How to survive stormy weather 🌪️
This week, the Long View issues some advice for surviving stormy weather 🌪️ (spoiler: 🗞️ support brave journalists,⛺ build safe spaces and 🌈 remember to laugh *at yourself*)
The courage to be authentically you 🎁
This week, drifting towards the holidays, we navigate other people’s expectations 🚢 and reflect on the importance of also making space for authentic you 🎁
Why we should all read banned books 📚
This week, The Long View makes the case for teaching dangerous ideas💡and for reading, and sharing, banned books 📚
Finding Calm in Chaos 🌪️🪷
This week, the Long View is thinking about how we find calm in chaos at the end of a busy, busy year 🌪️🪷
How to Stay Strong, and Persevere 🫶🏽
This week has been tough for most everyone I know, so here are some thoughts on finding strength, and perseverance 🫶🏽 and an invitation to share what works for you
How to Get Unstuck Creatively, and Making Peace with Your Inner Critic
This week, the Long View has struggled with getting stuck creatively, and gone in search of answers: how do you make peace with your inner critic? 🤔
How To Be an Optimist (*and a Realist)
This week, The Long View is feeling the turn of the seasons 🍁 and also sensing some flagging spirits out there. We reflect on how to stay optimistic 🌿, whilst also keeping it real.
If I Must Die 🪁
This week, the Long View takes a moment of silence, in solidarity with the people of Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine, Sudan – and in all the world’s burdened, and silenced, places.
How to Handle Difficult Comments (and People)
This week, The Long View reflects on how to handle tough comments on social media and in life, and shares some advice for keeping your cool 😎 and being true to yourself when answering difficult questions (and people) ☀️
A Call to Humanity: Can We Protect One Another When the State Fails to Protect Us?
This week, The Long View is back to school, but can’t shake the after-effects of recent racist riots in the UK, and is reflecting on this question: what can ordinary people do to support and protect each other? [trigger warning: racism, Gaza, sexual violence]