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
Last chance for early bird discount today! 🕊️ You're probably still in a cheese coma, but if you want something to look forward to in the dark, un-festive days of January, join me and Solas Yoga to kick off your new year right: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focus-on-y...
Focus on Your New Year with Movement and Intention
Get ready to kick off the new year with a bang by focusing on your goals through movement and intention at our upcoming event!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Last chance for early bird discount today! 🕊️ You're probably still in a cheese coma, but if you want something to look forward to in the dark, un-festive days of January, join me and Solas Yoga to kick off your new year right: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focus-on-y...
I don't have a photo for #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, being quietly tucked up in my own bed, but I'm pretty sure the upstairs neighbours have just dropped an entire actual bowling ball on the floor... Maybe somebody saw Santa out the window and was startled...
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I don't have a photo for #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, being quietly tucked up in my own bed, but I'm pretty sure the upstairs neighbours have just dropped an entire actual bowling ball on the floor... Maybe somebody saw Santa out the window and was startled...
This is very delightful. 😻
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This is very delightful. 😻
Happy solstice! On this turning point where we start to see more light each day, I like to set aside some reflective time. I'm also partnering with Solas Yoga in the new year for a reflective intention workshop! Book before Dec 26th for an early-bird discount. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focus-on-y...
December 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Happy solstice! On this turning point where we start to see more light each day, I like to set aside some reflective time. I'm also partnering with Solas Yoga in the new year for a reflective intention workshop! Book before Dec 26th for an early-bird discount. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focus-on-y...
Hard to believe 2026 is looming up while we stand frozen like a reindeer in the headlights (oh, that's just me? 🦌 🎅 ) Join me and Solas Yoga on 18 January for a space to focus on what you really want 2026 to be like - book now for an early bird discount! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focus-on-y...
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hard to believe 2026 is looming up while we stand frozen like a reindeer in the headlights (oh, that's just me? 🦌 🎅 ) Join me and Solas Yoga on 18 January for a space to focus on what you really want 2026 to be like - book now for an early bird discount! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focus-on-y...
There's still time to catch Dancing Shoes if you're looking for a delightful commentary on what positive masculinity could look like. 🩰🕺
#Review: Dancing Shoes @traversetheatre.bsky.social ★★★★
"It’s a welcome feel-good alternative for those who might be seeking respite from relentless, inescapable holiday spirit everywhere else."
#theatre #edinburgh #regionaltheatre #scotland #theatresky
everything-theatre.co.uk/2025/12/revi...
"It’s a welcome feel-good alternative for those who might be seeking respite from relentless, inescapable holiday spirit everywhere else."
#theatre #edinburgh #regionaltheatre #scotland #theatresky
everything-theatre.co.uk/2025/12/revi...
Review: Dancing Shoes, Traverse Theatre - Everything Theatre
In a time of seemingly pervasive toxic masculinity, Dancing Shoes offers a joyful vision of male friendships, solidarity, and the delight of sharing one’s true self.
everything-theatre.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
There's still time to catch Dancing Shoes if you're looking for a delightful commentary on what positive masculinity could look like. 🩰🕺
I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's menorah posts right now. The simplest acts of light have the most profound effects on darkness.🕯️
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's menorah posts right now. The simplest acts of light have the most profound effects on darkness.🕯️
I'm so excited for this upcoming workshop with Solas Yoga! Join us on 18 January, 3-4:30 PM at OMH Therapies to set yourself up for the new year you really want. Give yourself a gift and grab the the early bird rate before 26 December! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focus-on-y...
Focus on Your New Year with Movement and Intention
Get ready to kick off the new year with a bang by focusing on your goals through movement and intention at our upcoming event!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I'm so excited for this upcoming workshop with Solas Yoga! Join us on 18 January, 3-4:30 PM at OMH Therapies to set yourself up for the new year you really want. Give yourself a gift and grab the the early bird rate before 26 December! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/focus-on-y...
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!