This is a guest post by Jace Rose. The previous year has taken a toll on everyone, and people who work remotely have their own struggles to contend with. Surveys conducted by Aetna International showed that 32% of employees say that stress is one of their top health concerns — this can be affected by… Continue Reading
Nourishing Stuff for Humans in Lockdown
I know what you’re thinking. Nourishing yourself in lockdown has become a joke. You seriously cannot have another bath or walk around the block ‘mindfully’ again. You’ve cleaned out your garage, Zoomed with all your friends and you’re sick of the whole thing. It’s a really really really hard time. Collective anxiety is roaring. All… Continue Reading
5 Things You Didn’t Know Were Ableist
Ableism is to disabled people what racism is to people of colour or sexism is to women. It’s all the ways able-bodied neurotypical people discriminate against, harm and prevent disabled or neurodiverse people from participating in society. Ableism is naming structural inequality. Talking about all the ways we are ableist isn’t about pointing the finger… Continue Reading
Nine ways to help when someone you love loses someone they love
One of life’s most challenging situations is being needed when someone you love loses someone they love. The truth is many of us don’t know how to help someone grieving. We don’t realise it, but that extreme discomfort we feel when another human falls apart due to grief right in front of us, is not… Continue Reading
Why You Can’t Make Your Partner Feel Better by Explaining
Or: why won’t my partner listen to me? Who has ended up in a fight with their partner (sometimes the same fight for years) when simply trying to explain to them why you did (or didn’t) do something? They’re telling you they were hurt or frustrated or sad or felt alone, and you want to… Continue Reading
The Myth of Balance
‘You can have it all’ they said! And we believed them. Even though we pretend to know better these days we are still easily captured by this narrative. It’s a trap. Women in particular are plagued by the ‘how can I find balance?’ question. But why is it a problem? Isn’t ‘balance’ a good thing?… Continue Reading
