Seedling Ep 14. How to start a podcast
This week’s episode is the season finale! The first season of Seedling is officially finished and I’ve loved every minute. In this week’s episode I’m reflecting on some lessons I’ve learnt, how I’ve felt the first season has gone and I’m sharing some tips for you if you’re thinking about launching your own podcast. I also wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who listens, and those who…
Seedling Ep 13. Coaching – a year in business
This week I’m taking you behind the scenes of my business over the last year. I talk about why I decided to become a coach in the first place, what happened after I launched, where I am a year in (including how much money I’ve made) and my hopes for 2020. My intention with this episode is to help you realise that slow progress is still progress and not to…
Seedling Ep 12. Pancakes
This week I’m sharing something short and sweet for you to get your teeth into… a short story about pancakes. Christmas can be stressful at times, so I hope this slice of fiction helps you feel a little calmer. This story is also dedicated to anyone out there living with an eating disorder. I hope it can give you hope that things can get better. Sending all my love. I’d…
Seedling Ep 11. How to cope with overwhelm
As we’re getting closer and closer to Christmas I really wanted to dive into the topic of overwhelm on the podcast. So, this week I’m talking about a recent experience I had, some steps you can use to cope and finally when to seek help because overwhelm can quickly spiral into burnout. I hope the pointers in this week’s episode are helpful, I’d love to hear your thoughts over on…
Seedling Ep 10. Creativity as an act of self-care
On the podcast this week I’m talking about creativity – how it benefits our mental health and how it can become part of our self-care routine. I share some science behind why creativity is good for us, how it can get tricky when your job involves being creative and how to make creativity a bigger part of your life. If you always struggle to make time for creativity or don’t…
Seedling Ep 9. Self-acceptance – how to like yourself more
This week I wanted to talk about the radical act of liking yourself and self-acceptance. It can be incredibly hard to find self-acceptance, and in this episode I talk about why it’s so hard, but also why it’s so, so worth the work. Here I talk about how things changed for me when I left school, why fashion had a role to play and how I managed to change my…
Seedling EP 8. Wellness, self-care and everyday joy with Tamu Thomas
Today on the podcast we have the very first conversation on Seedling! My aim with these conversations is to shed light on subjects that as a society we *need* to talk about in order to grow. My first conversation is with the lovely Tamu Thomas who is a life coach, podcaster, speaker and writer. I met Tamu at one of her podcast events and loved listening to her thoughts and…
Seedling Ep 7. Mental wellness – how to take care of your mental health
On the podcast this week I’m talking about mental wellness and how we can take a more proactive approach to our mental health. I don’t feel like this subject gets enough air time, for many of us the term ‘mental health’ conjures up images of people at crisis point, but the thing is – we all have mental health, and we can all take steps to help ourselves before we…
Seedling ep 6. The difference between counsellors, coaches and mentors
This week I’m wading through the murky waters of the coaching and counselling industry… I’m sharing an analogy and some questions to help you understand the difference between the professions, talking about qualifications, guidelines and laws and also shedding some light on the term mentor. Finally I offer some advice to help you know which counsellor/coach/mentor is right for you and some considerations to keep in mind as a client. I’m not…
Seedling ep 5. understanding the negativity bias
I was really keen to cover the topic of negativity and specifically our brain’s negativity bias on the podcast because there are so many unhelpful articles out in the world that enter #positivevibesonly territory. I believe it’s more helpful for us to raise our awareness and understand what the negativity bias is, how we can tilt the balance and what we can do when negativity shows up instead of just…