I went to a lovely Yin Yang yoga class the other day. At the start the teacher reflected on how the class was a metaphor for life. We were about to spend some time attending to the Yang – the dynamic, the movement, the energy, and then we’d head into Yin – …
I’m noticing a lot of burn out at the moment. I think collectively our reservoirs of optimism and joy are pretty low. Even though we are supposedly heading out of the pandemic, it is still rife. I know a lot of people are navigating Covid right now, and it still feels hard …
I’ve been struggling to feel really energised and motivated lately. Even though we can move around, travel, go to events, socialise and see each other again I feel a bit flat. I’m thinking a number of things are impacting my flatness; current world events, being out of the habit of getting out …
We’ve been revisiting boundaries lots here at Bird HQ recently. This week we redesigned our boundaries webinar and rolled it out with two organisations to great success. And we’ve been reflecting on our own boundaries and where we might like to implement more in order to maintain integrity and alignment to our …
I’ve got a new fancy running watch and it means I can track my running now without having to take my phone with me. I was walking home the other day from a run around the park and thinking how lovely and freeing it was not to have a phone, and not …
As we emerge from a locked down life here in the UK, our day to day is returning to more of an action-oriented place. I’ve noticed though, that I’m struggling to keep up, or even, perhaps that I’ve forgotten how to do things. Last weekend I didn’t have a great deal going …
We are encouraged to live our lives in doing and thinking mode. I know I’ve spent so much of my life being lost in thought; analysing, predicting, telling myself stories about what’s important. At school we’re told to be good at critical thinking, in most work roles we hold data and to-do …
I’m Natalie, the Operations Lead here at Bird, and this is my first time writing the blog… gulp! Today, I’d like to share a recent conversation. C is a dear friend. C signed up to this blog after a Bird webinar at the charity where we worked together in an HR team. …
Sometimes we take steps in life and we don’t know how things will unfold. We have a hope, maybe a vision, but we really can’t be sure what will appear around the corner. Often in these moments we have to let go of something else, we have to quit a job or …
I’ve had a feeling in my stomach for the past few days that I haven’t been able to name. It hasn’t been hopelessness, I’ve had a tonne of ideas about the future and Bird and how things will develop (I’m thinking re-wilding, treehouses in the woods, space for connection to self, nature …
