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September Newsletter
Dear friends Yes, I know it isn’t quite September yet, but the Scottish weather is not leaving us in any doubt that autumn is on the way. I also wanted to send this newsletter out just a little early to give you time to book into Burnout Rewire before it starts next week. You can…
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/1 August 2024
Dear friends Booking now open for Burnout Rewire… When I started Beatha Coaching in 2022 I launched on a single focus: burnout. I had seen so much (and experienced so much) in academia – truly amazing women (and men) with fantastic brains, top notch qualifications and experience, full of passion and empathy, getting crushed by…
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Practice updates
News from Beatha Coaching Dear friends Welcome to updates from Beatha Coaching, my new look newsletter. For a while now I have been wondering what to do with the blog space on Beathacoaching.org. When I started my practice in 2022 I was writing here regularly, but since November my primary writing space has shifted to…
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And then, life happens…
When I was in academia, March was the hardest month. Judging from the conversations I have been having with clients recently, that is still true. There is something about the uphill slog to Easter, through the bulk of the Spring teaching, with increasingly stressed dissertation students, committees starting to plan for the next year (and…
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How to be a psychologically safe supervisor
Over the past year I have been very fortunate to work with an outstanding team at the University of Stirling, who brought me in to help develop a mental health aware coaching programme for their research postgraduates. As part of this programme I have the opportunity to offer some training to PhD supervisors about mental…
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Finding a definition of workplace trauma
This is an extended version of a short piece I recently posted on Substack. If you would like to connect with my writing more frequently Substack is the place to do it. You can subscribe free and receive my shorter pieces into your inbox every weekday. I had an interesting conversation with a fellow coach recently. She…
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A gentle (re)turn to journaling
Thank you for reading. If you are enjoying this blog, please subscribe, and consider supporting me to keep producing free content using this link. I used to be a dedicated journaller. At one point in my academic career it was the only writing I was doing. I used journaling to get through the pandemic. I spent entire train journeys…