Learning things So, this week I started a free course called The Science of Well-being. It’s by psychology professor Laurie Santos of Yale and it’s on Coursera (love Coursera). Grateful to my colleague for letting me know about it, because it’s brilliant. Whizzed through week 1, and now practising using my character strengths. Regardless of […]
Posts with the wellbeing tag
The week that started 6th April 2020
What’s in this week: Wellness Writing, including my new & improved writing techniques My artist date this week, mostly enjoying botanical art online Creativity I’m appreciating COVID-19 and inequity reflections Wellness Re-reading what I’ve written before about how to be well and avoiding burnout (Sep 2019). Writing as healing My new writing technique is unstoppable* […]
The week that started 23rd September
I’m practising being inspired, which means taking Artist Dates and hooking tiny actions to existing habits I have. Like, listening to music whilst I do my Morning Pages and exploring on the page ways of writing in flow. And I’m steadily preparing for my job with a focus on wellness. I start tomorrow! How to […]
The week that started 12th August
What do disciplined studying, learning more about burnout, creating my own routine and wellbeing in the woods have in common? They’re all things I did this week. Wellbeing in the woods I finished the week at Wild in the City festival, and then my friend’s house. Met so many awesome people. Delighted to hear about: […]
The week that started Monday, 17th June 2019
🤒 So, I was poorly this week. Which meant battling presenteeism for a little while. I did get to see a friend visiting from overseas tho. Led a workshop on wellbeing I gave a workshop on wellbeing at Margins in Nottingham. 12 people participated and found it useful. (Everyone rated it 5/5 or 4/5.) ➡ […]
Be more effective! Creating meaning, improving mood & achieving goals
Last Friday, I sat down to refocus on my goals and priorities. Something I presented in a Recovering Energy hack and tell I shared at work last month prompted me; I’ll get on to that shortly. I took a lot of time and self-compassion to do this recentring work – a day of collaging, thinking and writing. […]