Welcome to Lifelines with Susanne

It’s a deep dive into how trauma isn’t just a bad memory stored in the brain (actually it’s stored completely differently)

Burnout hit me like a brick wall, though I didn’t see it coming until I was already underwater. It wasn’t just exhaustion; it was a...

I first remember setting myself this goal about 5 or 6 years ago aiming to have my mortgage paid off after about 7 years which felt doable..

Having quit my job this summer (for a wide variety of reasons - to be covered in a future post) my partner and I have set out travelling...

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about privilege recently and also the added unseen stress and fear that comes with not having privilege...

Reflect on my time in consulting especially and the things I think I find more challenging which I don't tend to see my neurotypical colleag

It's been a hell of a year - amazing self discovery and f*cking hard! 2023 & 2024 will definitely go down as some of the hardest but most...

I'm actually finding myself enjoying the winter, revelling in the cosyness of it all. But what's changed?

At so many organisations 'we' rely on colleagues from minority group to undertake DEI work which needs to change.

I was off work for just over ten and a half months in 2023. What started as a well earned sabbatical turned into a much needed burnout...

I was hoping people I was hoping to get some tips on how to be ok with people not liking me from this book - what I got was so much more

In Swedish we have two great terms (amongst many others like 'klitter' and 'hen' - look them up 😊) - 'sambo' and 'särbo'. Both are...

So I never thought I'd sit around and talk to my inner child (or do my roller skate practise in my kitchen - another post I think)…

I've been feeling very angry to be honest, mostly at myself for getting burnt out and not being 100% better yet

Day 1 - I fall on my head trying to do the long downward facing dog and cannot hold the plank pose - great start!

I remember standing by my mum as she died with my aunt and uncle and feeling the loneliest I have ever felt in my life

I've suffered with anxiety for 15 years now and I'm only just figuring out how to get through it and regulate myself

When I think of ‘purpose’, I think of what will make me fulfilled and happy during my short time here

I refer to myself as “childfree”, not childless – for me, personally, there is nothing “less” about my life without children.

I can still remember my first panic attack so vividly. I was on the bus going to work passing through Old Street roundabout in East London.