This is a living table of contents which will continue to update and develop as I refine the structure of the content. Browse the project fully here.
What is…
- What is mental health?
- What is a freelancer?
- Why does mental health matter more for freelancers?
- Why are more people turning to freelancing?
- What at the things affecting freelancers most?
- Deep dives into the core themes and foundations of freelancing wellbeing
- _ Active Awareness
- _ Financial Wellbeing
- _ Purpose, Positioning and Progress
- _ Behaviours and Boundaries
- _ Isolation, Connection and Community
- _ Client Behaviours and Communication
- _ Legal, Contracts, Payments and Process
- _ Marketing, Pricing and Value
- _ Emotional Experiences
- _ Confidence and Mindset
- _ Rejection and Resilience
- _ Feast, Famine and Irregular Income
- _ Sickness and Holidays
- _ Parents and Carers
- _ Neurodivergence, disability and long-term illness
- _ Discrimination and bullying
- _ Dealing with Issues
- _ Self-Employment and Burnout
- _ Disaster Planning
- _ Life Changes
- _ Enforced Self-Employment
- _ Feedback and Learning
- _ Futures and development
- _ Closing things down
- Deep dives into specific and common issues affecting our mental health
- Frameworks to tackle key challenges
- Frameworks to holistically maintain and improve our wellbeing
- Tools for critical issues and challenging moments
- Little Wins
- Things others (i.e. hirers and beyond) can/need/must do to support freelancers
- Recommendations for freelance friendly businesses
- What the future of freelancing should and could look like