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In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centers the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black, and brown people, with knowledge and gifts for all. Care Work is a mapping of access as radical love, a celebration of the work that sick and disabled queer/people of color are doing to find each other and to build power and community.

Feeling stretched thin juggling work, family, and self-care? You're not alone! "The Resilient Solo | Work, Family And Self-Care" is your lifeline in the whirlwind of modern life. This podcast offers practical tips, honest conversations, and inspiring stories from solopreneurs and individuals navigating the challenges of balancing it all. Join us as we explore strategies for setting boundaries, prioritizing well-being, and building resilience in the face of constant demands. Whether you're a busy parent, a driven entrepreneur, or simply someone striving to create a more fulfilling life, "The ...

For breathwork fans who want to go deeper—20+ science-backed breathing practices to boost your energy, unlock your mind-body connection, and heal from chronic stress Breathwork expert Jesse Coomer reveals how to breathe our way to better health, increased vitality, and mental clarity by...

Who is in the business of providing care? What does it mean to get paid to nurture strangers? And, what kind of support do these people need? In Care Work, author and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging practitioner, Alida Miranda-Wolff, seeks answers to all of these questions with care workers of all kinds through discussions of their lived experiences. Learn how to create a culture of care in your communities and have your own care needs met through episodes that balance real-life stories with actionable takeaways.

A researcher and consultant burrows deep inside the heads of one modern two-career couple to examine how each partner processes the workday—revealing how a more nuanced understanding of the brain can allow us to better organize, prioritize, recall, and sort our daily lives. Emily and Paul are...

Simple Routines for Work at Home Moms Are you tired of trying to figure out how to fit those healthier habits into your busy mama life? Do you run out of time to take care of you? 
 Are you looking for simpler ways or routines to make it all work and be less stressed over those healthier habits? In this podcast, I want to share with you some of my tips and tricks that I have been putting into place, but also have helped hundreds of others wanting to be healthier and decrease risk for chronic illness helping them find the tips and strategies that work for them while living their busy lives. I...

This series of podcasts supports the Aspirant Educator Project. It will give you an insight into the personal and professional journeys of different educators within nursing, midwifery and allied health professions. My guests share how they made that leap from practice to education, what hooked them, the things they feared the most, and their top tips for navigating those bumps in the road.

Welcome to *The Art of Therapy*, a podcast for psychotherapists and mental health professionals dedicated to refining their skills and deepening their therapeutic impact. Hosted by clinical psychologists Dr Warwick Phipps and Marizaan Koen, each episode explores not just what therapy is, but how to do it more effectively—delving into the nuances, techniques, and complexities of the therapeutic process. Through thoughtful and practical conversations, they model and demonstrate a process-orientated approach to psychotherapy that helps therapists deepen their insight, sharpen their skills, and ...

Vaccines are a debate, whether we want them to be or not. With a clear-eyed approach to their science and history, How Vaccines Work demystifies the strange and intricate world of vaccines: it explains what a vaccine is, how they are developed and what happens when they meet our bodies.

An affirming and sex-positive guide to working with sex workers: uncovering clinical biases, creating safe spaces, and dismantling the whorearchy. Therapy fails sex workers. Despite the wide range of sex work--from street-based to OnlyFans--clinicians too often focus on what they think sex...

By 2030, the world will be short of approximately 15 million health workers - a fifth of the workforce needed to keep healthcare systems going. Global healthcare leader and award-winning author, Dr. Mark Britnell, uses his unique insights from advising governments, executives, and clinicians in more than 70 countries to present solutions to this impending crisis.

“I have long thought that what the Buddha taught can be seen as a highly developed science of mind which, if made more accessible to a lay audience, could benefit many people. I believe that Dr. Weiss’s book, in combining such insights with science and good business practice, offers an...

❓❓Are you a nurse or woman in healthcare giving 100% at the bedside and nothing left for yourself? Struggling to find the time for self care and create healthier habits? Do you wish you had more energy on your days off so that you can do the things that fuel you– like getting a quick sweat sesh in, spending time with friends & family, or working towards your own goals? I am so excited you’re here, friend! This podcast will help you… ✅manage your time so that you can create healthier habits & routines ✅make time for self care ✅have more energy & ✅balance your work life so you ...

******Top 5% Globally Ranked Podcast******* Do you wish you had control of your days and to feel like you’ve accomplished something at the end of each day? Do you worry you’re not doing enough? Struggle to find balance managing all the things (cleaning, kids routines, errands, cooking, bills, your marriage) wondering, will I ever have time for me again? Do you know that you want more for yourself, but aren’t sure what that looks like and feel like you’ve lost yourself along this motherhood journey? You are not alone, mama! This podcast will help you figure out how to focus on on the ...

""An important reminder of simple everyday practices to improve how we all work together, which will lead to greater team and individual happiness and performance. Great results will follow.""—Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square ""With just 30 changes, you can transform your work experience...

Developed from years of working with the most challenging suicidal cases, Dr. Meagan N. Houston has created a workbook to prepare you for all the intricacies that affect clients' choices to live or die. Treating Suicidal Clients & Self-Harm Behaviors is filled with proven assessments, unique worksheets and action-based methods to help your clients navigate and survive the turbulent periods of their lives where suicidal and/or self-harm behaviors appear to be their primary options to cope.

Health visiting is one of those professions that most people think is a bit of a non-job. 'You just sit on sofas and drink tea, don't you? It's not like you're a real nurse, in hospital.' Well, health visitors are real nurses, with at least three years' training, and they are out there, on their own. No back-up team or support structures to call for help if they're in a dicey situation. No warm lights, tea breaks spent chatting in the canteen, nobody else to ask, 'is this okay, what do you think?'

Parenting is hard. That's why self-compassion is so important. In this empathetic resource, mindfulness expert and psychologist Susan M. Pollak helps you let go of constant self-judgment and treat yourself with the same kindness and caring you strive to offer your kids. Simple, yet powerful, guided meditation techniques (most under three minutes long) are easy to practice while doing the dishes, driving to work, or soothing a fussy baby. Learn to respond to your own imperfections like a supportive friend, not a harsh critic.

Learning to consciously interact in the domain of subtle energy is the next step in personal and planetary transformation. Subtle Energy Work is a unique guide to principles, practices, and exercises to help you access your energy awareness and live a more empowered life. In the book are thirteen meditations that activate patterns of light within your energy body to awaken specific abilities and levels of awareness. There are also daily energy clearing and detoxification exercises.

For mental health professionals who must regularly guard against compassion fatigue and secondary traumatization, intentional self-care isn't just essential; it's a survival tool. If therapists don't take proper care of themselves, they can't do their work effectively.