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We support you to develop the essential skills for self-care and good health. Contact us to request an information pack and/or ask any questions you might have.

Whether you’re curious about any of the services we provide, or are ready to take the first step towards improving your health physically, mentally and socially – we are here to give you the information you are looking for. You can also book a free 20-minute discovery call with Thor, to talk about what’s going on for you. This informal discussion allows you to get a better sense of how we can help you with your health. You can have up to three of these calls, completely free of charge so you can decide if our services are right for you.

23/11/2025

This National Self Care Week, let’s highlight two essential skills for wellbeing: emotional literacy and health literacy.

Emotional literacy is the ability to recognise, understand, and respond to your feelings in a way that supports your mental, physical and emotional/social health.

Health literacy is knowing how to interpret and use health information to make informed decisions about your body and wellbeing as well as the skills to advocate for what you need with others, including health professionals.

Together, these literacies are life-saving skills—not luxuries. They empower you to reduce stress, protect your wellbeing, and respond to life’s challenges with personal agency rooted in awareness and confidence.

Join our Live event today, Sunday, at 7pm GMT on Insight Timer to explore how becoming fluent in both emotional and health literacy can transform your everyday experience.

Download the free app, set a reminder, and join a community dedicated to learning how to feel better, not just survive but thrive.

Click here to set a reminder to the event and download the app if you’ve not already got it.

👉 https://insig.ht/L30OMbLGmYb

The National Self-Care Week initiative is led by the Self Care Forum

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Promotional image for a free Self-Care Week event on Insight Timer, happening today at 7pm GMT. Title: “Celebrating Self-Care Week” with the theme “Get curious: Awareness, Health and Emotional Literacy as Vital Self Care.” Features a “SELF CARE” sign, the Insight Timer bell, partial photo of Thor, and the website for First Aid for Feelings.

20/11/2025

It’s National Self-Care Week - led by Self Care Forum - so today we explore how such awareness campaigns can strengthen your health and emotional literacy.

The skills of knowing how to read and respond to your feelings, both sensations and emotions, improve your wellbeing, resilience, and relationships.

Awareness campaigns gather focus and encourage activities like today's event on Insight Timer and the big event on Sunday at 7pm GMT where you can learn and improve your skills so that you can help yourself feel better.

The 30 minute session starts with a talk and Q&A and concludes with a guided meditation. Thursday with Thor helps you use meditation to navigate your feelings.

👉 Click link to set reminder to join and learn how to feel better

https://insig.ht/i6U8pxWB4Xb

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Image shows a photo of Thor wearing glasses and orange v-neck jumper.

A text box reads: Feelings: Why Awareness campaigns matter to you | Thursday with Thor. How meditation can help you become more aware of your feelings

Further text: 20 November at 5.30 GMT Join In

Underneath is the logo of Insight Timer with a meditation bell. In the right hand corner is the icon for First Aid for Feelings in white which is a three-quarters-closed circle with a cross inside.

17/11/2025

It’s National Self Care Week in the UK, led by the Self Care Forum!

It’s a Call to Action to share this important awareness focus across borders to all of us wherever you live!

To celebrate we’re hosting a one-hour Live event this Sunday at 7pm GMT.

Discover why health and emotional literacy are not luxuries but life-saving skills that support your body, mind, and relationships. In this one-hour live session, we explore how feeling better begins with awareness AND the literacy to understand what you notice! Only then can you reduce stress, protect wellbeing, and transform how you respond to life. Your health may truly depend on it.

Anyone who knows me or has worked with me knows that this is my mojo. It’s my belief that when we’re able to be more aware AND we know how to read and respond to what we notice we can help ourselves feel better. And, that’s when everything else becomes possible.

This year for the first time we’re celebrating National Self Care Week on Insight Timer. I have been a teacher on Insight Timer since 2020 and we’ve got a beautifully engaged and welcoming community that gathers every Thursday to get curious and learn more about how to feel better.

You can download the Insight Timer app for free and access more than 250.000 guided meditations and all the Live events, including this one!

If you want to enhanced access courses like First Aid for Feelings, the annual subscription is $59.99 USD.

Click here to set a reminder for the event and download the app if you’ve not already got it.

👉 https://insig.ht/L30OMbLGmYb

*Research shows that people spend more time on Insight Timer than on any other wellbeing app. In fact, 59% of all time spent on wellbeing apps is spent right here on Insight Timer.

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This promotional image for a free Self-Care Week event features a close-up of hands gently tending a small green plant growing in a terracotta pot. The visual emphasises themes of nurturing and growth. In the top right, there’s a circular cutout showing a photo of Thor in a bright orange shirt and hoodie. Bold white text across the top announces: 23rd November at 7pm GMT – FREE EVENT Celebrating Self-Care Week: ’Get curious: Awareness, Health and Emotional Literacy as Vital Self-Care’. At the bottom, the orange band includes a small black-and-white logo for “First Aid for Feelings” and the website address for First Aid for Feelings.

16/11/2025

National Self Care Week starting tomorrow is led by the Self Care Forum, champions taking practical, compassionate steps to look after physical, mental, and social wellbeing.

It encourages individuals to “take five” minutes for themselves, recognising self-care as a key strategy to help people help themselves to feel better and to reduce demand on health services.

The Self-Care Forum also has people like me championing this message and I’m delighted to be one of the Self-Care Forum champions!

For me, creating First Aid for Feelings was all about spotlighting how we need to learn these skills and that we need to be the agents, the captains of our own health. Self Care is both the Lodestone and the North Star for health and wellbeing.

First Aid for Feelings aligns perfectly with the focus by the Self Care Forum and my fellow Self Care Champions by teaching how to notice, accept, and respond kindly to difficult feelings, both emotions and sensations, fostering resilience and personal agency.

Together, we advocate for lasting health through “look, listen, and link” principles—mindful awareness, compassionate listening, and connecting to support.

This week inspires realistic, practical and culturally sensitive self-care actions help people feel safer and better in everyday life

The Self Care Forum is promoting two key events this week, a webinar launch tomorrow here on LinkedIn and a webinar hosted by the Patient Information Forum about Patient information on Thursday. Both events are at 12pm GMT.

👉 We’ll be sharing posts with links to both events here and you can find out more about Self Care including valuable resources on their website.

And we’ll be hosting our own event next Sunday, 23rd at 7pm and will share more information here.

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At the top, “Self-Care Forum” is written in large blue text with the tagline “Helping people take care of themselves” and a blue line-drawn icon. Centred below is a bold orange heart with white text: “Self-Care Week 2025 Mind & Body.” At the bottom is an orange banner featuring the First Aid for Feelings booklet, the website for First Aid for Feelings with the logo—a three-quarter circle with a plus sign inside

13/11/2025

In today’s fast world, many unknowingly self-sabotage, holding back their true potential.

How do we know when our inner critic helps or hinders us?

In today’s Live event on Insight Timer, we’ll explore self-sabotage—how it appears, why it happens, and how to turn it into self-support.

The 30-minute session includes a talk, Q&A, and brief guided meditation.

Thursday with Thor uses meditation to navigate feelings

This is a request from The Helpful Community

👉 Click link to set reminder to join and learn how to feel better

https://insig.ht/qrN7MXyDgYb?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=live_stream_share

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Image shows a photo of Thor wearing glasses and orange v-neck jumper.

A text box reads: Feelings: Why self-sabotage needs your attention | Thursday with Thor. How meditation can help transform self-sabotage into self-support

Further text: 13 November at 5.30 GMT Join In

Underneath is the logo of Insight Timer with a meditation bell. In the right hand corner is the icon for First Aid for Feelings in white which is a three-quarters-closed circle with a cross inside.

13/11/2025

Do you know the songs? One is by the Beatles and the other is from the film Frozen. Which one is more helpful to help you feel better?

In this blog I explore the two familiar phrases: Let it be and Let it go and talk about the risks with the Let it go approach.

Both are paths toward peace and personal agency, yet they work in different ways.

”Let it be” is the art of acceptance.

It’s about allowing what is—staying present with discomfort, uncertainty, or sadness without rushing to fix or flee it. From that stillness, understanding can arise. This approach is a practice in strengthening trust. Like the lyrics say ‘There will be an answer, let it be.’

“Let it go” is the art of release.

It can bring lightness and freedom—but only when we’re ready. I have never been able to simply ‘Let it go’ and actually found that this approach can become toxic.

When used too early, it can become a subtle form of avoidance or emotional numbing.

We might judge ourselves for not being able to “just move on,” layering a sense of failure on top of the original pain.

Or we might release too quickly, missing the lesson the moment was trying to teach—like repeating the same scene in our own version of Groundhog Day.

How do you know which one you’re practicing right now—letting it be, or letting it go? Understanding what you truly need to help yourself feel better means strengthening your ability to read and respond to your feelings. This is what health and emotional literacy is all about and how you strengthen your mind-body connection.

👉 Click link to read more in the blog

https://firstaidforfeelings.com/blog/let-it-go-versus-let-it-be-which-is-more-helpful/

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The image shows a person in a checked shirt holding two music albums: the “Frozen” soundtrack on the left and “Let It Be” by The Beatles on the right. Above, a gray banner reads “Let it go - vs - Let it be,” with italic text underneath asking, “- Which one is more helpful?” In the bottom right corner, there is the First Aid for Feelings logo, which appears as a circular orange icon with a white plus symbol inside

06/11/2025

The song from the movie ‘Frozen’ encourages us all to ‘Let it go’ but there is a case for the Beatles song ‘Let it be'.

In today’s Live event we’ll get curious about the difference between these two approaches and why it matters.

Includes tips for when you’re struggling.

This 30-minute event on Insight Timer starts with a talk and Q&A then concludes with a guided meditation.

Thursday with Thor is about meditation and specific feelings.

👉 Click link to set reminder to join and learn how to feel better

https://insig.ht/rdAIRZ6z8Wb

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Image shows a photo of Thor wearing glasses and orange v-neck jumper. A text box reads: Feelings: Let it be or Let it go - what’s more helpful? | Thursday with Thor. How meditation can help you choose “Let it go” or “Let it be”. Further text: 6 November at 5.30 GMT Join In. Underneath is the logo of Insight Timer with a meditation bell. In the right hand corner is the icon for First Aid for Feelings in white which is a three-quarters-closed circle with a cross inside.

30/10/2025

With Halloween tomorrow, fear is everywhere—in stories, costumes, and spooky vibes. Why do we scare ourselves and each other on purpose? Join today’s Live event as we get curious about fear and what it really means.

Includes tips for when you’re struggling

This 30-minute event on Insight Timer starts with a talk and Q&A then concludes with a guided meditation

Thursday with Thor is about meditation and specific feelings

This is a request from The Helpful Community

👉 Click link to set reminder to join and learn how to feel better

https://insig.ht/RLkPM8nfkXb

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A text box reads: Feelings: Fear and why we scare ourselves | Thursday with Thor. How meditation can help you be more comfortable with fear

Further text: 30 October at 5.30 GMT Join In

Underneath is the logo of Insight Timer with a meditation bell. In the right hand corner is the icon for First Aid for Feelings in white which is a three-quarters-closed circle with a cross inside.

14/10/2025

This time I'm recommending Insight Timer. I know many of you are already using the app to join the weekly Live event, to listen to the First Aid for Feelings course and the other thousands of courses on offer as well as the library of free recordings.

Insight Timer launched a challenge on yesterday Monday, October 13th for those who haven't used the app yet. They say:

ˮ If the question “Am I enough?” feels familiar, or your inner critic’s voice has been growing louder, you’re not alone. The free Self-Belief Challenge is here to support you. Here’s how it works: this free 10-day journey will give you daily tools to quiet inner criticism and live with confidence instead of self-doubt. ˮ

If you've not used the app yet I encourage you to use this invitation to get a sense of how it might help you feel better.

Thank you Insight Timer team for designing this 10 day journey .

👉 Do you have any recommendations? It can be any kind of activity, music, books, movies, people, places, or things — anything that helps you feel better and you have in your First Aid Kit for Feelings. Write to us at thora@isithelpful.com

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The Helpful newsletter is sent you every 2-3 weeks.

In addition to the You recommend section from readers like you, the newsletter has got blogs or videos on topics like pain, fatigue, stress and anxiety, news on latest research as well as events and activities.

👉 Sign up for the newsletter on the First Aid for Feelings website

And, here's the link to join the Insight Timer challenge
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10/10/2025

Today, on World Mental Health Day, I want to share a special gift from my colleague David Brown. He’s offering a free guide that gives helpful ways to nurture personal agency and compassionate leadership through the lens of Sovereignty 🌱✨💪

I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to lead from within with kindness and strength. 🤝❤️🧠

I know David through Drive the Collaborative Network, helmed by Ann Hawkins which is a network of entrepreneurs and freelancers committed to 🌍🤲

We share a commitment to help people and what he offers aligns with the First Aid for Feelings emphasis on curiosity and compassion 🧡🔍🤗

👉 Click link to access your free guide to Sovereign Leadership

https://potentialitycoaching.co.uk/sovereign-leadership-workbook

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09/10/2025

In today’s emphasis on comfort many of us have become intolerant to discomfort 🥵🛑😣

How do you know when discomfort is helpful and when it’s detrimental 💪🤔

In today’s Live event we’ll get curious about discomfort 🔍💭🤗

Includes tips for when you’re struggling 🌧️

This 30-minute event on Insight Timer starts with a talk and Q&A then concludes with a guided meditation 💬⏳🧘‍♂️

Thursday with Thor is about meditation and specific feelings 🙏⛑️🔎

👉 Click link to set reminder to join and learn how to feel better

https://insig.ht/zZnVSym6WWb

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Image shows a photo of Thor wearing glasses and orange v-neck jumper.

A text box reads: Feelings: How to be comfortable with discomfort | Thursday with Thor. How meditation can be more comfortable with being uncomfortable

Further text: 9 October at 5.30 BST Join In

Underneath is the logo of Insight Timer with a meditation bell. In the right hand corner is the icon for First Aid for Feelings in white which is a three-quarters-closed circle with a cross inside.

02/10/2025

What have you learnt about feelings ❓💭 Who are the teachers you’ve listened to 📚🔎🧑‍🏫 Has what you’ve learnt been helpful 💦🌱

Honouring the death of Dr. Larry Ward, a Zen teacher, Thor talks about choosing teachers wisely and with intention 🕊️🙏🧘‍♂️🌸

Includes tips for when you’re struggling 🌧️

This 30-minute event on Insight Timer starts with a talk and Q&A then concludes with a guided meditation 💬⏳🧘‍♂️

Thursday with Thor is about meditation and specific feelings 🙏⛑️🔎

👉 Click link to set reminder to join and learn how to feel better

https://insig.ht/tr5emSMNnWb

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Image shows a photo of Thor wearing glasses and orange v-neck jumper.

A text box reads: Feelings: Who are your teachers? Are they helpful? | Thursday with Thor. How meditation can help you choose helpful teachers

Further text: 2 October at 5.30 BST Join In

Underneath is the logo of Insight Timer with a meditation bell. In the right hand corner is the icon for First Aid for Feelings in white which is a three-quarters-closed circle with a cross inside.

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