I’ve spent a long time not accepting all the parts of my personality. I’ve spent a long time altering the way I am to fit with the situation or circumstance I am in. I’ve held a deep belief that if I just behave or show up in a certain way I’ll be …
I was comparing myself to others the other day. Like many of us, I go into comparison with people around the same age as me, noticing they are doing things I haven’t done, or making stuff happen that I haven’t, looking better, having a more active social life or sense of community …
When we are brave, we dare to look inward at the emotions and brain chatter we have going on. When we are brave, we stop and look at our behaviours and ask ourselves whether they are useful to us, to those around us, and to the environment we live in. It can …
For the past eight years I’ve been asked numerous times where the name ‘Bird’ came from for our organisation. Initially, it was because I was pondering a name whilst staring out a window when a bird flew past, and I thought, birds are free, they’re wild, they’re resilient, that might be a …
I live in a building with 11 flats, and we have a lovely man named Sean who maintains the garden. I just walked past him on my way out to the coffee shop to write the blog and we had a little chat about the grass, and how the tree blocks out …
I’ve been through a number of personal ups and downs over the past few years, and luckily, recently, I feel like I’m coming out the other side of the storm. I wouldn’t actually change a moment of it, I think I’ve done some much needed working out, dealing with, and processing of …
I’ve been getting more and more into mindfulness and meditation lately. I’ve been listening to the Waking Up app, and have been getting more invested in the idea that we are not our thoughts and feelings, we are merely a container for them. When we feel stressed, or down, or get stuck in …
Life can throw up all kinds of challenges. It feels like we’ve all got through a pandemic, only to find a huge financial/cost of living challenge, alongside instability in politics and biblical rain reminding us of the climate crisis. Charities are really feeling it, with a number of people we support sharing …
Situations around us change. Nothing is forever and there will always be shifts and twists and turns, especially if we are being brave, trying new things, or working to make an impact in society. Being a human can be hard, we live in extremely volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous times. We can …
I’m not really a fan of winter in the UK. I struggle like many of us do with the reduction of light and the departure of the sun for days on end. Last year however I discovered the magic of the electric blanket, and have already started using it this year to …
