a journal for self-compassion
*This post contains gifted products* If you’ve been following me for a while then there’s no doubt you will have heard me talking about journaling at some point. It’s a tool I’ve been using since I was 13 and something that has helped me cope with mental health struggles and processing everyday emotions. Whether it’s taking some time at the end of the day to process what’s happened by writing…
Lessons from 2020 and the quote that’s going to get me through 2021
I wasn’t planning on writing any blogs over the festive period, but I recently worked my way through Suzannah Conway’s ‘unravel your year’ workbook and felt the need to process and consolidate all that journaling into some clearer thoughts, especially in regards to my ‘word’ of the year, or more precisely my ‘quote’ of the year. So I thought why not do it here? To start with, let’s take a…
Seedling Ep 35. Valuing your impact
Today is a short but sweet episode, a rallying cry to value your impact, no matter how big or small that impact is, recognise what you have to offer the world and understand that your voice matters. I hope it inspired you and excites you for the New Year ahead. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or here: Links and further reading The impact of knowing your worth Are you…
Seedling Ep 34. Creativity, allyship and petite joys with Michelle Chai
If you’re new to Seedling you may not know, but every season I like to interject one interview with someone who can speak on a subject from a different perspective to myself. I’m very aware that Seedling is predominantly a solo podcast, so to avoid blasting you with my views and my views alone, I like to reach out to others from time to time. This season I’m speaking to…
Seedling Ep 33. Separating your worth from your productivity
Tackling a big topic on the podcast today – how we can separate our sense of worth from our productivity. It isn’t easy and I certainly still struggle from this from time to time. In this episode I’m sharing the six ideas I come back to time and time again to help me untangle them. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or here: Links and further reading Your surge capacity…
Seedling Ep 32. We need to talk about painful sex
This is the most nervous I’ve been about releasing a podcast episode, but I want to push past the fear because I know how important it is to talk about. This week I’m sharing my experience of painful sex and why we need to be open with subjects like this. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or here: Links and further reading Vulva Pain Society Vestibulodynia Sex therapy Support me…
Seasonal self-care with Madeleine Onstwedder
I talk about self-care a lot here, but something I’ve truly never given much thought to is seasonal self-care. Taking some time as seasons change to check in with my self-care routine and adjusting where needed. A recent Instagram post from Madeleine Onstwedder sparked a conversation and I realised it was something I wanted to learn more about and share with you. So I asked Madeleine some questions to help…
Seedling Ep 31. How to build a positive relationship with social media
Today on Seedling I’m tackling the topic of social media, something which I have mixed views on but overall I think it can be a positive place to be. We just need to be intentional about it. And that’s what I’m going into in this episode. I talk about three steps I think are necessary to make social media a nicer place to be and improve your relationship with it.…