It’s been a while since I last sent a blog post, I have missed connecting with everyone who reads the blog, and it’s lovely to be back again today. I wanted to share why there has been a bit of a gap, and before you read on I’d like to name that …
Happy Thursday. It’s cold and crispy here and we’re into the shortest 30 days of the year. I resist this time of year every year, but then realise it’s actually an opportunity to go all in on my candle game and get wrapped up and cosy for a few weeks. It’s actually …
It has occurred to a few of us over here at Bird HQ that a really challenging permission many people in the not-for-profit sector struggle to give themselves, is to take leave. It can be so hard to give yourself the space and time to step away, especially when case loads and …
Back in March, before the whole world began tackling the pandemic, we shared a piece on Urban hikes for mental health. We discussed the power of walking and how it’s a great thing to invest in to enable a happy mind and a healthy body. Fast forward eight months, and a world …
For today’s blog I wanted to share a poem, I tapped ‘poems on resilience’ into google for some inspiration, and immediately my eyes were drawn to an incredible piece that I’d been introduced to back when I was working in the not-for-profit sector. We had been pulling together resources to inspire women …
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 …
Here at Bird, when we coach clients in a 1:1 capacity on all things resilience and wellbeing, we often use what we call ‘geography’. Geography is all about moving around the room to emulate finding different perspectives on a situation. In coaching, moving the body and physically changing where you are helps …
As I write today I am sitting in a lovely little apartment in Lisbon. I made the decision to try out digital nomadding and Lisbon is a place I’ve wanted to come for years. So here I am with my amazing friend (and Bird associate!) Elloa. We plan to work and explore …
Happy Thursday. Us Birdies are becoming the wellbeing experts in the not-for-profit sector, and often get invited to blog for other publications and organisations. Here are some of the blogs we’ve written to date: Does Hi-Tech cause Hi-Stress? With Work Well Being Hygge: The Benefits and How to do it. With Regents Place and …
