Healthy Planet Archives - Helen Edwards Writes

surviving COVID-19 in Australia - how to deal with self-isolation

Dear 2020, you’ve been a crappy year so far. Everything is changing, and it feels like we’re adrift on a tumbling, angry sea, our fingers grasping at the railings. The helplessness of the current Coronavirus pandemic is crippling and the creeping hopelessness that climbs into your throat each day, can be utterly devastating. The gnawing…

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We wake across the country, yet again choking on smoke and ash, even those of us removed from the horror of the fires. They touch us all in some way. We see repeated images of traumatised animals and devastated habitats, people who are like the walking dead, the bad and the terrible side of human…

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mindfulness and dealing with climate grief

After the devastation, which still continues for many, and the threat of which, will not reduce until after summer, you may be feeling like you shouldn’t, or can’t, get into a usual routine; that it isn’t right to laugh, to do everyday tasks, to forget about the fires and all of our losses for a…

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This year, in May-June, we drove from Adelaide to Melbourne, to Bega, to Canberra, to Jindabyne, to Lakes Entrance, to Healesville, to Lake Boga/Swan Hill, to Adelaide – moving through 3 states. It was one of the best roadtrips ever, especially the day we drove down from Jindabyne, through incredible country, covering sparkly snow topped…

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Earth Greetings sustainable diaries and cards

Earth Greetings design and make greeting cards, stationery and homewares, with the lightest possible footprint on the planet. Some of the ways they achieve this, are by choosing 100% recycled, natural and biodegradable materials, avoiding plastic, carbon offsetting and donating a minimum 10% of profits to environmental organisations. From humble beginnings as an Earth friendly…

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So many of the current problems in our world could be resolved with a few simple things – truly embracing difference and diversity, kindness, empathy, courage, compassion, hope and optimism, realising there’s enough for everyone if we change how things work, caring about future generations, letting go of fear, listening, especially to First Nations Peoples,…

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Welcome. My name is Dr Helen Edwards. I have a PhD in Psychology. I am an author of children’s and young adult fiction, and non-fiction for adults. I am an award-winning health and sustainability writer, blogger and advocate. I am represented by Debbie Golvan, of Golvan Arts Management.

I like to write about people and planet, and I include nature, our environment and relationships between people, in both my sustainability and health writing, and my fiction books for children.

I am currently working on my diabetes memoir and a couple of middle-grade stories, as well as writing here at my blog. You will see a wide range of topics here, including health, mental health, disability, diabetes, sustainable living, the environment, climate change and more. I am available for all sorts of freelance writing, advocacy and speaking work – see more here.

I look forward to sharing stories with you and inspiring action for people and planet, with kindness and hope.

Helen x

Healthy Planet

Virtual Reader, Writer & Parent Resources, For Surviving COVID-19 Isolation

Certainty

Dealing With Climate Grief During The Australian Bushfires

A Hopeful New Year

Greetings From The Earth

Thoughts on Power, Diversity and Kindness