Caitlin

If you've been thinking about getting MHFA training, I can't recommend it highly enough. And whether you're thinking about getting MHFA or not, maybe spend some time thinking about how you can be compassionate to yourself today, because we can always use that. ❤️‍🩹

My MHFA training is vital for my coaching & volunteering: I have the confidence to step into really tricky conversations, because I know I have the tools to support someone in the moment and to point them in the right direction for other resources or ongoing sustained support, if needed.

Banner reading "Proud to be a member of the Association of mental Health First Aiders."

I'm so proud to be a member of @mhfaengland.bsky.social - I use my training all the time in my coaching and volunteering work, and in life. you never know when something big or unexpected is going to pop up for someone - or for yourself! The first step in MHFA is looking after your own wellbeing.

Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?

One more day until my courage workshop for Yorkshire Festival of Story! I love hearing from participants about what buoys them up when times are challenging. I can't wait to hear what this group will share. Please join us tomorrow (it's online!)

Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?

And please do join me for a discussion about how you can reframe your toughest challenges into your biggest wins as part of my Finding Courage in the Complicated workshop - online, 2 PM, 8 November: yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin...

Image of a glass cast of breast in a petrie dish with a sign titled "Cyclophosphamide" in front of it.

A glass cast of a breast in a chemistry retort stand, with a sign reading "Epirubicin" in front of it.

A glass cat of a breast in a chemistry retort stand, with a sign reading "Pembrolizumab" in front of it.

As part of my workshop, I'll be talking about one way I took control and helped process what was happening to me when I was diagnosed with breast cancer: I made it into art. You can read more about the art I made with my wonderful glassmaking collaborator Inge Panneels here: doi.org/10.1162/leon...

Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?

What does courage mean to you?

In early English it meant our vital spirit & truest truths.

I'll be asking the same question to kick off my workshop on Saturday. I always find it inspirational when people's words of courage come flooding in. Join us!

Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?

And please do join me for a discussion about how you can reframe your toughest challenges into your biggest wins as part of my Finding Courage in the Complicated workshop - online, 2 PM, 8 November: yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin...

Image of a glass cast of breast in a petrie dish with a sign titled "Cyclophosphamide" in front of it.

A glass cast of a breast in a chemistry retort stand, with a sign reading "Epirubicin" in front of it.

A glass cat of a breast in a chemistry retort stand, with a sign reading "Pembrolizumab" in front of it.

As part of my workshop, I'll be talking about one way I took control and helped process what was happening to me when I was diagnosed with breast cancer: I made it into art. You can read more about the art I made with my wonderful glassmaking collaborator Inge Panneels here: doi.org/10.1162/leon...

Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?

One of my favourite stories I'll be telling on Saturday is about a time I was a little TOO quick off the mark with courage... Come along and hear me tell the one about someone shouting for help in the fog! No, that's not a metaphor... actual fog... yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin...

Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?

Saturday 8 November! Join me online for a workshop on finding courage in the complicated! I think we all live in the middle of 'complicated,' one way or the other. But we've already got the tools to face up to, and flourish in, whatever life has in store. yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin...

Inner gremlins! They might seem annoying or even scary when they crop up, but they always have good intentions for us - even if they're going about it in the wrong way. Read more about how to deal with them & meet my adorable handmade gremlins in my newsletter: buttondown.com/caitlin_coac...

Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?

**What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?**

Come find your answer to that question with me at the Yorkshire Festival of Story on Saturday 8 November at 2 PM! yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin... #courage #resilience #story

I'm hosting a workshop at Yorkshire Festival of Story on 8 November called Finding Courage in the Complicated - here's a little about what it'll be like! Sign up here: yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin...

This is clearly a vampire attempting to be "invited" into the house 🧛‍♂️

How to Steal a Million (1966) ⭐ 7.5 | Comedy, Crime, Romance 2h 3m | Approved

Oh, this is such a good excuse to watch How to Steal a Million as my cosy Sunday night film www.imdb.com/title/tt0060... Not that one ever needs an excuse

Dan Brown seen in the vicinity at the time of the incident, scribbling furiously into a notebook and muttering about the Knights Templar

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Bun of Darkness 🐰🖤

Review by me!

Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?

I'm joining Yorkshire Festival of Story for a workshop on finding courage on 8 November - do join me! yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin... & read more about why storytelling is an essential component of courage in this pre-Festival interview: yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/caitlin-mcdo...

Some of Caitlin's gremlins: "Hide Me!", "AngryBot", "This Monster Disapproves of You", and "Hug Me, I'm the Worst Monster."

This month's Courage Pie 💪 🥧 is on getting along with our inner gremlins! Those little niggling voices that hold us back. How do we learn to connect with their positive messages but create more effective strategies for change? 7 PM UK time, 28 October. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I had a lovely time last week talking to That's Lothian TV about my monthly group resilience sessions! We could all use a little courage right now, and it's a pleasure to offer a slice of Courage Pie to anybody who needs it. Join us next on Tuesday 28 October: caitlinmcdonald.com/coaching/cou...

Noooo I actually love the theme

Unlike the Ted Lasso theme which still causes me an angry eye-twitch even though that show stopped airing two years ago

Do you think that would more likely have happened with a less well-known writer? I can't imagine a debut author being allowed to expose themselves (or publisher) so badly. & that makes me wonder who is acting in the author's best interests when they become a huge money-spinner for other people.

IMMEDIATELY knew what this was even before reading down the thread. Currently a 16 week wait for this one from the library 🍿

Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?

I'm joining the programme at Yorkshire Festival of Story! I'll be sharing my experiences as a cancer survivor & strategies I've used myself & with my coaching clients to build inner resilience. Join me: Saturday 8 November, 14:00-15:30 GMT.

Last night's Courage Pie 💪 🥧 was all about stories we tell ourselves: the 'life scripts' we run on autopilot which may not be serving us so well anymore - & how we can update them to reflect who we are now and who we want to be. More? Sign up for my newsletter: buttondown.com/caitlin_coac...

This month's Courage Pie 💪🥧 is all about Eric Adler's concept of the 'life script': unconscious stories we tell ourselves to navigate life - and how to update the script when we want to. Coming up on Tuesday 30 September at 7 PM UK time - join us! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

a brown bear is behind a wire fence looking up Alt: a brown bear is behind a wire fence looking up and waving

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