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January Newsletter

Launching Mind-Body-Movement on Beathacoaching.org Dear friends, it’s the end of January, and Storm Éowyn is currently blowing across Scotland as a little reminder that winter isn’t over quite yet. Nonetheless, there are snowdrops starting to flower in sheltered corners of the garden, and the evenings are noticeably lighter. We have passed the darkest months, and…

francescayoungkaufman

January 24, 2025

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coaching, health, mental health, mindfulness, wellbeing, wellness, writing, yoga

Endings and beginnings

Hogmanay 2024 Dear friends How has your Christmas been? And your betweenmas? I recently wrote about this season on Substack, and the feeling that the days at the end of the year always give me – potential, possibility, reconnection. I tend to struggle to slow down, but the enforced break of Christmas, when everything gets…

francescayoungkaufman

December 31, 2024

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academia, Burnout, coaching, Higher Education, stress, wellbeing, writing

December Newsletter

Slow Writing Club launches, and new members calendar for Jan-Mar 2025 Dear friends… And here we are, just a few weeks away from the end of the year and a real rest. Over on Substack recently I have been thinking about the effect that seasons, weather, and time have on my writing and on my…

francescayoungkaufman

December 3, 2024

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academia, coaching, Higher Education, mental health, stress, wellbeing, workshops, writing, writing-tips

November newsletter

All the freebies! Dear friends, As the weather gets colder and darker I think we all have to fight the urge to turn in on ourselves. It feels like that atavistic urge to hibernate and stay safe through the long dark months could so easily take over. But I know from experience that less daylight…

francescayoungkaufman

November 8, 2024

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academia, Burnout, coaching, Higher Education, mental health, stress, writing, yoga

My October Anniversary

Dear friends, At time of writing I am settling into the first few days of my third year in private practice, my third year of self-employment, my third year beyond academia. This time of year is filled for many of us with bittersweet connections, I think. Something about the cooling of the air and the…

francescayoungkaufman

October 4, 2024

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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…

francescayoungkaufman

August 29, 2024

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Burnout, coaching, Higher Education, wellbeing, working with a coach

/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…

francescayoungkaufman

August 1, 2024

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Burnout, health, mental health, self-care, work-life-balance, working with a coach, writing

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…

francescayoungkaufman

July 15, 2024

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coaching, mental health, wellbeing, working with a coach

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…

francescayoungkaufman

April 22, 2024

Burnout, Uncategorized

Burnout, mental health, nervous system care, stress, trauma informed, wellbeing, window of tolerance

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…

francescayoungkaufman

February 20, 2024

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academia, coaching, Duty of care, Higher Education, mental health, PhD, Supervision, working with a coach