Tag: wellbeing
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Happy Path Action – Get your bake on.
As autumn sets in and winter is soon to blanket the ground, happiness may be a little harder to find, but it is still there we just have to look for it. As we enter the darker months reviving the Happy Path Actions. What actions make you happy?
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Covid Selfcare – Lockdown Round Two
Covid Selfcare – Lockdown Round Two. We are now in local lockdown and struggling again with the impacts on our lives. So I thought I would share my top tips for staying happy in lockdown.
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Poem – I can’t breath
I lie awake in bed, schooling myself to breath. Coaching each inhalation, desperate for reprieve. A constant state of panic, aware of every twitch. Focused on my body, always measuring it’s pitch. I repeat my self made mantra, everything is fine. But it is far from honest, I am plummeting through time. Before I had…
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Wordsmith – Poem M.E.N.T.A.L. H.E.A.L.T.H.
Words have power, sharing our experiences and perspectives on mental health is a great way of building understanding. So here we have some amazing wordsmiths that are willing to share their thoughts on mental health. Up first poetry by the fabulous Tony Lawrence M.E.N.T.A.L. H.E.A.L.T.H. – Thank you Tony.
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Learn to help someone in a positive constructive way, whilst empowering them.
This week I thought I would write about one of the lessons I have learnt over the years supporting people with their own mental health challenges and it is a bit of a cautionary tail. That ultimately warns against the risk of taking too much on for someone and in the process deskilling them. I…
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To Forgive is NOT to forget, but it is the thrive.
This is one of the pieces I am most proud of. Given that I recently wrote about knowing your self-worth I wondered if forgiveness would be a natural next topic. I certainly know for me forgiving myself was a significant barrier to beginning to see my self-worth. Until I wrote this I hadn’t realised what…
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Poem – Thank You
This poem could be a thank you to so many people in my life. but there were definitely a few I had in mind when writing it.
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Poem – I know your out there Hope
I know your there, but I can’t quite see. The dark has all but consumed me. I feel your presence, in a far off place. I long to bask in your embrace. I hold my breath, in sweet anticipation. Waiting for your seductive revelation. I pray I’m worthy of your grace. That you’ll find my…
Rowan Aderyn 