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Workaholics

When I began freelancing, I felt like I had to fill every inch of my calendar with work related things. The reason for this came down to a few things, the fear of not knowing when the next income was coming so saying yes to every opportunity, feeling the need to prove to people IContinue reading “Workaholics”

People Pleasing

This one is about people pleasing. I have always been a people pleaser and I am getting better at not doing it now but it’s a lifelong habit I am trying to break. This is common with low self-esteem and usually means you are seeking worth from other people via their approval. People pleasers commonlyContinue reading “People Pleasing”

Achievement

When I am teaching kids aerial I always say at the end when we are stretching ‘well done today you achieved so many things’ and there’s always at least one who says ‘I didn’t, I couldn’t do X move’. Then I break into an argument with them telling them how great they are. Breaks myContinue reading “Achievement”

Self-Worth

So my research for my dissertation had the theme of self-worth come up wether that aerial increasing worth due to achievements and progress and also decreasing worth due to comparison to others and tight training clothes. It was very split and very personal. As a kid I was so quiet that I always expressed myselfContinue reading “Self-Worth”

Judgement

A big learning curve for me was learning how fearful I am of the judgement of other people. In the counselling course I’ve just done a key skill is being non-judgemental towards a clients because that in itself can be healing. When you think about that it shows how impactful judgement can be. When IContinue reading “Judgement”

Comparison

I wanted to do a post about comparison because it has come up many times in my research questionnaire. Comparison is everywhere with social media and its talked about a lot in terms of how it can be detrimental to self-esteem and worth, particularly if its already low. Instagram is a game and it’s easyContinue reading “Comparison”

Food Habits as an aerialist

This post is on the sensitive topic of food and eating… I am amazed at how many people mentioned that aerial played a part in healing eating disorders and anxiety around food. The idea that food became something to fuel aerial instead of something to be feared and controlled. It was an emotional read andContinue reading “Food Habits as an aerialist”

Strength as an Aerialist

I am now on the home stretch with my dissertation. Finding it hard to keep motivated and typing after a busy year 🥴 I wanted to talk a bit about strength. A lot of people who took part in my research mentioned strength, feeling strong after training aerial and how exciting it was seeing musclesContinue reading “Strength as an Aerialist”

Post Lockdown Training

I have lots more to share about my aerial and psychology research.. Anxiety around being strong enough, fit enough, or looking good enough getting back into training/performing post lockdown has come up a lot. I think lockdown changed all of our lifestyles and only a lucky few had access to upsidedowness. I know for meContinue reading “Post Lockdown Training”

Body Image

I am in the middle of analysing the data for my dissertation (aerial self-esteem and body image) that a lot of you lovely people helped me with and there are so many things that keep coming up. I want to start sharing some things I have been finding with you as it seems that aContinue reading “Body Image”