Saying ‘No’ to others is saying ‘Yes’ to yourself. Does this statement resonate for you? If it does, it might be a helpful affirmation to hold in mind when you are tempted to do something …
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Direction
Life is not a chain of events but an area, something spreading out from a hidden centre and welling at once toward all points of the compass. Stephen Graham I offered up this quote as …
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Women’s writing circle from January 2022
New evening sessions starting Thursday January 20th The women’s writing circle is a place where we explore writing as a wellbeing-enhancing activity in the company of other women. We meet fortnightly for during school term …
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Writing for self-care retreat 2021: Rest, Reflect, Restore
In October 2021, I co-facilitated a writing for self-care retreat with my colleague and friend, Jane Willis. Together with a small group of arts, health and wellbeing practitioners we gathered in a beautiful farmhouse in …
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Are you struggling following a bereavement?
You might find it helpful to know that grieving is not just feeling sad. A lot can happen to you physically as well as mentally when someone dies, a relationship ends, you lose your job …
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Places still available on women’s writing circles
I still have some spaces left in both the Friday and Thursday Women’s Writing Circles. A fortnightly writing for wellbeing group for women – six sessions of expressive and creative writing in connection with other …
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A plug for the Lansdown Poets website
I am a member of a group of poets who used to meet in a room above a pub called the Lansdown once a month. We would have a drink and share a poem each, …
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Can I wish you a “Happy New Year” this year?
I had been starting my emails with a bold “Happy New Year!” but it was not ringing true. I’ve had to stop today. It felt ironic, or painful, or inappropriate. Here in the UK we …
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Pause
Perhaps it is because its the end of the year, a really difficult year, that I find myself even more reflective than usual. And as I was reading an article about the menopause today, I …
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Gratitude
This morning I started my working day with a meditation focused on gratitude. It was a really positive start to my day, ten minutes focused on what is good in my life and there’s quite …
Rachel Hawkins-Crockford 