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Notebook

Welcome to the Notebook, a collection of thoughts, feelings and reflections written by the Self Space team. Each entry is an invitation to pause, think deeply, feel deeply and develop the tools to deal with the world how it is.

If We Want People to Stay, We Have to Learn How to Stay Too

On suicide, staying, and learning how to be with someone in the hard stuff, by Jodie Cariss, Therapist and Founder of Self Space.
  • Emotions
  • Psychoeducation

What Do We Do With Our Privilege?

A therapist’s reflection on Dr Jason Arday, identity and responsibility by Kristina Stamatiou, Art Psychotherapist, and Senior Clinician.
  • Emotions

Why Do Situationships Feel Harder Than Breakups?

Senior Clinician & Art Psychotherapist, Kristina Stamatiou, shares the truth on why situationships can be just as heartbreaking as ending official ones.
  • Emotions
  • Relationships

What If It’s Not About the Drink?

Written by Kristina Stamatiou, Senior Clinician & Art Psychotherapist

Better Dating Isn’t About Finding Better People

Self Space founder, Jodie Cariss, on what modern dating is doing to our minds and what it would take to date differently.
  • Relationships

Choosing Softness During Chaos, Owning Mistakes, and the Power of the Paintbrush with Fearne Cotton

A Conversation with Fearne Cotton, Founder of Happy Place Festival
  • Stories

Burnout isn’t a personal failure. It’s a workplace one… How the way work is designed is making people ill and what leaders can do about it.

written by Dan Burman, Managing Director at Self Space

F*ck Being Fine. Action is the only thing that REALLY shifts the dial.

We asked Jodie Cariss about the pressure to say “I’m fine”, why action matters more than awareness, and the small shifts that can create real change in our mental health and wellbeing.

The Wound to Worldview Pipeline: How Young Men Are Drawn Into the Manosphere

Written by Leon White, Senior Clinician, Integrative Counsellor & MBACP

What Even Is the Manosphere?

Written by Leon White, Senior Clinician, Integrative Counsellor & MBACP

The Manosphere Is Quietly Shaping a Generation – And We’re Not Talking About It Enough

Written by Kristina Stamatiou, Senior Clinician & Art Psychotherapist

Matrescence: Becoming a Mother, Becoming Yourself

Written by Anna Davies, Psychoeducation Manager
That's all folks!

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