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What do I mean by Wellbeing? And why do I connect it to Impact and Collective Care?

September 6, 2018 by Mary Ann Leave a Comment

I'll be honest and share with you that in the beginning, I didn't make all of these connections. I started thinking I wanted to help women replenish themselves. For almost seven years up until 2011 was the Director of an International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO) and I got burned out doing all the things. I didn't know how to take care of myself, and eventually left my job to take … [Read more...] about What do I mean by Wellbeing? And why do I connect it to Impact and Collective Care?

Filed Under: Collective Care

Resisting the commoditisation of self-care & building our capacity for collective care

April 3, 2018 by Mary Ann Leave a Comment

I see some of what is happening, in particular online, around ‘self-care’ as a commodification and the development of a kind of ‘self-care’ industry that sells us stuff so that we can meet a need that the ‘do-it-all’ culture around us is creating. To me this is a capitalistic notion of self-care in which we buy something to fill a gap. In this model looking after ourselves is yet another thing we … [Read more...] about Resisting the commoditisation of self-care & building our capacity for collective care

Filed Under: Collective Care, Self-Care

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