A warm welcome to this 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

Writing for wellbeing invitations

No writing experience needed, just curiosity

Wednesday Write Together

Weekly guided writing, 5:30–6:30pm UK time, open to everyone over the summer

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 – Compassion Circles and Commute to Health.

Wednesday Write Together is up and running – I’d love you to join. The monthly Compassion Circles and Commute to Health – format, timing, what comes next – is still taking shape. I’ll be introducing these offerings over the summer but if there’s a topic, time, or way of doing this that would suit you better, don’t be shy – tell me. I’m building this to fit you.

Pricing, what’s coming, and more on 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.