𝐀 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭: 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞⁣

𝐀 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭: 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞⁣
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Yesterday felt like too abrupt an ending, so here is one last piece of writing, and an invitation.⁣
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To explain more, I was at the pub last night, and a friend told me she'd been following the 21 days series. This is unsettling. Up until now, I’ve been fooling myself that it's just been midwives following my stuff, and ones who don't work in my trust to boot. I'm realising that though I've been writing online for a long time, I've also been avoiding talking about lots of important things. I both wanted a public presence and to be hidden. The feedback and emails I'm getting suggest that being open is the right thing to do (thanks if you've been in contact)…it turns out, to get further with these ideas I need people to interact with. This is both exciting and is making me jumpy.⁣
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Aiming to be fulfilled and supported at work is a brave move because especially with the NHS staffing crisis, it will not work out sometimes. There will be some heartbreak. But my work is taking me in the direction of answering 'what happens to a midwife or student when they burn out? What is happening to their body?' The alternative to trying to find what you need at work is being numb to it and I think for me that’s asking for trouble.⁣
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I have more ideas about all of this. I’ll be running a free webinar on all this on 3rd October 11am. It’s a great time for it; I’ve always felt like autumn was a time of transition and...beginnings? A stupid thing to write, I know, because it’s heading to winter. But perhaps it’s to do with new school terms, there is energy at this time of year.⁣
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Register your attendance, limited spots. I'll share some of the ideas I've been working on and will let you know about a more long-term project I have for working on this topic further.⁣
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All my best,⁣
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Ellie

This webinar went ahead here, but is only available in its full form until 10th Oct 2022.