FOR THE LOVE OF
SUSTAINABLE SELFTHIS IS FOR YOU
The person trying their hardest with the tools they have been given to be a force for good in the world. A person who does things that might seem strange, weird, gross or out of the ordinary in the name of sustainability. You are a lover of people, planet, animals, and living a life that’s streamlined to focus on the things you really care about.
Your efforts to do good for people and the planet are tireless. There are days when you wonder if there’s any point. If anyone really cares. If the things you do matter. You might doubt yourself. Feel tired. At worst- you might get eco-overwhelmed or burnt out.
This message is a reminder.
What you do matters.
That big changes start from paradigm shifts in self. Changing the way you think, feel, or perceive the world around you to act in thoughtful new ways. Sometimes on the surface, mindful reflection can look like in action. We might be fearful that this time we take for our Sustainable Self is accomplishing little. But each time we stop, reflect, and recharge our batteries, we make space for greater insight and understanding.
We reinvigorate our why, take stock of what we are grateful for, and move forward with clarity and purpose.
You are invited to make space for you.
For the love of Sustainable Self.
Now take a moment to pause, breathe deep, and allow your shoulders to drop away from your ears. Feeling better already?
Let’s get ready for Sustainable Self exploration with love and focus.
Katie
FOR THE LOVE OF SUSTAINABLE SELF
This page is your portal to the ‘For the Love of Sustainable Self’ content. The information here will give you a clear idea of what Sustainable Self is and how you can use the tools we have available to take a holistic approach to self-responsibility and support when living life in sustainable style.
OUR FREE MAGAZINE
It’s the comprehensive monthly highlight of the suite of tools we have designed to help simplify sustainability so you can take action on the things you care about (minus the eco-overwhelm). The content ties together our ‘Take Action’ focus theme. In a fast-paced media-saturated landscape, we hope that this way of sharing will provide you access to all our useful tools, without feeling lost or overwhelmed. Each month the latest copy of the magazine and our most recent resources are sent to your inbox (you will only receive one email a month from us). You will get reminders via our social media channels of what content we’re championing throughout the month.
We hope that you enjoy getting your Sustainable Style fix in this easy-to-read format and that it gives you a break from the abundance of social media updates and overflowing inboxes we now navigate daily
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WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE SELF?
For real understanding of Sustainable Self feast your eyes on this read
Our macro scale world has social/governance, economic, and environmental sustainability considerations. These larger picture issues may be global climate change, oceanic plastic pollution, civil unrest, global governance, world trade, and measuring economic success (to name a few). These are big picture problems to which there are no easy (yet) solutions. Our Sustainable Self operates in a smaller level of influence.
LIVE BOOK CLUB
The best part about our Read: Book Club Live is that it’s totally free to join.
Once our book club sessions are complete, the course content will be available as a ‘work-at-your-own-pace’ offering in our members site launching in 2021. Enabling our members to read through solo or organise a group with some other Mindful Living HQ members.
Find out about our latest Book Club session here.
JOIN US
The best part about our Read: Book Club Live is that it’s totally free to join.
Once our book club sessions are complete, the course content will be available as a ‘work-at-your-own-pace’ offering in our members site launching in 2021. Enabling our members to read through solo or organise a group with some other Mindful Living HQ members.
AVOID BURNOUT
AND ECO-OVERWHELMSTRESS LESS, ACHIEVE MORE
No matter where you’re at in your sustainability journey, it’s challenging to find ways to research, care, reflect, and take continued action (big or small) without some high and low points. For every animal rights petition we sign, community group we found, or piece of litter we remove from the beach, there will be a news story about an endangered species, a member who can’t make it to group meetings and drops out, or another ten pieces of litter on the beach next time we return. These events and stories can cumulate into a sense of eco-overwhelm. A feeling that no matter how hard we try, or how much we care, the problems are too large, we aren’t making an impact, or that nobody really cares what we are doing.
While it can be tempting (especially during these low points) to give up on your sustainability mission, the World really needs each of us to care and act in a self-responsible way!…. KEEP READING
Use our worksheet to help pick up on stressors and find ways to care for yourself, be your own personal support crew, and ensure you learn from challenges or minstakes. Symptoms of this can appear in multiple ways.
Spirit: When you’ve worn out your spirit, it’s like the cheerleader or coach within has taken a holiday. You’ve lost your faith that what you’re working towards will have a favourable outcome. For some faith can be derived from science, action, or nature. Others may have a set spiritual practice or religions they look to for guidance.
Mental: Stress or burnout can impact our cognitive function. You might find yourself with brain fog, fatigue, or impaired… KEEP READING
Use our worksheet to help pick up on stressors and find ways to care for yourself, be your own personal support crew, and ensure you learn from challenges or minstakes. Symptoms of this can appear in multiple ways.
Spirit: When you’ve worn out your spirit, it’s like the cheerleader or coach within has taken a holiday. You’ve lost your faith that what you’re working towards will have a favourable outcome. For some faith can be derived from science, action, or nature. Others may have a set spiritual practice or religions they look to for guidance.
Mental: Stress or burnout can impact our cognitive function. You might find yourself with brain fog, fatigue, or impaired… KEEP READING
THE HERMIT CRAB
Each of our ‘Take Action’ themes has its own natural symbol. The use of symbology and storytelling has been harnessed by Indigenous groups for generations and has since been researched as an effective tool for committing knowledge to long term memory.
The symbol ‘For the Love of Sustainable Self’ theme is the hermit crab. The hermit crab is an easily accessible symbol for many as it’s commonly shared in popular culture due to its unique crab-in-a-stolen -shell appearance. What might surprise many is the diversity of hermit crab species- there are more than 800 types across the globe! The hermit crab has been selected as our symbol for sustainable self-care and responsibility for a variety of reasons. The first being that while we are all ‘humankind’ we all live in different areas and have differing beliefs. Which is why there is no one set way to ‘live sustainable’. Hermit crabs can be found across the globe on land, and in the water (mostly salty but one species chooses freshwater). Some are big, others are small. They eat differing diets as omnivorous scavengers munching on what is plentiful in their local habitat. To tell all crabs there was only one way to be a hermit crab would deny diversity, and result in collapse of some species.
A secondary reason for out hermit crab mascot is that our crab is not a true ‘hardened’ crab. It’s exoskeleton (the hard crab-like-parts) occurs on the bits OUTSIDE it’s shell. The inside bits are soft and vulnerable. Like humans, we may seem tough on the outside, especially when we are trying to take action on what we care about, but we are vulnerable, and we need to make space to care for our vulnerabilities.
SHORTCUTS
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PERSONALISE YOU NOTEBOOK FOR REFLECTION
MAKE YOUR OWN NATURAL BEAUTY CONCOCTIONS
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