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.
Self-care and the cost-of-living crises
Research shows 77% of people are worried about the cost-of-living crisis and 72% of people ‘believe overall health and wellbeing has declined in the past 12 months’.
Self-care when a person who’s significant to you or others dies
When someone dies it can be hard to be remember to do your self-care and even to know what you are feeling. Read on to find tips and advice.
Podcast: Your Truth Shared – From surviving to thriving with Thor A Rain
In this podcast Thor talks to Finola Howard about what First Aid for Feelings is and how it was created to help recovery from ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and C-PTSD
It’s time to put self-care at the top of the agenda
Understand why it’s so important to develop your self-care skills to check in with yourself regularly and strengthen your self-care routine.
Why create your own self-care wellness retreat and how to do it?
Learn how to have a self-care wellness retreat at home to take stock and recharge your physical, mental and social health.
What is environmental stress, and how can it affect you?
Learn about climate-related issues that causes environmental stress, how it affects you, and your health as well as how to improve your quality of life.
How to self-care when you’re feeling overwhelmed using triangulation and animals
Learn to read the signs of overwhelm and why it is essential to your health with tips on how to self-care when you’re feeling overwhelmed.
Fighting your fears vs. Caring for fears in difficult times
Fear and anxiety seem to have been more constant companions these last few years and with the war in Ukraine escalating, it’s gone up a notch for many of us.
Do you know how to self-advocate?
Self-advocacy by definition means knowing your needs and how to ask for them to be met. It requires assertiveness and negotiation skills and is an essential part of self-care.
