Tag: stress
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January 2026
Dear friends Hello from 2026. Only seven days old and already treating us like an overwhelmed toddler throwing its toys everywhere. I hope you are safe and warm wherever you are and able to hold on a little to the restfulness of midwinter. I am back at work seeing clients today after a gentle warmup…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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February Newsletter
Dear friends last night I spotted the first blossoms on a local cherry tree, and this morning a cluster of daffodils in a sheltered area of the park. Spring is (finally) upon us. How has the winter been for you? Are you welcoming the longer days and milder weather? Or do you feel like you…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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