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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Saying yes to you: journaling prompts
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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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Start the Year Write – wellbeing workshop
If you’d like to do something a little different from your annual New Year’s resolutions list, why not book a place on this workshop. We’ll spend one and a half hours together, experiencing some writing …
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Micro-habits
This month I’ve renewed an old habit that I had let lapse a little lately, starting my working day with a ten minute meditation practice. I have a subscription to one of the many great apps out there …
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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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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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Women’s writing circle
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 …
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Connect with nature this Easter weekend
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 …
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I wonder how we’ll cope when this is all over
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 