Create Yourself - Practical Activities for Self-discovery, Transformation and change.

We all need human contact and connection. If we feel disconnected from others, lonely & isolated it can effect our mental health & Wellbeing. It is harder than ever to be connected to others with all the restrictions at the moment due to the governments response to Corona. In this episode I consider just a few ways we can reach out to others & connect.

In dark times it’s good to have strategies & ways to help you feel better. In this episode I talk you through what you might include in your own wellbeing plan or Mental Health First Aid kit.

In today's episode I interview Emma Roberts, who goes under the name of Blue Glasses Girl.  

Emma is a  Creative Coach, Artist, Writer and an activist for disability rights.  

Last summer I had some life coaching sessions with her, and found them extremely helpful.  

I asked Emma on the podcast as she is such a wildly creative & inspiring, person. She freely talks about what it’s like living with a mental health illness and a disability. Yet this does not stop her from getting out into the world and creating a life she loves.  

During our interview she offers advice on how to " live life, your way."  We talk about the importance of listening to our intuition, how to overcome creative struggles, and ponder whether there is such a thing as really living your best life? If you are interested in finding out more about what she does head over to blueglassesgirl.com. Or you can look her up on Facebook, Blueglassesgirl. Here are some links to the organisations which Emma refers to and is active member of. I hope you enjoy the episode.

http://ldpo.co.uk/

https://cocreateartshealth.teachable.com/p/salespage

https://www.lahwn.co.uk/

In this podcast I talk you through the key steps to exploring your emotions. Pause, Notice, Name the Feeling, Explore, Validate & Need. Originally there was 5 but I’ve added an extra one. Too often we suppress & push down our emotions. Yet what we resist, has a tendency to persist. This simple, easy to follow practice will help you to acknowledge, validate & experience your feelings more fully. Learning will benefit our emotional & mental health.

Most of us avoid, suppress, deny & ignore our emotions. We rarely take the time to fully validate & experience them. It’s perhaps too uncomfortable, unsettling or scary. Yet by resisting our emotions we create another layer of potential struggle & pain. I this practice we notice, acknowledge & allow our emotions to be just as they are.

It’s easy to get caught up in overthinking. A simple definition of overthinking is to think about something for too long or too much. We all do it. The first step to changing a tendency to overthink is to catch yourself in the act. Notice how your overthinking impacts you. Does it make you hesitate or doubt yourself? Perhaps you end up losing motivation & confidence? Let’s start getting out of our heads & out of our own way. Kayholdsworth.com

I’ve just been flicking through an old journal from 2016 & I came across a timed piece of writing titled who am I. On the spur of the moment, with nothing better to do with myself on a Friday night, I decided to share it. My challenge to you is to have a go at a 20 minutes timed writing exercise.

Sometimes all you need is five minutes to calm the mind. It’s surprising just how quickly the mind can start to settle, when we give it the space to do so. So why not a take five minute refresh break right now. Feel free to come and find me over at Kayholdsworth.com

It’s funny how we can end up getting stuck & repeating the same mistakes. It can be so frustrating. This poem perfectly illustrated how this is all part of the process & our human journey. Change is possible but it often takes time. We need to be patient with ourselves.