Caitlin
@cmcd-phd.caitlinmcdonald.com
Resilience coach, futurist, artist, anthropologist, high school dropout, PhD. More? www.caitlinmcdonald.com
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Caitlin
@cmcd-phd.caitlinmcdonald.com
· Sep 4
I've been trying to digitise the glass casts from Picture Your Poisons - here's some fancy reflectance transformation imagery of the cast representing my radiotherapy treatment. Read more about how the artwork was made and what it means in this open-access paper: doi.org/10.1162/leon... #SciArt
Gentle is definitely my coaching style, particularly in the discovery phase when finding out what things mean for clients. It's vital to make space for thoughts, values and beliefs to let themselves be heard. Even accountability in coaching can be gentle; it's about curiosity, not consequences.
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Gentle is definitely my coaching style, particularly in the discovery phase when finding out what things mean for clients. It's vital to make space for thoughts, values and beliefs to let themselves be heard. Even accountability in coaching can be gentle; it's about curiosity, not consequences.
My team received First Place in Novel Images of the Future and an Honourable Mention for Experiential Futures in the Association of Professional Futurists IF awards! It was clear from judges' feedback that a major reason for the win is the short story I wrote 🥰 www.apf.org/association/...
IF Awards Winners 2025 | APF
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December 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
My team received First Place in Novel Images of the Future and an Honourable Mention for Experiential Futures in the Association of Professional Futurists IF awards! It was clear from judges' feedback that a major reason for the win is the short story I wrote 🥰 www.apf.org/association/...
The wonderful Solas Yoga and I will be running a movement and intention-setting workshop in the new year - book before Boxing Day for an early-bird discount! 🕊️ More information and book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focus-on-y...
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The wonderful Solas Yoga and I will be running a movement and intention-setting workshop in the new year - book before Boxing Day for an early-bird discount! 🕊️ More information and book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focus-on-y...
What do we want? Management with better financial priorities! Save staff, stop wasting cash on expensive and poorly implemented capital projects, make the University the learning & innovation environment it deserves to be! #UCUStrike #Edinburgh
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What do we want? Management with better financial priorities! Save staff, stop wasting cash on expensive and poorly implemented capital projects, make the University the learning & innovation environment it deserves to be! #UCUStrike #Edinburgh
I really love coaching. I mean, the feedback is nice, but the main thing is feeling like the space and process you've provided has made a real difference for someone, especially when they're at a pivotal point in life making a really big decision. It's a joy to see coachees moving forward.
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I really love coaching. I mean, the feedback is nice, but the main thing is feeling like the space and process you've provided has made a real difference for someone, especially when they're at a pivotal point in life making a really big decision. It's a joy to see coachees moving forward.
Coaching is non-transferrable. Every relationship with every client is unique, and I have to prepare myself uniquely for each session. I can't automate that.
Here's me helping moderate a session for an outdoor networking group for freelancers in Edinburgh, real connections with real people!
Here's me helping moderate a session for an outdoor networking group for freelancers in Edinburgh, real connections with real people!
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Coaching is non-transferrable. Every relationship with every client is unique, and I have to prepare myself uniquely for each session. I can't automate that.
Here's me helping moderate a session for an outdoor networking group for freelancers in Edinburgh, real connections with real people!
Here's me helping moderate a session for an outdoor networking group for freelancers in Edinburgh, real connections with real people!
I'm so proud to be a member of @mhfaengland.bsky.social - I use my training all the time in my coaching and volunteering work, and in life. you never know when something big or unexpected is going to pop up for someone - or for yourself! The first step in MHFA is looking after your own wellbeing.
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I'm so proud to be a member of @mhfaengland.bsky.social - I use my training all the time in my coaching and volunteering work, and in life. you never know when something big or unexpected is going to pop up for someone - or for yourself! The first step in MHFA is looking after your own wellbeing.
One more day until my courage workshop for Yorkshire Festival of Story! I love hearing from participants about what buoys them up when times are challenging. I can't wait to hear what this group will share. Please join us tomorrow (it's online!)
Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story
What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?
yorkshirefestivalofstory.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
One more day until my courage workshop for Yorkshire Festival of Story! I love hearing from participants about what buoys them up when times are challenging. I can't wait to hear what this group will share. Please join us tomorrow (it's online!)
As part of my workshop, I'll be talking about one way I took control and helped process what was happening to me when I was diagnosed with breast cancer: I made it into art. You can read more about the art I made with my wonderful glassmaking collaborator Inge Panneels here: doi.org/10.1162/leon...
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
As part of my workshop, I'll be talking about one way I took control and helped process what was happening to me when I was diagnosed with breast cancer: I made it into art. You can read more about the art I made with my wonderful glassmaking collaborator Inge Panneels here: doi.org/10.1162/leon...
What does courage mean to you?
In early English it meant our vital spirit & truest truths.
I'll be asking the same question to kick off my workshop on Saturday. I always find it inspirational when people's words of courage come flooding in. Join us!
In early English it meant our vital spirit & truest truths.
I'll be asking the same question to kick off my workshop on Saturday. I always find it inspirational when people's words of courage come flooding in. Join us!
Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story
What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?
yorkshirefestivalofstory.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
What does courage mean to you?
In early English it meant our vital spirit & truest truths.
I'll be asking the same question to kick off my workshop on Saturday. I always find it inspirational when people's words of courage come flooding in. Join us!
In early English it meant our vital spirit & truest truths.
I'll be asking the same question to kick off my workshop on Saturday. I always find it inspirational when people's words of courage come flooding in. Join us!
As part of my workshop, I'll be talking about one way I took control and helped process what was happening to me when I was diagnosed with breast cancer: I made it into art. You can read more about the art I made with my wonderful glassmaking collaborator Inge Panneels here: doi.org/10.1162/leon...
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
As part of my workshop, I'll be talking about one way I took control and helped process what was happening to me when I was diagnosed with breast cancer: I made it into art. You can read more about the art I made with my wonderful glassmaking collaborator Inge Panneels here: doi.org/10.1162/leon...
One of my favourite stories I'll be telling on Saturday is about a time I was a little TOO quick off the mark with courage... Come along and hear me tell the one about someone shouting for help in the fog! No, that's not a metaphor... actual fog... yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin...
Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story
What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?
yorkshirefestivalofstory.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of my favourite stories I'll be telling on Saturday is about a time I was a little TOO quick off the mark with courage... Come along and hear me tell the one about someone shouting for help in the fog! No, that's not a metaphor... actual fog... yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin...
Saturday 8 November! Join me online for a workshop on finding courage in the complicated! I think we all live in the middle of 'complicated,' one way or the other. But we've already got the tools to face up to, and flourish in, whatever life has in store. yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin...
Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story
What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?
yorkshirefestivalofstory.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Saturday 8 November! Join me online for a workshop on finding courage in the complicated! I think we all live in the middle of 'complicated,' one way or the other. But we've already got the tools to face up to, and flourish in, whatever life has in store. yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin...
Inner gremlins! They might seem annoying or even scary when they crop up, but they always have good intentions for us - even if they're going about it in the wrong way. Read more about how to deal with them & meet my adorable handmade gremlins in my newsletter: buttondown.com/caitlin_coac...
October 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Inner gremlins! They might seem annoying or even scary when they crop up, but they always have good intentions for us - even if they're going about it in the wrong way. Read more about how to deal with them & meet my adorable handmade gremlins in my newsletter: buttondown.com/caitlin_coac...
**What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?**
Come find your answer to that question with me at the Yorkshire Festival of Story on Saturday 8 November at 2 PM! yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin... #courage #resilience #story
Come find your answer to that question with me at the Yorkshire Festival of Story on Saturday 8 November at 2 PM! yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin... #courage #resilience #story
Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story
What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?
yorkshirefestivalofstory.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
**What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?**
Come find your answer to that question with me at the Yorkshire Festival of Story on Saturday 8 November at 2 PM! yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin... #courage #resilience #story
Come find your answer to that question with me at the Yorkshire Festival of Story on Saturday 8 November at 2 PM! yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin... #courage #resilience #story
I'm hosting a workshop at Yorkshire Festival of Story on 8 November called Finding Courage in the Complicated - here's a little about what it'll be like! Sign up here: yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin...
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I'm hosting a workshop at Yorkshire Festival of Story on 8 November called Finding Courage in the Complicated - here's a little about what it'll be like! Sign up here: yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin...
Review by me!
#Review: The Seagull @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social ★★★★
"An unflinching examination of love in all its many hues, from the sublime to the unbearable."
#theatre #Edinburgh #Scotland #Chekhov #theatresky
everything-theatre.co.uk/2025/10/revi...
"An unflinching examination of love in all its many hues, from the sublime to the unbearable."
#theatre #Edinburgh #Scotland #Chekhov #theatresky
everything-theatre.co.uk/2025/10/revi...
Review: The Seagull, Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh - Everything Theatre
An unflinching examination of love in all its many hues, from the sublime to the unbearable.
everything-theatre.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Review by me!
I'm joining Yorkshire Festival of Story for a workshop on finding courage on 8 November - do join me! yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin... & read more about why storytelling is an essential component of courage in this pre-Festival interview: yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/caitlin-mcdo...
Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story
What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?
yorkshirefestivalofstory.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm joining Yorkshire Festival of Story for a workshop on finding courage on 8 November - do join me! yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/event/findin... & read more about why storytelling is an essential component of courage in this pre-Festival interview: yorkshirefestivalofstory.com/caitlin-mcdo...
This month's Courage Pie 💪 🥧 is on getting along with our inner gremlins! Those little niggling voices that hold us back. How do we learn to connect with their positive messages but create more effective strategies for change? 7 PM UK time, 28 October. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This month's Courage Pie 💪 🥧 is on getting along with our inner gremlins! Those little niggling voices that hold us back. How do we learn to connect with their positive messages but create more effective strategies for change? 7 PM UK time, 28 October. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I had a lovely time last week talking to That's Lothian TV about my monthly group resilience sessions! We could all use a little courage right now, and it's a pleasure to offer a slice of Courage Pie to anybody who needs it. Join us next on Tuesday 28 October: caitlinmcdonald.com/coaching/cou...
October 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I had a lovely time last week talking to That's Lothian TV about my monthly group resilience sessions! We could all use a little courage right now, and it's a pleasure to offer a slice of Courage Pie to anybody who needs it. Join us next on Tuesday 28 October: caitlinmcdonald.com/coaching/cou...
I'm joining the programme at Yorkshire Festival of Story! I'll be sharing my experiences as a cancer survivor & strategies I've used myself & with my coaching clients to build inner resilience. Join me: Saturday 8 November, 14:00-15:30 GMT.
Finding Courage in the Complicated: Your Roadmap to Resilience - Yorkshire Festival of Story
What if courage was already beating inside you that is quietly, steadily, waiting to be heard?
yorkshirefestivalofstory.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I'm joining the programme at Yorkshire Festival of Story! I'll be sharing my experiences as a cancer survivor & strategies I've used myself & with my coaching clients to build inner resilience. Join me: Saturday 8 November, 14:00-15:30 GMT.
Last night's Courage Pie 💪 🥧 was all about stories we tell ourselves: the 'life scripts' we run on autopilot which may not be serving us so well anymore - & how we can update them to reflect who we are now and who we want to be. More? Sign up for my newsletter: buttondown.com/caitlin_coac...
October 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Last night's Courage Pie 💪 🥧 was all about stories we tell ourselves: the 'life scripts' we run on autopilot which may not be serving us so well anymore - & how we can update them to reflect who we are now and who we want to be. More? Sign up for my newsletter: buttondown.com/caitlin_coac...
This month's Courage Pie 💪🥧 is all about Eric Adler's concept of the 'life script': unconscious stories we tell ourselves to navigate life - and how to update the script when we want to. Coming up on Tuesday 30 September at 7 PM UK time - join us! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This month's Courage Pie 💪🥧 is all about Eric Adler's concept of the 'life script': unconscious stories we tell ourselves to navigate life - and how to update the script when we want to. Coming up on Tuesday 30 September at 7 PM UK time - join us! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
