This week we have the pleasure of our wonderful associate Michaela writing for us again. Michaela talks about how self-care can be built in community with others, an idea that keeps circling itself back to Bird through conversations in workshops and with 1:1 clients. Enjoy Michaela’s story… ‘Back in the day, when …
I do a lot of listening. Whilst working, and in my personal life too. Through listening, I learn of others’ stories, feelings, thoughts, struggles, wins and losses. Listening makes me feel connected to others. It feels great to learn that I’m never alone with my own concerns – there is always someone …
Wow it’s hot! If you’re in Europe right now I hope you are keeping cool. We’ve been thinking a lot lately at Bird about diversity and wellbeing. We are working to ensure the resources and tools we share are as diverse as possible. This is a little challenging as many of the …
A tool I sometimes use with clients is called the wheel of life. It’s a process which allows for plenty of reflection on where you are in your life right now in various areas. It’s a really lovely way to step back and reflect on your levels of satisfaction, and can prompt …
I was thinking about progress yesterday, both on a personal level and in terms of Bird’s development. I was reflecting on how progress actually isn’t linear, we don’t tend to progress in neat straight lines, in fact sometimes progress feels like a simultaneous forward and backward step. On a personal level I …
It is not the strongest species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.’ Charles Darwin Change is inevitable, particularly for people who are trying new things or leading a project, team or organisation. Nature shows us this, with its cycles and death and new beginnings. Change, …
At Bird we talk about VUCA times. Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous times. We are living in such times, the world around us is very VUCA, and will continue to be into the future. When we share this idea in workshops people sometimes baulk, and feel very pessimistic. However, we think VUCA …
Humans are tribes folk. We thrive when we have ‘our people’ around us. Historically we would help each other raise the children, we’d tend the land for the benefit of the community. We’d be supported and held as part of a collective. Of course, there were some costs to such a model, …
What does ‘the system’ mean to you? Is it your workplace? Is it the politicians? Is it the owners of big business? Is it the train company? Is it society as a whole? We are all operating within a number of different systems, and how we feel about them, along with where …
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 …
