At Bird, we are of course all about self-care practices. We absolutely advocate prioritising actions that take us away from ‘fight or flight’ and towards relaxation, rest and repair. However, we know that sometimes, without us really noticing until much further down the line, it’s possible for those self-care practices to turn …
Here at Bird, when we coach clients in a 1:1 capacity on all things resilience and wellbeing, we often use what we call ‘geography’. Geography is all about moving around the room to emulate finding different perspectives on a situation. In coaching, moving the body and physically changing where you are helps …
Sometimes in life you can be thrown into unexpected times of uncertainty. In fact, inevitably in life you are thrown into unexpected times of uncertainty. Uncertainty is part of life. Actually, uncertainty is the place we grow through. We learn so much about ourselves by working through those times where we have …
As I write today I am sitting in a lovely little apartment in Lisbon. I made the decision to try out digital nomadding and Lisbon is a place I’ve wanted to come for years. So here I am with my amazing friend (and Bird associate!) Elloa. We plan to work and explore …
Last week we delivered three sessions on self-care and resilience at the brilliant ACEVO conference. We are proud to have worked with ACEVO in various ways over the past three years to promote this important topic in the not-for-profit sector. We know that working for social good in any way comes with lots of …
Working in the charity sector feels like a never-ending list of to-dos. There is always more that can be done; more supporting, more campaigning, more fundraising, more developing. This perspective, which permeates the sector, keeps us in ‘perpetually busy’ mode. We’re always on, always moving, always doing. And with that action we …
Radio Non-stop Thinking (as coined by Thich Nhat Hanh) is our mind chatter, our monkey brain, our self-sabotage, our gremlins. It’s thoughts that rubble on in our brains in a less than conscious way… ‘I can’t do this very well, I should just stop.’ ‘I am completely going to run out of …
If you’re in England, and you’ve seen a television lately, you’ll know that the English football team have re-written history by progressing through the World Cup via a penalty shootout. Much of the nation is gripped. And I am personally blown away by how their manager is showing up. I’m noticing words …
People say home is where the heart is. I’ve always taken that to mean home is where your loved ones are, or home is where you feel most comfortable. But just recently I’ve understood it to mean something different. Home is where your heart is – literally. I have spent a lot …
A few weeks ago I was invited to deliver a session in partnership with the amazing Work Well Being. The session looked at Mastering Self Care, and in developing the session I was drawn to look into the power of nature. People around me, including my own coach, have promoted the benefits …
