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 …
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Keeping a dream journal
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some word bones for National Poetry Day
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 …
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creation with song
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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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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“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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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 …
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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 …
