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Rachel Hawkins-Crockford

Counselling and Writing for Well Being Services based in Westbury On Trym, Bristol

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  • Writing for Wellbeing: Haiku Day 2

    Posted by keylifetherapy on March 23, 2019March 21, 2019

    bird on frayed edge blossoms of white snow cloud-fluff shadow made of words

    Poetry, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Writing for Wellbeing: Haiku Day 1

    Posted by keylifetherapy on March 22, 2019March 21, 2019

    first light finds its way the sky spilling its colours across our counters Why have I chosen haiku? There are so many reasons, here are just a few: I like to write about the natural …

    Poetry, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • National Poetry Day: A poem a day keeps the doctor away

    Posted by keylifetherapy on March 21, 2019March 20, 2019

    Writing and reading poetry can both help us improve our mental and physical health. In William Sieghart’s The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-And-True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul (2017, Penguin Books) poetry is prescribed to be …

    Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Focus, Poetry, self-care, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Writing for wellbeing or how to live meaningfully in uncertain times

    Posted by keylifetherapy on March 19, 2019March 19, 2019

    As I grapple with my own feelings of fear and anxiety in the face of Brexit looming, climate change, the anthropocene, Donald Trump, major life changes, I’m reminded of that old Chinese curse: “May you …

    Counselling, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Walking in the rain

    Posted by keylifetherapy on September 20, 2018September 20, 2018

    It was raining this morning, but I went out first thing anyway. In the woods it was just me, the dog-walkers, my pen and a notebook.  Despite the rain, I felt my spirits lift a …

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  • Creativity

    Posted by keylifetherapy on April 16, 2018March 19, 2019

    I’ve been thinking about creativity a lot lately, what it means, and what it really means to live a creative life.  Put simply: to be creative is to create something. I believe that being creative is central to the …

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  • Doodling

    Posted by keylifetherapy on April 12, 2018March 19, 2019

    Lately I’ve returned to an old past-time: doodling.  It’s something I did a lot as a child and a young adult but I never knew back then that this absentminded past-time was actually good for …

    Counselling, Focus
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  • The power of your words written now

    Posted by keylifetherapy on November 16, 2017March 19, 2019

    I have a particular interest in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes (CWTP) which broadly defined means using expressive, reflective and autobiographical fiction writing as a way to gain insights about our relationships with ourselves and others, explore life …

    Counselling, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • I love Autumn, its a time of change and reflection

    Posted by keylifetherapy on November 9, 2017

    I love Autumn, it’s a beautiful time of year. And its a time when I find myself turning inward and reflecting on things more as the days and nights begin to get colder. I’ve been …

    Bristol, Counselling
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  • Setting up

    Posted by keylifetherapy on November 8, 2016

    This is my new website for my new business, its the beginning of something new, and it feels exactly like I’m balancing on the edge of a precipice.  Maybe that is a precipice overlooking somewhere beautiful, maybe …

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