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SWAN EGG Part 3: Understanding your brain

SWAN EGG Part 3: Understanding your brain

Jodie Garth

When I first created the SWAN EGG framework, I wasn't thinking about neuroscience. I simply noticed that certain habits consistently helped me feel and function better. Years later, learning about...

SWAN EGG Part 3: Understanding your brain

Jodie Garth

When I first created the SWAN EGG framework, I wasn't thinking about neuroscience. I simply noticed that certain habits consistently helped me feel and function better. Years later, learning about...

SWAN EGG, Part 2: Putting it into practice

SWAN EGG, Part 2: Putting it into practice

Jodie Garth

In my previous post, I introduced the SWAN EGG framework for wellbeing. This time, I'm sharing what it actually looks like in my everyday life. These aren't rules or a...

SWAN EGG, Part 2: Putting it into practice

Jodie Garth

In my previous post, I introduced the SWAN EGG framework for wellbeing. This time, I'm sharing what it actually looks like in my everyday life. These aren't rules or a...

SWAN EGG, Part 1: What is it?

SWAN EGG, Part 1: What is it?

Jodie Garth

A few years ago, I created a simple well-being framework that I still return to whenever life feels out of balance. SWAN EGG isn't a rule book or a list...

SWAN EGG, Part 1: What is it?

Jodie Garth

A few years ago, I created a simple well-being framework that I still return to whenever life feels out of balance. SWAN EGG isn't a rule book or a list...

Damaged Corners

Damaged Corners

Jodie Garth

The first original artwork I ever sold had damaged corners. I was focused on the imperfections. But that awkward, unpolished sale taught me something important about art, connection, and the...

Damaged Corners

Jodie Garth

The first original artwork I ever sold had damaged corners. I was focused on the imperfections. But that awkward, unpolished sale taught me something important about art, connection, and the...

When the Tears Fall

When the Tears Fall

Jodie Garth

Written a decade ago in the early years of motherhood, this reflective poem explores the many flavours of joy and sorrow woven through the motherhood journey, and the reminder that...

When the Tears Fall

Jodie Garth

Written a decade ago in the early years of motherhood, this reflective poem explores the many flavours of joy and sorrow woven through the motherhood journey, and the reminder that...

Scattered and Collected

Scattered and Collected

Jodie Garth

A spontaneous burst of ADHD-fuelled creativity turned into 99 tiny poems. Scattered and Collected explores the humour, contradictions, and emotional truths of life with an ADHD brain.

Scattered and Collected

Jodie Garth

A spontaneous burst of ADHD-fuelled creativity turned into 99 tiny poems. Scattered and Collected explores the humour, contradictions, and emotional truths of life with an ADHD brain.