Journal Club - Knitting for anxiety and compassion fatigue
Join Clinical Psychologists Dr Mia Hobbs and Dr Paula Redmond as we discuss two research papers about knitting and mental health.These papers both relate to nurses and supporting them with the challenges of their role.Paper 1 relates to using knitting to reduce compassion fatigue in nursesPaper 2 relates to using knitting to reduce anxiety in nursing students-------------🧶Join us at our LIVE Webinar: Unravelling Burnout: How knitting can help you rest, reset and restore on 18th November at 7pm UK time🧶 If you'd like to learn more about how to use knitting for your self-care, check out our course Self-Care One Stitch at a Time.🧶Catch up on our on-demand webinar The Healing Power of Knitting where we take a deep dive into the mental health benefits of knitting.Here's how to stay in touch:💌 Sign up to the Creative Restoration newsletter📲 Follow us on Instagram at @knittingistherapeutic and @drpaularedmondMentioned in this episode:Unravelling Burnout: How Knitting can help you rest, reset and restoreJoin us for our next LIVE webinar on Tuesday 18th November at 7pm UK Time
Click here to find out more: https://creativerestoration.podia.com/unravelling-burnout
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Healing and soothing through knitting with Dr Katya Miles
For the final episode of series 8 I am delighted to be joined by Dr Katya Miles of The Working Well Doctor. Katya works as a Coach and Trainer for health professionals and people in high stress professions. She speaks about turning to knitting during the Covid pandemic when she was self-isolating with covid and how she now associates knitting with healing and soothing, and it is part of her own toolkit for managing stress or high demand situations.We talk about recovering from perfectionism and give our views on why so many health professionals are attracted to knitting and needlecrafts.Connect with KatyaWebsite: Working Well DoctorInstagram: @theworkingwelldoctorFacebook: @theworkingwelldoctor-------------🧶Join us at our LIVE Webinar: Unravelling Burnout: How knitting can help you rest, reset and restore on 18th November at 7pm UK time🧶 If you'd like to learn more about how to use knitting for your self-care, check out our course Self-Care One Stitch at a Time.🧶Catch up on our on-demand webinar The Healing Power of Knitting where we take a deep dive into the mental health benefits of knitting.Here's how to stay in touch:💌 Sign up to the Creative Restoration newsletter📲 Follow us on Instagram at @knittingistherapeutic and @drpaularedmondMentioned in this episode:Unravelling Burnout: How Knitting can help you rest, reset and restoreJoin us for our next LIVE webinar on Tuesday 18th November at 7pm UK Time
Click here to find out more: https://creativerestoration.podia.com/unravelling-burnout
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Neurodivergence and knitting with Una
I was delighted to be joined by Una, also known as @TheNeurodivergentCraftClub on Instagram. Una speaks about how knitting has been helpful in recovering from burnout, but has also been a really useful way to find out what her brain really needs - both to find some moments of focus and to feel settled and satisfied.It was so interesting to talk to Una about her experience of being a neurodivergent knitter and the reasons she believes that many neurodivergent people are attracted to knitting.Connect with UnaInstagram: @theneurodivergentcraftclubSubstack: neurodivergentcraftclub-------------🧶Join us at our LIVE Webinar: Unravelling Burnout: How knitting can help you rest, reset and restore on 18th November at 7pm UK time🧶 If you'd like to learn more about how to use knitting for your self-care, check out our course Self-Care One Stitch at a Time.🧶Catch up on our on-demand webinar The Healing Power of Knitting where we take a deep dive into the mental health benefits of knitting.Here's how to stay in touch:💌 Sign up to the Creative Restoration newsletter📲 Follow us on Instagram at @knittingistherapeutic and @drpaularedmondMentioned in this episode:Unravelling Burnout: How Knitting can help you rest, reset and restoreJoin us for our next LIVE webinar on Tuesday 18th November at 7pm UK Time
Click here to find out more: https://creativerestoration.podia.com/unravelling-burnout
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Teaching children to knit with Okeyele-Olatunji Elizabeth
Elizabeth is a knitting teacher based in Nigeria, and she has made it her personal mission to teach 20,000 children to knit and 'think with their hands'. It was a pleasure to speak to Elizabeth about her own journey to becoming a knitting teacher, and how she has personally used knitting to help her to cope with grief and loss. Elizabeth also speaks about her experiences of teaching children to knit and why she believes this is a valuable addition to their education.Connect with ElizabethInstagram: @tunnizzeFacebook: @tunnizzecreations-------------🧶Join us at our LIVE Webinar: Unravelling Burnout: How knitting can help you rest, reset and restore on 18th November at 7pm UK time🧶 If you'd like to learn more about how to use knitting for your self-care, check out our course Self-Care One Stitch at a Time.🧶Catch up on our on-demand webinar The Healing Power of Knitting where we take a deep dive into the mental health benefits of knitting.Here's how to stay in touch:💌 Sign up to the Creative Restoration newsletter📲 Follow us on Instagram at @knittingistherapeutic and @drpaularedmondMentioned in this episode:Unravelling Burnout: How Knitting can help you rest, reset and restoreJoin us for our next LIVE webinar on Tuesday 18th November at 7pm UK Time
Click here to find out more: https://creativerestoration.podia.com/unravelling-burnout
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Creating community with Allison Thistlewood
Allison Thistlewood is a creator of community in the knitting world. She has had various roles in and around the yarn industry, and the common thread in all of these roles is that she brings knitters together: at yarn festivals, for yarn crawls and on retreats and trips.Allison joins me to talk about her experience of moving to the UK from Canada, and how knitting was instrumental in helping her to make connections with new friends, and how she has continued to want to bring this opportunity to other knitters.Allison's yarn event Make Joy is returning to Woolwich Works on 8th November - you can find more info on her website and sign up to her newsletter to be informed when tickets go on sale: https://champagneandqiviut.com/about-make-joyConnect with AllisonWebsite: Champage & QiviutInstagram: @champagneandqiviut-------------🧶Join us at our LIVE Webinar: Unravelling Burnout: How knitting can help you rest, reset and restore on 18th November at 7pm UK time🧶 If you'd like to learn more about how to use knitting for your self-care, check out our course Self-Care One Stitch at a Time.🧶Catch up on our on-demand webinar The Healing Power of Knitting where we take a deep dive into the mental health benefits of knitting.Here's how to stay in touch:💌 Sign up to the Creative Restoration newsletter📲 Follow us on Instagram at @knittingistherapeutic and @drpaularedmondMentioned in this episode:Unravelling Burnout: How Knitting can help you rest, reset and restoreJoin us for our next LIVE webinar on Tuesday 18th November at 7pm UK Time
Click here to find out more: https://creativerestoration.podia.com/unravelling-burnout
Welcome to the Why I Knit podcast! My name is Dr Mia Hobbs and I am a Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about the mental health benefits of knitting.
Each episode of the podcast I interview a different knitter about why they knit and the (k)nitty gritty of how it impacts their mental well-being.
I have an inspiring and diverse range of knitters lined up who have generously shared their stories with me.
Find out more about the therapeutic benefits of knitting at my website and find our webinars, workshops and blogs at www.creativerestoration.org or follow me on Instagram @knittingistherapeutic
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