How are YOU feeling this European Mental Health Awareness Week?
What one thing might help you feel even a little bit better?
There are lots of self-care ideas in this week’s podcast.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch here
le grá,
Evei
Full transcript
Everything I do, I’m a mental health professional, I attend to my own mental health on a daily basis…
Hi, you’re listening to The Feel Better Every Day Podcast. I’m Eve Menezes Cunningham and I’m here to help you create a life you don’t need to retreat from by taking better care of yourself.
And your Self with that uppercase S: that highest, wisest, truest, wildest, most joyful, brilliant and miraculous part of yourself. I’m sharing trauma-informed and ADHD-friendly self-care ideas each Tuesday.
For deeper dives into each theme, including additional content from my guests, you can join the Sole to Soul Circle.
Some tech issues meant I almost didn’t get an episode out this week but I hope you find this sign post episode, where I flag previous episodes that might be most helpful (while, being a mental health professional and someone who prioritises my own, ALL are relevant) is helpful.
Episode 44 some of my own mental health journey.
Episode 2 with Rebecca Seal, best-selling author of Be Bad, Better. So comforting re the systems that create unrealistic stress and expectations.
Episode 3 with Caroline Shola Arewa, Opening to Spirit author on the importance of rest.
Episode 13 with researcher, CBT psychotherapist and yoga therapist Veena Ugargol talking compassion.
Episode 14 with former Psychologies Editor, The Big Leap author and Heart Leap Facilitator Suzy Walker talks about big leaps helping her survive her toughest times.
Episode 15 with Gill Fennings on self-care for our mental and emotional health being even more essential as therapists and supervisors.
Episode 16 with Dr Dina Glouberman on The Joy of Burnout and using our imaginations for good.
Episode 21 with Leonie Dawson not only befriending but utterly adoring her whole self (while honouring her sensitive nervous system and building a multimillion creative, heart led business)
Episode 22 with ND therapist and supervisor Chris Oxborrow recognising not only what you need but knowing that you deserve it. Ooof.
Episode 25 with Louise Lucas (formerly Brown) on spiky profiles, accepting her right to HAVE needs and honouring her neurodivergence.
Episodes 27 and more with psychotherapist and my Vice-Chair on IACP’s Editorial Committee, Jayne Leonard. On cooking as self-care, celebrating our neurodivergent (50), sending love to our ADHD brains (45) and coming soon, supporting gut health and mental health (60)
Episode 31 with Jane Travis on setting time boundaries ourselves and the importance of pleasure for our mental health.
Episode 36 dealing with global shock and my reflections on self-care for despair.
Episode 39 on working with the nervous system to counter the endless stress by activating the Relaxation Response
Episode 40 on setting intentions around what you WANT.
Episode 41 with Lisa Woodruff on how externalising our thoughts and organising them can (it’s working for me!) reduce overwhelm and support better mental health.
Episode 47 on creating your own Dopamenu to work with your ADHD brain.
Episode 48 on Cattitude and polyvagal informed approaches for trauma recovery and VAST/ ADHD.
Episode 49 on the importance of sleep for good mental health (and 33 ways to sleep better)
Episode 53 on VAST / ADHD terms that could change your life. Some are transforming mine as I am up the self- compassion.
Episode 56 on loving your inner Smelly Cat and 57 with Margaret O’Connor on the ways in which this pro natal society others women without children.
I hope you enjoy them and that you’ll prioritise your own mental health this week.
Thank you for listening to the Feel Better Every Day Podcast. For deeper dives into each episode and theme and bonus interviews with my guests, as well as access to the complete archive, which includes the entire Love Your Whole Self chakra journey, you can join the Sole to Soul Circle. And you might also enjoy the book, 365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-care Ideas for Embodied Wellbeing.
You can find out more about all my resources, free, paid for, whatever suits you, at selfcarecoaching.net and selfcarecoaching.net/sole-to-soul-circle/. And of course, I’d love, if you haven’t already, for you to subscribe, rate, comment, review, send me an email via thefeelbettereverydaypodcast.com, or simply at eve@selfcarecoaching.net.
Have a gorgeous week, and I look forward to sharing more next time.