Elfie Astbury | Q Community

Self care week 2024

It would be great to hear what people are doing during selfcare week. Here are some things I am involved in

(1) Had a great twitter Chat with the selfcare forum and colleagues interested in selfcare

(2) Facilitating a workshop with colleagues who work in rural and urban areas around sharing ideas to maintain wellbeing in…Read more

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What drew you to the role you currently have?

Alan Gurbutt replied 1 day, 15 hours ago

I was gradually drawn to the role I had. Lived experience of distress. Wanting to help those less fortunate. Seeing the bigger picture – neoliberalism pitted against humanity and nature. Social determinants. Human connectedness. Sense of purpose. Shared learning. Introspection. Memories of friends and colleagues lost to suicide. Wanting to give…Read more
Hilda Campbell MBE replied 22 hours, 41 minutes ago

Hi Alan

Thank you for sharing. For me it was also about helping reduce suffering and put some humanity back into the system as often people’s identities were lost to the labels given to their conditions, forgetting there was a person behind that label who was so much more. For all the rhetoric more than 40 years on, I wonder what has really…Read more

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