This Autumn I’ve embarked on training as an ecotherapist with Natural Academy, having completed the Foundation Year in the Summer. It’s an applied ecopsychology model and deeply resonates with the place I find myself in …
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A conversation in the Dwelling Place of the Soul
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Winter: connecting with the season
Winter is the season that invites us, if we pay attention to it's call, to rest, reflect and renew ourselves.
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Finding our place in the world
I find that I am often reflective at the end of a year. Despite the sometimes overwhelming narratives of western culture in December that we must prepare for Christmas, spend money, see people, indulge, I …
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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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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 …
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The pandemic diaries: day 3
Good morning! It’s day three. Today I thought I’d suggest that you take time to do something you love every single day. That’s one way you can take care of yourself during this time. If …
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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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A time of rest and renewal
Winter is at it’s core the season of rest and renewal. Sometimes we need to recharge by doing nothing and live for a time in that void between harvest and spring, letting our field go …
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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 …
Rachel Hawkins-Crockford 