How are you getting on? We are into week three of isolation here in the UK and I notice things changing both in myself and in my local area. I make use of our permitted daily exercise allowance and have been walking or running. It has been massively helpful to move my …
The past few weeks have been a huge challenge for all of us, there’s no doubt. And for many of us feelings of anxiety or fear have cropped up, sometimes in random moments, sometimes for more of a prolonged period of time, and I think it’s really important to acknowledge that anxiety. …
Incorporating simple coaching practices into your work and life can make all the difference to your relationships. There are a million different coaching tools you can play with, and one of my favourites is acknowledgement. Acknowledgement is a really simple tool that involves naming what powerful and positive things you notice about …
At Bird, we do a tonne of teaching around being emotionally aware. We give tools and strategies that help people to feel their emotions, and to let them go rather than suppress them or ruminate on them. What can happen, when one is emotionally aware, is that emotions can come up quite …
A wonderful client of mine shared a beautiful book recommendation recently. The book is ‘How to be more tree‘ by Liz Marvin. If you have ever attended a Bird workshop you will know how much we love using trees as metaphors for wellbeing and resilience. We love how trees grow with the …
In her Book The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown talks about cultivating play, laughter, song and dance as a way to feel authentic. Feeling authentic is one avenue through which we can feel resilient and well. When we aren’t fully ourselves we are likely to burn out. Yesterday, four Birds were out …
In his book ‘Lost Connections‘ Johann Hari talks about the importance of connection in tackling depression and anxiety. He talks about connection to nature and connection to each other, and how both can help us to feel held and safe and supported. It can be hard, as grown ups, to find the …
Happy festivities. I hope your intentions for December are materialising. It can be a super intense part of the year, where people feel tired out, low because of the weather, and burning the candle at both ends with parties and celebrations a-plenty. So my first note this week is a reminder to …
I recently came across a project carried out by a US based company called The Energy Project looking at how to retain staff through busy periods. They worked with a team at Earnst and Young (a very different organisation to not-for-profits but I feel still worth exploring as a case study), who …
I’ve worked in a number of organisations in the past that haven’t felt all that safe. I’ve been in meetings where I’ve felt scared to speak up for fear of seeming incompetent or sounding like a fool. I chalked most of those feelings up to my own internal self-doubt, and my introversion …
