The Support Work sector is in crisis. Even before the pandemic hit, organisations were reporting a growing gap between need for Support Workers and availability of workers to meet that need. How can we best tackle this crisis at a root cause level? Evidence suggests that supporting workers to thrive ‘at the edge’ with courage and compassion is key to retaining and growing a healthy workforce. The evidence also suggests that ‘values-led’ organisations are more successful ...

How can we transform overwhelm into sustainability?  Here’s what I’ve discovered from my own personal experience.                                   An introduction to ‘Thriving’. We think of overwhelm as really bad for us, something to be avoided, prevented; something we want to stop straight away. Sound familiar? The thought of ‘self-care’ at that time can just ...

Self-care is a habit and for most of us it doesn't just happen, we need to cultivate the conditions and create a culture where self-care can grow and thrive – both for ourselves, our teams and the people we support. Find out why self-compassion is the key to creating the right conditions.

Self-care is a habit and for most of us it doesn't just happen, we need to cultivate the conditions and create a culture where self-care can grow and thrive – both for ourselves, our teams and the people we support. Find out why self-compassion is the key to creating the right conditions.