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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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  • Mental health awareness week and the importance of connection

    Posted by keylifetherapy on May 18, 2020April 9, 2020

    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 …

    Bristol, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, mental health awareness, self-care, wellbeing, womens circle, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Connect with nature this Easter weekend

    Posted by keylifetherapy on April 10, 2020May 1, 2020

    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 …

    Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Focus, nature, Uncategorized, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • I wonder how we’ll cope when this is all over

    Posted by keylifetherapy on April 9, 2020May 1, 2020

    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 …

    bereavement, Counselling, Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, Focus, grief and loss, self-care, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • The pandemic diaries: day 3

    Posted by keylifetherapy on March 25, 2020March 23, 2020

    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 …

    Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, self-care, wellbeing, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • Write a love letter to yourself this Valentines Day…

    Posted by keylifetherapy on February 14, 2020February 11, 2020

    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 …

    Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, self-care, Uncategorized, Writing for Wellbeing
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  • A time of rest and renewal

    Posted by keylifetherapy on January 13, 2020December 10, 2019

    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 …

    nature, Poetry, self-care, wellbeing
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  • Four simple grounding techniques

    Posted by keylifetherapy on December 9, 2019November 27, 2019

    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 …

    Focus, self-care, Uncategorized, wellbeing
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  • Where do you start? With the first step…

    Posted by keylifetherapy on October 6, 2019September 23, 2019

    I’d like to share a poem which resonates for me with ideas about beginning and personal responsibility and the journey we are all on in life. It speaks to me about the courage that it …

    Counselling, self-care, wellbeing
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  • Powerlessness

    Posted by keylifetherapy on September 16, 2019September 16, 2019

    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 …

    climate change, nature, self-care, Uncategorized
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