Welcome to The First Aid for Feelings blog, where you can find lots of helpful articles that will help you to develop the essential skills for self-care and health.
The Helpful AAA Holiday Strategy
We’ve just had Diwali and Hanukkah and Christmas is fast approaching. For many, it’s the season for traditions, holidays and family. For some it’s a season of joy, for others a season of suffering. For most of us, it’s a time our own self-care is at risk, and along with it our good health and well-being. In this blog we share self-care ideas and an evidence-informed strategy to ensure you maintain your personal agency and prevent your self-care activities from getting lost.
Happy International Self Care Day
What is International Self Care Day? On Wednesday July 24th 2024, we celebrated International Self Care Day. It’s a whole day dedicated to your self-care ⛑️❤️ Why this date? Well, it can be written as 24/7 and indeed, self-care, or lack thereof, is a factor in your...
It’s PRIDE Month – How is that relevant to you and your health?
Do you know how characteristics like your gender, sexuality, race, class and even where you’re born, affect your health and more importantly, your access to healthcare?
PRIDE Month can teach you about social health and why it matters to all of us.
Why you need to know your First Aid for Feelings
When you know how to read and respond to your feelings, you’re less likely to experience feelings like regret or struggle with having made the ‘wrong choice’ because you reacted without thinking. In this blog you’ll learn about the skills and tools that help you understand your feelings and why you have feelings in the first place.
Cracking the code to stress
How stressed are you really? And not just your stress levels but what’s the impact on your health? Almost 70 million! That’s the number of UK doctor’s appointments relating to stress in a year. Now consider that the UK population is 68.2 million. That’s staggering. And, it’s not ok.In this blog we crack the code to stress. How to score it, track it and help you address it. This is your guide, it’s practical with downloadable stress-scale and stress-tracker.
Do you know your stress?
Dr Rangan Chatterjee estimates that 80% of patient conditions he sees are in some way related to stress. How well do you know your stress? Do you know how it’s impacting you as well as your health and well-being?
Why your self-relationship is key to your health, happiness and everything
Whatever is going on in your life, be it pain, fatigue, stress, anxiety, or any other life ‘stuff’, your self-relationship either helps or hinders those experiences. It’s something that many of us don’t know much about or even consider. In this blog you’ll learn about what a self-relationship is, why it is SO important, how to build a stronger connection with yourself and cultivate self-love.
Feeling blue this Monday? Goals drifting and having a hard time? You’re not alone
As we’re all getting our bearings in the new year, many of us are struggling. Today, January 15th is Blue Monday, so-called because of the post-holiday and mid-winter impact on mood and health. Add drifting new year’s resolutions and no wonder it can be hard going.
In the latest blog I share insights and tools that can help you feel better.
Webinar: What stops you doing self-care?
With our tenth anniversary fast approaching, we’re getting ready to launch our new self help book, First Aid for Feelings; The essential Manual for self-care and good health. It’s been three years in the making and is ideally placed to meet many of the self-driven healthcare goals the World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling upon governments to set. We’re inviting you to help us help others put themselves in the driving seat of their own wellbeing by contributing to our First Aid for Feelings Manual crowdfunding campaign.
