Category: Newsletter
-
We are Three!
Beatha Coaching is three years old! I officially launched the practice on 1st October 2022 after twelve years in academia as PhD candidate, RA, and TF Lecturer. When I set up the practice I had a handful of academic clients (some of whom are still with me!) and my freshly minted coaching certification. Three years…
francescayoungkaufman
-
September Newsletter
Autumn with Beatha Coaching Well, it’s been a while. Summer feels like it’s already fast receding in the rear-view mirror with cool winds and rain arriving here in Scotland and the leaves starting to change colour. It has been a long hot couple of months though, I hope you survived it and found ways to…
francescayoungkaufman
-
June Newsletter
Burnout in academia AND 24 hours to claim early bird on the Summer Coaching Programme Dear friends, It’s hard to believe we are half-way through the year, but this weekend marks the summer solstice and all that that entails – heat, light, endless nights, and the imperceptible beginnings of our shift away from the sun.…
francescayoungkaufman
-
Writing in Hard Times
The Summer Coaching Programme 2025 Dear friends, I’m excited to let you know that booking is now open for the Summer Coaching Programme. In fact three spots have already been reserved! This year’s coaching programme draws on my expertise and personal practice in trauma informed methodologies for writing and research. It could be supportive for…
francescayoungkaufman
-
May Newsletter
updates and AI Anxiety in Academia workshop Dear friends It has been a mad couple of months. Even though I have officially left academia, it turns out I am still operating within the norms of the HE calendar. I feel as though I just finished the spring semester and am wrapping up the last of…
francescayoungkaufman
-
March Newsletter
…just a day late… Dear friends I was back in my beloved St Abbs at the end of February and it was just starting to feel like the edge of spring. Now, a month later, the garden is flourishing, there are new leaves on the apple trees, and I’m about to head out for a…
francescayoungkaufman
-
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
-
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 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
-
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
Beatha Coaching 