What a joy to find this community. Thank you Mika 🙏
👋 Hi, I'm Ellen from Australia (Ballarat, Vic for those who know our part of the world). I'm a social psychologist, podcaster, writer, mum (two high school boys, two Kelpies). Urban girl for 40 years. Now dedicated to regional life.
What a joy to find this community. Thank you Mika 🙏
👋 Hi, I'm Ellen from Australia (Ballarat, Vic for those who know our part of the world). I'm a social psychologist, podcaster, writer, mum (two high school boys, two Kelpies). Urban girl for 40 years. Now dedicated to regional life.
After years of writing for blogs and media and corporate, I returned last year to writing for me. The Messy Middle is a mix of sharing what psychology knows about the complexities of being human, along with me making sense of the messiness, joy and wonder of (my) mid-life.
(There's 5 years of podcast in there too but I'm in a production hiatus currently while I work through the messy middle-ness of what's next for me in the podcast space)
My fascinations right now are the systems that sit in the social impact space (#nerd)
💬 Routines: As someone who enjoys clothes, I put my outfit for the next day (even if its jeans and a jumper) out the night before. I've done this for as long as I can remember! It takes one decision out of the equation as I juggle the morning chaos of getting everyone out of the door and where they need to be 🧒🧒🐶🐶👨💼👩
As for new routines and habits - I need to stop scrolling! I am in a transitional phase, work wise and I use phone-based dopamine hits to avoid sitting with the discomfort of uncertainty. I know this is what I'm doing but knowing and changing are not the same thing 😝
Almost entirely interviews, whicih I loved as I got to ask all of my curious questions and learn from others with a wealth of expertise. I didn’t mean to stop after five years. I paused and life kind of filled the gaps. Planning to get back to it in some form.
Almost exclusively interview. I still love it and intend to get back to it. Just in the midst of a pivot that might see it come back in a slightly different form.
I've learned a huge amount, both about the medium itself and of course from the close to 100 guests I've interviewed!
What a joy to find this community. Thank you Mika 🙏
👋 Hi, I'm Ellen from Australia (Ballarat, Vic for those who know our part of the world). I'm a social psychologist, podcaster, writer, mum (two high school boys, two Kelpies). Urban girl for 40 years. Now dedicated to regional life.
✍️ THE MESSY MIDDLE
https://potentialpsychology.substack.com
After years of writing for blogs and media and corporate, I returned last year to writing for me. The Messy Middle is a mix of sharing what psychology knows about the complexities of being human, along with me making sense of the messiness, joy and wonder of (my) mid-life.
(There's 5 years of podcast in there too but I'm in a production hiatus currently while I work through the messy middle-ness of what's next for me in the podcast space)
My fascinations right now are the systems that sit in the social impact space (#nerd)
💬 Routines: As someone who enjoys clothes, I put my outfit for the next day (even if its jeans and a jumper) out the night before. I've done this for as long as I can remember! It takes one decision out of the equation as I juggle the morning chaos of getting everyone out of the door and where they need to be 🧒🧒🐶🐶👨💼👩
As for new routines and habits - I need to stop scrolling! I am in a transitional phase, work wise and I use phone-based dopamine hits to avoid sitting with the discomfort of uncertainty. I know this is what I'm doing but knowing and changing are not the same thing 😝
So great to meet you all!
Hey neighbour! 🥝🦘
Wow, that's amazing that you did 5 years of podcasting. I'm sure you learned a lot. Did you do it solo or interview style?
Almost entirely interviews, whicih I loved as I got to ask all of my curious questions and learn from others with a wealth of expertise. I didn’t mean to stop after five years. I paused and life kind of filled the gaps. Planning to get back to it in some form.
Almost exclusively interview. I still love it and intend to get back to it. Just in the midst of a pivot that might see it come back in a slightly different form.
I've learned a huge amount, both about the medium itself and of course from the close to 100 guests I've interviewed!