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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
  • 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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  • 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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  • Start the Year Write – wellbeing workshop

    Posted by keylifetherapy on December 7, 2020December 1, 2020

    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 …

    connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Focus, self-care, wellbeing, workshops, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Keeping a dream journal

    Posted by keylifetherapy on October 15, 2020October 6, 2020

    You are the best interpreter of your own dreams. While there may be certain symbols, images or events that have a wider cultural relevance, it is only you who know and understand their personal meaning to …

    Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Dreams, wellbeing, workshops, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • some word bones for National Poetry Day

    Posted by keylifetherapy on October 1, 2020

    We have been walking each day in the woods near where we live. We feel the season changing and each day we quietly observe the differences in the woods and the sky. We talk of …

    Autumn, Bristol, connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, nature, Poetry, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • creation with song

    Posted by keylifetherapy on September 1, 2020August 19, 2020

    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 …

    connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, haiku, Poetry, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Writing as a way of connecting to other/s: writing on Safe and Sound

    Posted by keylifetherapy on August 19, 2020August 19, 2020

    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 …

    Bristol, connection, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Focus, nature, Poetry, wellbeing, workshops, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • “We meet no stranger but ourself.”

    Posted by keylifetherapy on June 30, 2020June 28, 2020

    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 …

    Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
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