SelfKind: Conversations in self-care, kindness and compassion for highly sensitive people

Hey friend! Welcome to episode 210 of SelfKind with Erica Webb (that's me!). Perfectionism. How do you feel about it? Do you identify as having perfectionist tendencies?  I sure do, but not in the way that I used to think about it. You see, I'm not a very tidy person and am quite happy to leave things at a place of 'good enough'. But, and this is a big but, my inner critic laid...

Hello and welcome to episode 209 of SelfKind with Erica Webb (that's me!). I'm excited to dive into a fun topic today - one that has been inspired by a French philosopher named Jacques Derrida. Now, stick with me here - I promise this will go well beyond philosophical theory, and deep into practical application. 'Cause here's the thing: it's one thing to know that 'li...

Ahh, the joy of bringing on a friend and colleague who you could chat with for hours! I'm thrilled to have Jordana Edelstein back on the podcast to talk about body image and healing your relationship with food.  In this episode Jordana shares: Why body image is an opinion and why learning to respond to your opinion is more important than changing your opinion The risks of comparison around bo...

Self care is self care, right? Well ... no. It's very easy for self-care to become a 'tick the box' exercise that feels a lot like going through the motions, without any real impact on how you feel. So what's the difference and what makes the difference? That's what I'm talking about in this episode of SelfKind with Erica Webb (that's me!). I'm also sharing...

Ahh, secrets. I don't really have any secrets as such, but I do have some tips around shifting shoulder tension that goes beyond the status quo. And that's what I want to share with you in today's episode of SelfKind with Erica Webb (that's me!). Shoulder tension can be such a royal pain. It's distracting, distressing, uncomfortable and inconvenient. It also seems to be .....

Hello and welcome to this episode of SelfKind with Erica Webb (that's me!). In today's episode I'm sharing about a body-mind approach to managing anxious feelings. Because how you think impacts how you feel and how you feel impacts how you think. In this episode you will hear: - The potentially vicious cycle of anxiety impacting our thoughts and feelings, as well as our body - why l...

Welcome to episode 204 of SelfKind with Erica Webb (that's me!). In this episode, I'm inspired by this reel from Esther Perel on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/CrbSFpEgYyv/). In this clip, she talks about how, in this modern life, we can avoid the discomfort of disappointment, dislike and 'wasted' time by having the algorithms spit us out our next best watch, listen, pa...

I am so thrilled to welcome Holly Kuzmiak-Ngiam to SelfKind! Holly is the owner of Movement Labs in Singapore - a radically different fitness space. In this episode, I've invited Holly to share about what makes this space so different and why it matters.  You will hear: The 'midlife crisis' that saw Holly shift from a 10 year career in biochemistry to one in fitness What is radical...

Self-doubt can be a real bummer, can't it? It can strap itself into the driver's seat of your life and make it feel really darn hard to move toward the things that matter to you. In this episode of SelfKind with Erica Webb (that's me!) I'm sharing some mind-body and somatic tips for navigating self-doubt. In this episode you'll hear: Why questioning the truth of your thoug...

Self-love: does it feel familiar or foreign?  Honestly, it felt like a complete and utter myth to me for the longest time. I would hear the words and think ‘yeah, yeah, that sounds nice, but also: impossible.’ Now? I realise that the myths are the mistaken ideas we hold about what self-love really is, not self-love itself. So, in this episode, I’m talking about three myths that might be getting in...

OMG, it's episode 200! What a milestone.  I pondered and pondered: what would make for a cracking 200th episode? After much pondering I realised the 'perfect' idea did not exist. But there were lots of good ideas, one of which was my top 20 ideas and tips around self-kindness, love and care.  So let's dive in, shall we? Enjoy! The content I share on this platform is for informa...

Today on SelfKind with Erica Webb, I'm talking about what you really need in order to make a change in your life - whether it be a new skill, a hobby or a change in mindset. Because here's the thing: we spend a LOT of time telling ourselves we can't start because we don't know HOW. However, the HOW is often the last piece of the puzzle when it comes to getting started. In this...

Organising! This is one thing I do not consider myself the best at ... but my guest absolutely is! Today on SelfKind, I'm welcoming professional organiser Virginia Wells to chat with us about all things organising and decluttering. Specifically, we're diving into a conversation about how organising can be a form of self-care. We touch on: - why organising and decluttering isn't just...

Lots of buzzwords in the title this week, but stick with me, 'cause this shift in thinking can absolutely change your relationship with yourself and with self-care. Here’s the thing: so many of the ways we attempt to motivate ourselves into action (or rest) come from a place of either: Trying to be ‘better’ Trying to get it ‘right’ Trying to avoid pain  Trying to ‘keep up’ But how much of wha...

JOY! How intentionally do you seek it? Do you know what sparks it for you? Do you know where to find it? That's what we're talking about in this episode of SelfKind with me, Erica Webb. How does being intentional about seeking joy translate into our resilience and capacity to deal with life's challenges? Let's dive in. Grab your copy of the JOY INVENTORY print-out here . The co...

Hey friend! Welcome to episode 195 of SelfKind with me, Erica Webb. In today's episode we're talking about how to respond to your mean inner voice. You know the one ... it's the one that makes it difficult to believe in yourself and to move toward the things you want. In this episode you'll hear: why there's value in noticing what that voice is actually saying how to ackno...

Who showed you what self-care in action looked like? Anyone?  In today's episode of SelfKind, I'm talking about what it means to carve a new path for self-care when, probably, you did not grow up watching the people around you actively demonstrating it. In fact, what you might have seen demonstrated was more like sacrifice and martyrdom. So, what do we do when all we've known and se...

Hello and welcome to this episode of SelfKind with me, Erica Webb. Today we're talking about rushing . You know the feeling, right? Like everything is urgent and has to be done now , if not sooner? Rushing can be really useful (I mean, if you're running late for your flight or saving a life or something, please, do it with haste!) but when it becomes our default, it can have significant...

Hey there! Welcome to SelfKind with me, Erica Webb.  Here's the truth: I've never been one to shout my birthday from the rooftops. Yet, here I am devoting a whole podcast episode to my 40th birthday. Why? Because I want to talk about how life changes ... and how that asks us to keep showing up with kindness. Those changes can be tricky to navigate. But if there's one thing I know, i...

We all know that what we believe impacts the way we think and behave. But what happens when those beliefs are less conscious or when we don't want to believe them anymore? That's the topic of today's episode of SelfKind with me, Erica Webb.  Growing up, I had a two-cookie rule imposed on me. How does this impact my behaviour now? Tune in to find out!  Of course, I'm drawing par...

Self-kindness can often be interpreted as being synonymous with ‘doing less’. And while that is sometimes true, especially given our relentless pursuit of MORE, it’s not exclusively true. Sometimes the kindest thing we can do is to do more of something.  This is exactly what we're diving into in this episode of SelfKind, as well as some tangible tips for navigating how we decide when more or...

Focus. It can be tricky, right? One minute you're noticing how your body is moving and the sensation of your breath, next minute you're writing a grocery list and replaying the argument you had yesterday. So what do you do when your mind wanders on the mat? How do you come back to yourself in these moments. And, perhaps more importantly, how do you do it with kindness and compassion? Tha...

Self-love isn't a "problem" of course ... but it can be a problematic idea, depending on how we see it. In today's episode of SelfKind with Erica Webb (that's me!) I'm talking about self-love and, specifically: The difference between an outcome-oriented definition of self-love vs a process-oriented definition and why it matters Why your self-love might be conditional...

Hello friend! Welcome to episode 187 of SelfKind with me, Erica Webb. As this episode drops, 2023 is on our doorstep. So it seems a fitting time to talk about goals, plans and dreaming in relation to your self-care practices in the new year. However ... if you're tuning in and we're already deep into 2023 or beyond, never fear. A new year is NOT necessary to put self-care on the priority...

As we approach the end of 2022, I've been in reflection mode. There's been some really hard stuff to navigate this year, but I've also made a few decisions that have felt like BIG votes in the direction of my joy. That's what this episode is all about - sharing three of these decisions and an invitation for you to look back at the little and big decisions you've made this...