Seedling Ep 21. How to tell someone you’re struggling with your mental health
This week’s podcast is all about telling someone you’re struggling with your mental health. This can be a tricky subject to broach, whether you live with a mental health condition or you’re starting to struggle with something for the first time. In the episode I share a couple of thoughts that can get in our way of telling someone, how to overcome them and then a range of ways you…
Monthly mindscape – Lines
Last month for my monthly mindscape I shared a story about my favourite birthday. This month I’m going back to the original format, picking an image found on Instagram and writing a short piece of fiction with this as the prompt. This is my play-time on the blog. I get to explore topics in a more creative way and generally have a bit of fun flexing my fiction-writing muscles. This…
Seedling Ep 20. It’s OK to go slow
In this episode I want to talk about feeling as if you’re wading through treacle when everyone else seems to be running past you effortlessly. I want to encourage you to get to know your brands of treacle and, if you can’t change them – accept them – and if you can change them, wash it off. So if you find you’re constantly comparing yourself to others and feel like…
Small steps to build confidence
I’ve got confidence on the brain at the moment. I’ve been doing a lot of things in the first quarter of 2020 that are really pushing my comfort zone in terms of confidence and it’s, honestly, feeling pretty amazing. But something important I want to reiterate is that when it comes to confidence, it is all about small steps. I didn’t suddenly decide I wanted to do public speaking, workshops…
Seedling Ep 19. How to get out of a negative thought cycle
On the podcast this week I wanted to talk about negative thought cycles – you know, when you find yourself staring at the wall thinking one negative thought after another and feel utterly paralysed. I recorded this a couple of weeks ago, before the coronavirus pandemic started, so it honestly wasn’t planned but I do feel like it’s good timing. I’m sharing an example of when I found myself in…
What to do when you feel stuck
I think all of us can relate to the feeling of being stuck in a certain area of our lives. You feel like you don’t know which way to turn or how to take the next step forward. You know things have to change, but you don’t know how. You feel frustrated, exhausted and paralysed. It’s a horrible feeling. But the frustration we feel can be turned into fuel, propelling…
Seedling Ep 18. Building emotional resilience
This week I wanted to talk about how we can build our emotional resilience and essentially be better at handling stress and rolling with the punches. I know some people see resilience as a need to ‘be strong’ all the time, but that’s not how I see emotional resilience. To me it’s more about our ability to bounce back and navigate the waves of life when things get stormy. I’m…
The impact of knowing your worth
I talk about self-worth a lot, being a self-worth coach, but I know sometimes phrases like this can feel a little fluffy and intangible. It can be hard to get your head around what it actually is, and why you should care. So let’s start with a real quick definition of self-worth: “the sense of one’s own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.” The reason I have such…
Seedling Ep 17. How to be OK with not being the best
This week on the podcast we’re tackling perfectionism and how to be OK with not being the best at something. This is something (as you’ll hear) I’ve always struggled with. But more recently I’ve felt better able to lower my insanely high expectations of myself. In this episode I’m sharing five steps that can help you be more comfortable with being a beginner at something. I hope it helps. You…
When your fear is of fear itself
*This post contains a gifted experience* At the beginning of 2020 I had a feeling that this year would throw a lot at me. 2019 felt to me like a year of really putting the work in, and I was quietly hoping 2020 would be time for it to start coming to fruition. For things to start… happening. As it turns out, so far at least, my prediction’s been dead…