Avoiding burnout and keeping ourselves replenished doesn't just mean taking a break when it all gets too much. We need to to take care of ourselves and honour our own wellbeing every day – so that we can root our work in practices that help us thrive. It's the only way we can make sure the change we want to see is one that we can sustain over the long term. Today, Gemma Houldey is sharing her … [Read more...] about Change Making Voices: Gemma Houldey
Change Making Voices: Desiree Adaway
Avoiding burnout and keeping ourselves replenished doesn't just mean taking a break when it all gets too much. It's our duty as change makers to take care of ourselves and honour our own wellbeing every day – so that we can root our work in practices that help us thrive. It's the only way we can make sure the change we want to see is one that we can sustain over the long term. Today, we're … [Read more...] about Change Making Voices: Desiree Adaway
Change Making Voices: Kimberly Weiss
What does taking care of ourselves so that we can have a bigger impact actually look like in practice – and how do real change makers fit rest, replenishment and self care into their day to day work? Today we're talking to Kimberly Weiss. Kimberly's a body neutral, BS-free teacher, writer and speaker. She works with smart women who overthink, focus on perfection and are tired of feeling … [Read more...] about Change Making Voices: Kimberly Weiss
Dear Exhausted Woman, who wants to change the world. It’s OK to rest.
Take your shoes off, sit down and make yourself comfortable. Switch off your phone (yep!), the notifications, the updates, the noise. I want to share some things with you To whisper these things in your ear Like the wind So they'll be with you Next time and every time you need to hear them First of all I want to honour your busyness, I want to honour all the ways in which you have been … [Read more...] about Dear Exhausted Woman, who wants to change the world. It’s OK to rest.
A Recipe for Radical Resilience
#1 Your capacity for resilience (meaning the extent to which you are filled up & supported) is a gift to others. A gift. You can’t be the change that you want to see unless you cultivate your own resilience through the habit of replenishing yourself and dedication to respecting your own needs as well as those of others. #2 Creating change isn’t something that, in the long term. we can just … [Read more...] about A Recipe for Radical Resilience