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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Connect with nature this Easter weekend
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Write a love letter to yourself this Valentines Day…
You’ll spend more of your life with yourself than you will with anyone else but how often do you take the time to nurture that relationship? If you’re anything like me, you’ll probably spend more …
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Women’s writing circle – Monthly in Westbury on Trym
I’m starting up a women’s writing circle at the end of March 2020. My aim is to create a safe and friendly space where four to eight of us can come together as women to …
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A writing exercise for the new year
It’s a couple of weeks into 2020, the celebrations that attach to Christmas and New Year have passed and some of the feelings that might also have been attached to them are possibly fading for …
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Four simple grounding techniques
Anxiety can make us feel detached, dissociated, panicky or unreal. Grounding techniques help to bring us back t the here and now, with an awareness of our own bodies. They are strategies that help us …
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Low cost counselling slot available
I currently have three counselling slots available and I can provide one of those at a low cost for those who are on benefits (or can provide proof of low income). The slots currently available …
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Exploring freedom through writing at the Flamingo Centre
There are a couple of places left on my writing for wellbeing workshops at The Flamingo Centre, if you’re interested in a place please contact me or have a look on my Facebook page. This …
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Powerlessness
Today I wanted to share a poem that really speaks to me about the feelings my clients often bring of powerlessness, lack of control, anger and loss. Things happen in our lives that we are …
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Change of workshop starting date – 28 September
My writing workshops are now going to start on the 28th of September. This is to enable the lovely Flamingo Centre to have its open day on the 21st. At the Open Day, they’ll be …
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Developing a regular journaling routine
There are so many views on how often and when you should try journaling, why doing this at all might be good for you, what you could write about etc etc but what I’ve found …
