Tess Howells

Here's five things you can do to begin exploring your Inner-World (Self-reflection)   1.       Make a decision to prioritise your own self-knowledge and self-care It may sound obvious, but I have found that unless we actually set a clear intention and develop routines we are unlikely sustain behaviour change. As carers we tend to be “other” focussed rather than focussed on ourselves.  For many of us, we learnt to pay attention to the needs of others early in our childhoods when our need for...

“Know thyself”  is a statement most famously attributed to  the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates,  who emphasised self-examination as the foundation of wisdom - “ the unexamined life is not worth living”  he said.     By examination  Socrates wasn’t talking about being critical of ourselves or achieving perfection.  He was encouraging us to focus on our “internal world” – our thoughts, our beliefs, our values, our emotions, our dreams.  To know and understand ourselves. Listening to...

Finding Your Way Through Carer Fatigue, Burnout and Stress How I Was Guided to Create the Carer Fatigue and Burnout Course "My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style." Maya Angelou My work and my political activism have always given me an outlet for the pain that I feel for people experiencing injustice, discrimination, and any forms of harm or suffering. But as I looked back over my life, I noticed...