Grow Yourself Up Journal Prompts Catch up, update and hello

Playing Catch Up in 2023

Hello dear people of my newsletter

First, some practical details. I have shifted my newsletter away from Mailchimp and you will now receive all writing from me from Substack. You are receiving this because you either signed up for my newsletter or for the journal prompts for my podcast Grow Yourself Up. Going forward, the free version of my newsletter (now called Nurture.Heal.Grow) will contain the journal prompts and will be sent out each week.

2023 has been tumultuous for multiple reasons and I am playing catch up. I have not managed to send the journal prompts regularly but hope to return to regular notes in 2024. The purpose of the journal prompts is to help you deepen into your own process, get to know yourself better and liberate yourself from old patterns. They are sent from a place of love, please do not see them as something to be completed perfectly. There is no need to do them all, only answer what feels relevant to you. Grab your paper and pen, set your timer and write for 10 mins. See what comes up, this is a joyful exploration not something else to beat yourself up with.

Secondly, I am going to be giving paid subscribers more of a window into my world, stories from my life, love, relationships and parenting and more details on concepts I think are useful. Thank you to those of you who have written to me asking for specific content and with ideas, I am sorry I have not yet responded and I will be covering many of these topics on the podcast in the next couple of months. Also, feel free to write to me if there is something you hope I can cover.

I will be sending out journal prompts to cover back episodes of the podcast and will catch up over time. Here is the first lot:

Grow Yourself Up Ep 64: Shifting Generational Trauma and Thoughts on Food
What is your relationship to food?

Some of us ‘eat to live’ and some of us ‘live to eat’ and this is a continuum. What causes you to move along this continuum?

Do you use food as a comfort? Does it feel like something to control? Does a lot of your energy go into thinking about food?

Does a lot of your energy go into thinking about your child’s food?

What were mealtimes like in your childhood?

What is your relationship to your appetite? Are you aware of your own hunger signals? Can you tolerate the feeling of hunger? What does this signify for you?

Take good care, sending you love

Cath xx