Sketchnote Army Podcast

Self-Care - SE07 / EP07

Episode Summary

In this special episode, Mauro Toselli (Italy), Marianne Rady (Germany), Steve Silbert (Florida) and me (Wisconsin) talk about the importance of self-care for in pandemics and everyday life. Hear ideas and tips for self-care from Mauro, Marianne, Steve and me that you can use right away to supporting yourself in the pandemic marathon we’re in together.

Episode Notes

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RUNNING ORDER

• Intro: Welcome to Mauro and Steve
• Mauro’s lockdown experience in Northern Italy
• Dealing with reality by putting it on paper with ink
• Using sketchnote skills to check and analyze news
• Getting ideas out of your head though sketchnoting
• Anticipating little pleasures after lockdown
• Creating an “after the pandemic ends” list
• Mind mapping thoughts as visual therapy
• Taking advantage of this time to create new habits
• Steve Silbert on helping team mates and others
• Resetting expectations in a state of change
• J-Curve: it will get worse before it gets better
• Importance of patience, open-mindedness, and empathy
• Practicing empathy and patience
• Virtual Happy Hours
• Choosing the right tools for your situation
• Planning meetings with breaks between
• Retrospectives: what’s working, what isn’t
• Imagining new games for remote teams
• Exploring new tools
• The new normal going forward
• We’re being forced to be creative
• Benefits of this virtual moment
• Online Museum Tours
• Marianne Rady: Discovering Self-Care
• Tweet-a-Day on self-care
• Protect yourself with self-care
• Managing energy levels
• Drawing as self-care
• Self-care experiments
• Thinking of your energy as a battery
• Start with minimums
• Counting streaks to build habits
• Long and short habits
• Emotional self-care
• Sharing self-care ideas with others
• Daily check-ins
• Supporting teams with chat tools
• The “New Normal” can be a gift
• Sketching another person’s thoughts as a gift
• Wrap-up

LINKS

• Mauro Toselli on Instagram
• Mauro Toselli on Twitter
• Steve Silbert on Instagram
• Steve Silbert on Twitter
• Marianne Rady on Instagram
• Marianne Rady on Twitter
• JigsawPuzzles.io
• Mural
• Lean Coffee Table
• AWW: Online Whiteboard
• Lino Sticky and Photo Sharing
• Sketchnote Hangout: Museum Tours
• Done: habit tracking app
• Sketchnote Army Slack Channel

TIPS

• Put your thoughts down with ink on paper
• Build a “what I’ll do when this is over” list
• Mind mapping as visual therapy
• Use this time to create new habits
• Practice patience, open-mindedness and empathy
• Have a Virtual Happy Hour
• Build in retrospective moments
• Experiment with self-care ideas
• Be safe: mask and gloves
• Get outside, start a hobby
• Practice listening, it’s a super power
• Sketchnoting someone’s thoughts as a gift to them

CREDITS

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Show Notes: Chris Wilson
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

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