This is a nurturing, creative community. If the name Self-Centred made you pause – good. That’s usually the sign you’re in the right place.
Self-Centring isn’t about selfishness. It’s what happens when you stop being so relentlessly available to everyone else that you end up disappearing from your own life. If you’ve spent years trying to anticipate everyone’s needs and losing yourself in the process, this was built with you in mind.
I’m Kate – creative wellbeing practitioner specialising in therapeutic writing, founder of Compassion Journalling, still unlearning a lifetime of over-giving.
What this IS
A warm, nurturing, creative community – writing and reflection, alone and together – that helps you build self-trust on and off the page. It’s not therapy, and it’s definitely not another thing to get right. Just a regular practice of coming home to yourself.
What’s free
Personal essays from lived experience
Late-diagnosed neurodivergence, the mess of actually living what I teach
Creative Wellbeing concepts and tools explained
The psychotherapeutic and philosophical ideas that underpin the work. Compassion-Focused Therapy, Kristin Neff’s self-compassion research, therapeutic writing practice and more – illustrated through lived experience, mine and (anonymised) participants’, with adaptable tools you can make your own.
Writing for wellbeing invitations
Wednesday Write Together offers weekly guided writing, 5:30–6:30pm UK time, open to everyone over the summer. No writing experience needed, just curiosity.
Community Events and Newsletter
A monthly roundup of what’s on, how to get involved, and a little of what I’m up to in my own practice
From September
Live sessions and chat move to paid membership, alongside two new spaces I am trialling, starting with Compassion Circles.
Wednesday Write Together is up and running – I’d love you to join. More about the monthly Compassion Circles here.
Pricing, what’s coming, and a little more about me →
If something here lands, I’d love to know – hit reply, leave a comment, or subscribe. The essays stay free for everyone; hearing from you is how I know they’re landing, and it’s what keeps me writing them.