I recently took part in a writing exercise devised by a friend that I loved so much I’m sharing the results here (like myself, Vicky’s a writing for wellbeing enthusiast and her facebook page is …
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Keeping it local
This year, like everyone else, I found myself grounded. I could just as easily write: I found myself stuck in one place. But curiously, in being stuck in this one place for so long, unable …
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Writing as a way of connecting to other/s: writing on Safe and Sound
Here’s a link to a poem/ article I had published on the Safe and Sound words for well being website recently. It is a personal account of how writing links me to those I love but still …
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Unlock your inner calm and creativity through writing
When we write expressively about events or experiences in our lives, the right side of the brain - the rational part - is engaged in finding the words to express what happened/ our experiences and how we feel about them. While we are focused on this, the left hemisphere - the creative part - is freed of the usual control and inner censor it is under, and from this arises unexpected ideas and images to arise out of our subconscious.
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“We meet no stranger but ourself.”
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 …
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How writing helps us to get unstuck
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.
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Mental health awareness week and the importance of connection
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 …
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Things you could do if you can’t hold or attend a funeral right now
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 …
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Can you reach out to someone?
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 …
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Sowing seeds for the future
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 …
Rachel Hawkins-Crockford 