I am reading an incredible book at the moment called The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller. The book is predominantly about grief (in all its forms) and looks at the ways in which we can support ourselves through the losses we encounter in life. On page 90 the author talks about …
This week I listened to one of the best podcast conversations I’ve ever heard. Our Bird associate Naomi shared this link with me and I was gripped. I do love a bit of sport myself, so it was interesting to hear the perspectives of a well known sports person, but the podcast …
Well, here we are on 18th December 2020. The end of the year that turned everything upside down. I really hope you are heading towards a break, and an opportunity to rest and recuperate. As I shared last week, there are tonnes of resources available to support us through challenging times and …
I was reminded recently of the piano metaphor. It’s one I was taught in the first weekend of my coaching training with CTI, and one I may have even shared on the blog many moons ago. It is something that is powerful to revisit again so I felt called to share it …
In the UK we have gone back into lockdown. For me it feels quite calm, and an opportunity to take things day by day and reflect on all that has happened so far this year. I worked with a group this week on a reflection process which was a really lovely way …
Last week I didn’t send out a blog post. It got to Friday afternoon and after working my way through a number of different tasks I felt exhausted and without ideas for content to share with you. And so I took a step back and thought, if I was thinking resiliently, and …
Happy Friday! As you know every week I write this blog in order to offer a little pause for thought and reflection. The blog is ever so useful for me too, it offers me the chance to gather up thoughts I’ve been having over the week and formulate some kind of sense …
It can be easy to get stuck in overwhelm. We can spend our whole day feeling like we’ve got a never ending to-do list and working hard to keep all the plates spinning. Sometimes we get to the end of the week and we feel like we’re stepping out of a fog …
Throughout the pandemic I have been working on surrendering to the experience, and trying to stay present and be self-caring from one day to the next. I have not always succeeded at this for sure, I am still very much learning. More recently I realised one of the things I was struggling …
At points this week I’ve felt incredibly fed up of lockdown. The feeling ebbs and flows but overall I have experienced an underlying rumble of ‘enough now’ and at times it has felt a little unbearable. A few years ago I was given a beautiful book called ‘The Poetry Pharmacy’ by William …
