Counselling and Writing for Well Being near Westbury on Trym, Henbury and Blaise, Bristol
This quote from Emily Dickinson feels like it could sum up aspects of my experience of the lockdown life here in the UK over the past three months. We were mostly avoiding others all day …
Journaling and expressive writing, alongside counselling, can help us to begin to come unstuck. Finding the right words to express our feelings about what has happened to us … the more we write, the freer we feel.
It’s mental heath awareness week this week and this year the Mental Health Foundation is promoting the theme of kindness. Kindness has been such a big part of the community response to the coronavirus pandemic …
One of the painful things about experiencing a bereavement right now is that you cannot get together with other people and mourn your loss or honour someone’s life and death in the way you might …
What are your thoughts on this day – the first of May 2020? How are you feeling? Where do you find yourself as you sit reading this post? As I sit writing it, I am very …
Yesterday I walked through the wood behind my house. I’m not even sure what this particular wood is called, it’s tucked on a ridge between rows of suburban streets and you have to know its …
When we went into lockdown in March this year, I was days away from starting a women’s writing circle in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. It was to be a space where women could gather together to talk …
April is national poetry month in America. Later in the year on 1 October we will see national poetry day take place here in the UK. Hopefully by then, the world will have emerged from …
Most of us can’t connect with friends and family over the Easter weekend this year. That can feel pretty disappointing. As will cancelled holidays abroad for those who can afford it and planned to get …
A member of my extended family died this week. She had under-lying health issues. We’ve been told there might be an inquest because the coroner was unhappy with the care she received at the end …
Rachel Hawkins-Crockford 