It was delightful to be back in London last week for BACP’s Supervision conference focusing on the joys as well as challenges of supervision. My first In Person conference since before Covid! https://youtu.be/nVPhDBiIhRo Dr Michelle Seabrook on the role of supervision in supervisee wellbeing Because my whole practice is based around the importance of self care and I’m very clear that I see supervision as self care (a safe space to reflect on your whole practice), I think this was my favourite session.

This week, we’re doing more shadow work, connecting with our inner emotionally snotty selves. I know. Almost scarier than connecting with that higher, wiser more miraculous self but just as potent… Lizzo has been such an amazing role model for me — listening to that phenomenal voice, her lyrics, her exuberance, her JOY and her ownership of ALL the feelings — that I thought y’all might like this. ‘Oh, Eve’s being needy again.’

Do you ever get psyched out by the enormous gulf between where you are and where you want to be with your self care (and Self care) practice/s? This post encourages you to aim high AND bridge the gap When I wrote 365 Ways to Feel Better; Self-care Ideas for Embodied Wellbeing in 2016, I emphasised the need for readers to congratulate themselves for all they DO do already and to not make self care yet another stick to beat themselves up with.

Give your Self a break. That Highest, Wisest, Truest most Miraculous, Wildest part of yourself needs nourishment. As Cheryl Strayed’s mother used to say (inspiring her journey in Wild), ‘Put yourself in the way of beauty.’ What might that be? For me, the sea always hits the spot. The sea in the video here somersaulted me twice as it was sooo choppy. So magical to be reminded of the benefits of diving INTO the turbulence instead of trying to avoid.

How do you approach self care practices when you tell yourself you ‘should’ or when you say (about the same practices) you ‘deserve’ it? I remember writing the introduction to the book, 365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-care Ideas for Embodied Wellbeing back in 2016 and making it clear that each idea was simply an option, not yet more ‘shoulds’ for readers to beat themselves up about NOT doing. And I routinely remind…

This week, Rainbow MagnifiCat is inspiring me to extend the patience and adoration I naturally feel for her for more of my fellow humans… I’m not suggesting we ignore the need for healthy boundaries and that we don’t do everything we need to do in order to maintain them BUT, imagine a creature YOU adore. Maybe your cat? Dog? Lizard? Toddler? Anything at all. You’re smiling now even IMAGINING it, aren’t you? (If…

Who would you be if you forgot who you were and what you liked? If you were open to life’s adventures? In a (hopefully soon) Post Covid world, how might you be more Roberta? I was a huge Madonna fan as a kid. I was too young to understand Desperately Seeking Susan when I first saw it back then but enjoyed watching it again over Christmas last year. And some questions have stayed with me so I thought I’d share some of them in…

One of my favourite things to do, when feeling stuck in any area of life, is to ask myself what might an imaginary More Well-adjusted Me do (instead of falling into unhelpful old patterns). This blog post has more self care coaching ideas to help you assess each situation for what it is and choose peace, ease and happiness wherever possible The puddle (in the video) is an extreme example and I was only tempted to forge ahead regardless for a split second (yup. Low bar) before reassessing and changing direction.

The New Moon is a wonderful time to set intentions and the clearer we can be, the more likely we are to make them a reality. This blog post also has an Angel Card oracle reading, a link to a New Moon Yoga Nidra and journal prompts https://youtu.be/tSes5JI8GyU Grab your journal, or several pieces of paper, and keep answering this question: What do I want? Keep writing your answers. They may feel silly but get them all out of your system.