Stuff that helps | Mad & Sad Club

this is the first step

The first step to reducing the overwhelm.

A step along the road to better (or some!) boundaries with work.

One foot in front of the other, taking you towards a way of working that doesn’t leave you dreading it on a Sunday night.

This is a collection of stuff I’ve developed that can help.

Sound good? Brill. Read on chum.

Ready to get stuck in and want more support?

FREE guide to using a Mental Health Action Plan right now

Lots of us are being triggered by the current global situation, so I’ve put together this free guide to help you use the Mental Health Action Planning template to support yourself.

A Drop of Calm on Monday 23 March

I am finding my anxiety very hard to manage right now. I’m also really struggling to keep my mood anywhere near a place of equilibrium.

One thing that has helped me enormously is to use a simple framework to understand how my brain is feeling and reacting and what I need from myself and my work. I’ve used that to build a daily routine for myself that supports my mind.

Now I want to help you do the same.

Compass workshop

A two-hour pre-recorded workshop and reflective journal to help you assess and reset your boundaries with work. You can work through this workshop at your own pace.

Compass will:

walk you through what boundaries are
help you assess which of yours aren’t making you feel good and which would have the biggest impact to change
develop a plan to build some better boundaries – whether that’s with your phone, social media, your clients, boss, team or yourself

Your investment: £37

what people said about the Compass workshop

The workshop was brilliant. In a short space of time, Jo helped me find practical, workable ways to establish my boundaries at work and gave me the confidence to implement them. Compass is a simple and effective reboot of behaviour for anyone who has entered into unhealthy ways of working.

I loved the way it was broken down and asked us to whittle away at some of the noise to get to the real issue and action. It was a reminder that I am, or can be, my own worst enemy and that others rarely have the same expectations of me that I have of myself. A good kick up the arse!

There were lots of new ideas that came up for me in Compass and it became clear that I need to do some work on my boundaries and put a new routine in place around when I spend time on email/instagram DMs. There was a really lively discussion and a really supportive, collaborative feel from everyone which made it feel like a friendly, safe space.

Four weeks of space

This is four weeks of intensive support for a small group of self-employed people.

We’ll work through the thoughts, thought patterns and practicalities that you need to allow you to work in a way that supports your mind AND lets you live the way you want to.

You don’t have to choose between your mental health, your life and your business. You can have both. Let’s figure out how.

I’ll also be releasing an ebook as an introduction, for those who aren’t quite ready to dive deep into this right now, but want to know where to start.

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Reflective journaling guide

A free guide to help you reflect on your month/week/day and figure out:

how you felt about it
what felt good and what was hard
how you want to feel next month
and therefore, where to focus

want more bespoke support

That’s exactly what I offer through my mentoring. Come take a look.