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Rachel Hawkins-Crockford

Counselling and Writing for Well Being near Westbury on Trym, Henbury and Blaise, Bristol

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  • Saying yes to you: journaling prompts

    Posted by keylifetherapy on September 23, 2022

    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 …

    Counselling, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Focus, self-care, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
  • Direction

    Posted by keylifetherapy on June 2, 2022May 25, 2022

    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

    Posted by keylifetherapy on December 2, 2021

    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

    Posted by keylifetherapy on November 25, 2021

    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?

    Posted by keylifetherapy on February 1, 2021

    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 …

    bereavement, connection, Counselling, grief and loss, self-care, wellbeing
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  • Places still available on women’s writing circles

    Posted by keylifetherapy on January 13, 2021

    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 …

    connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, mental health awareness, Poetry, wellbeing, womens circle, workshops, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • A plug for the Lansdown Poets website

    Posted by keylifetherapy on January 9, 2021January 5, 2021

    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, …

    Bristol, Poetry
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  • Can I wish you a “Happy New Year” this year?

    Posted by keylifetherapy on January 5, 2021

    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 …

    connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, grief and loss, mental health awareness, nature, self-care, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Pause

    Posted by keylifetherapy on December 18, 2020

    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 …

    connection, Counselling, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Focus, self-care
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  • Gratitude

    Posted by keylifetherapy on December 10, 2020November 26, 2020

    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 …

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