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Day 61: Knowing What I Don't Know
I have just made a decision to press pause on Lunch Space-the lunchtime mindfulness group I founded to create more mindful, kinder work...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Sep 10, 20201 min read
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Day 60: I Am Enough
As part of the MSC mindfulness course I will be studying compassion-the desire to help another human being in distress and in particular...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Sep 9, 20201 min read
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Be Comfortable in the Discomfort
Last night I went back to my yoga studio for a real, live class after months of online yoga. And it was incredible. I had n't realised...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Sep 9, 20201 min read
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When The Student Is Ready The Teacher Appears
I was thinking about our ability to have more than one emotion at the one time. Then I realised that I don't really understand the...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Sep 7, 20202 min read
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Choose Courage or Choose Comfort -You Can't Have Both
I clung to this Brene quote like a life raft yesterday morning in efforts to stop myself sinking into a spiral of anxious horror. My...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Sep 6, 20202 min read
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Courage Starts With Showing Up
So first Masters class tonight. When I was asked to introduce myself and my motivation for being here, I spoke from my heart. I trusted...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Sep 4, 20201 min read
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Feeling All The Fucking Feelings
I have started reading a book called the Ultimate Guide to Journalling in preparation for the start of my masters course this weekend...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Sep 3, 20204 min read
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I Said No
So I spoke to my boss that and after writing down a full script on how to say no (that is honestly how difficult I can find it), I just...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Sep 3, 20201 min read
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Hello My Name Is Cath
I start a MSC in mindfulness at the weekend (with 65 others including a buddhist monk from Thailand and a Brazilian diplomat-so...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Sep 2, 20202 min read
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Let It Be
I have just NOT taken responsibility for something and recognised that it is NOT my fault. I resisted the urge to dive in and get...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Sep 1, 20201 min read
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People Are Doing Their Best
" All I know is that my life is better when I assume that people are doing their best. It keeps me out of judgement and lets me focus on...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 31, 20201 min read
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Half-Way
So this is my 50th post. Woohoo. I have committed to writing 100 blogs. Half-way. So it is longer than usual as I have indulged myself in...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 30, 20207 min read
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Red Flags
While I was off for the last couple of days rocking the hell out of being sick, I thought about the previous times I have been unwell....
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 29, 20202 min read
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Rocking The Hell Out Of Being Sick
So for the past couple of days I have been sick. In bed sick. Being sick is never fun. Initially, being sick on my own was not that fun...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 29, 20201 min read
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The Art of Being Yourself
My friend, Shelly shared a TED talk with me by Caroline McHugh called The Art of Being Yourself. Caroline is wonderful, really...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 26, 20202 min read
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The Theory Queen
Since my awareness that I take responsibility for pretty much everything, I have been reading about a theory called toxic guilt, also...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 25, 20202 min read
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Becoming Real
So yesterday I went for a Sunday afternoon walk through the woods with my friend. It was raining heavily at the time we were planning to...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 25, 20202 min read
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Owning Our Story
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 23, 20201 min read
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Name It To Tame It
I had therapy yesterday for the first time in a few weeks. In my desire to create a new authentic life free from old stories and fears,...
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 22, 20203 min read
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Not Waiting For Perfect
Yesterday, I narrated a powerpoint on adult learning and emotional intelligence for one of our teaching programmes. I loved doing it....
Cath Shaw Brave As Fuck
Aug 21, 20202 min read
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