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Why Mixed Emotions are OK

28th August 2023 News
Whatever you're feeling after an event, it's OK. And confusion about the swirling seemingly opposing emotions is OK, too. Mixed emotions are OK.
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Cory Miller Joins The WP and UP Team

How The Spoon Theory Can Help With Communication

13th February 2023 Depression Illness Mental Health
Spoon Theory is a concept created by a woman named Christine Miserandino in 2003. It is a simple but powerful way of describing the limited energy and resources ...

WordFest Live Rescheduled to December 16

7th November 2022 News WordFest Live
The entire WordFest team of organizers and volunteers is excited to be actively planning for the next WordFest live this year. We do regret to inform you that, ...
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Remote Work: the Surprising Effects on Wellbeing

2nd November 2022 Guest Post News
Working from home may have some drawbacks, but the benefits far outweigh any negativity. This post looks at finding the good in remote work.

10+ Practical Tips for Actually Getting Through Work-from-Home Stress

27th September 2022 Guest Post
Work from home stress can be super difficult to deal with, but here are practical tips from a qualified expert and the GoDaddy team.
Carlin Gibbs

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Welcoming Laura Nelson as a Big Orange Heart Trustee

5th June 2019 News
We are absolutely delighted to welcome Laura Nelson to the Big Orange Heart Board of Trustees. The work Big Orange Heart are doing within our community is absolutely crucial in safeguarding the future of it. Mental illness is on the rise, and the fact that we all work in the ...

Good enough…

15th April 2019 Honest Conversations Mental Health News
Goodness me, sometimes it is such hard work to work past the stuff in our heads, isn’t it (yes, that is rhetorical as I know I am not alone in this). Earlier this year my own confidence had become so incredibly low that in one particular project I feel everything ...

The WordPress Community Mental Health & Well-being Survey 2019

1st April 2019 Business Health Campaign Mental Health Physical Health Skills Health
Our last year Throughout 2018; 28 volunteers donated 3,302 hours of their time to help Big Orange Heart deliver 792 hours of mentorship and companionship to members of the WordPress community, while 925 community members registered to attend a Big Orange Heart event. On the 24th August 2018 Big Orange ...

One of us; we are all “one of us”

17th November 2018 Depression Honest Conversations Illness Mental Health
Goodness, it’s harder than it seems, to write stuff quite so personal somewhere beyond one’s personal blog (and even that takes some gumption at times). My first #PressForward post was to be part of a personal month-long topic of “Good Enough” across the various blogs and online places in which ...

An Open Letter to the WordPress Community

12th November 2018 Campaign Fundraising Mental Health

Big Orange Heart Needs Your Help

30th October 2018 #PressForward Business Health Campaign Fundraising Mental Health
Image credit: @WPBristolPeeps There are a few key areas that are our current focus: Fundraising Website content Impact report Mental health survey If you’re able to dedicate any time to any one of these areas we’d be very grateful. If you’re unsure how you can help, we’d be happy to schedule ...

Take time for your mental health

10th October 2018 Anxiety Bipolar Coaching Depression Illness
Do you set aside time to look after your mental health? Do you feel buried underneath huge amounts of work, clashing deadlines or moving targets? Working in the fast-changing communications and web world can mean a culture of always-on and feeling you can never escape. Starting from World Mental Health ...

WordPress, the Community and Your Mental Health

22nd August 2018 Anxiety Business Health Coaching Depression Illness
Recently I had the honour to be invited to speak at the Greenville, South Carolina WordPress Group.  Being UK based, I had two choices; jump on a plane the day after (the amazing) WordCamp Brighton where I’d also had the honour to speak or do a video link up. So 11pm ...

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