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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Are you struggling following a bereavement?
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 …
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Places still available on women’s writing circles
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 …
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Can I wish you a “Happy New Year” this year?
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 …
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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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Keeping a dream journal
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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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 …
Rachel Hawkins-Crockford 