Self-care for Service
Political wellbeing is the practice of self-care for politicians.
As a politician, you do not have the time to find your spirit animal on a psychedelics retreat.
Instead, you need one intentional self-care stitch to hold, and then another, to stay connected to yourself and your goals.
This blog on political wellbeing aims to inspire the stitches you need to handle political life.
A Call for Political Wellbeing
Like all good calls for action, this one begins with a personal story.
The mind game of being a parent and a politician
The trade-off between politics and parenting is not easy, and there are no easy solutions.
Holding it together when things fall apart
When you’re unable to integrate a situation in reality.
Can politicians see their own vulnerability?
Studies have shown that MPs are struggling under the lifestyle and occupational stressors of politics. What can we do about it?
Political Loneliness
As a politician you slowly step away from true connection, leaving you lonely and alone in your loneliness.
Eating Political Anxiety: When Politicians Eat their Feelings
With stress as the baseline of the political experience, how politician handles it matters for their own wellbeing as well as ours.
Political Emotional Labour
As a politician you often absorb the negative emotions and subsequent mental health issues that frequently present themselves in those needing your help.
Why it’s important for politicians to come out
Thanks to the courage of many, sexuality acceptance is on the rise in politics.
When frequent travelling threatens political wellbeing
As a politician you are forced to choose travel over wellbeing.
Politics is performance, but should we be worried?
As a politician you can never showcase emotions of rage or anger towards others. This is no shock. Politics has always been performative.
Am I good enough? Experiencing Imposter Syndrome in Politics
Political office is a dynamic world in which most days demand new endeavours, tasks and cognitive challenges, making the political experience right for triggering imposter syndrome.
Achieving political productivity
We must take the time to truly understand the strengths and weaknesses of ourselves and our teams, for political wellbeing.
