Stuck in the Suez Canal: Processing your writing blocks

The recent events of the container ship stuck in the Suez Canal has offered some great viewing, much dialogue, and some critical discussion points represented in memes for us over the past week. The event has also offered us a familiar metaphor for how we sometimes feel as PhD scholars, writers and researchers. Who is your tugboat?

Soothing touch, flow and the dentist: Interrupting avoidance and anxiety

I’m not the biggest fan of visiting the dentist. So, after 12 months of resisting some major work I needed to have done, I prepared myself to just get it done. What happened for me on this journey? Well number one was that I had to tune into my thoughts and my responses and embrace them as a personal development lesson. Here’s my findings: 1. Communication, 2. Know your body, 3. Mindfulness, 4. Soothing touch, and 5. Explore the power of your noise cancelling earphones and an audiobook.

scan, delete, file, allocate to a task or unsubscribe: 8 steps to approaching email habits mindfully

Have you come back from end of year festive break email overload? Is your inbox overflowing? Hello, yes, that’s me as well.

No email before 11am

This is a great concept. I really like it. And before, you panic and go into all the "what if” scenarios, let's remind ourselves that.

Creating possibilities to be creative

"I'm not arty" or "I don't do art" are often comments I hear when working in the art studio with young adults