This week, our amazing associate Jo Goodbody has written a piece about the mental health benefits of walking. Jo is a trainer-facilitator with over 14 years' experience in the not-for-profit sector. She has worked on the frontline, as a manager and as a trainer in...
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...
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!)...
When we prioritise self-care and wellbeing practices we feel good. When we feel good we have better connections with others, better ideas about problems and we are more productive. We also just feel better emotionally; life feels easier and clearer. When we talk about self-care and...
As most of us are packing up for Christmas I thought I'd keep this week's blog short and sweet. Let's be grateful. As Ruby Wax taught me, our brains cannot feel worried or overwhelmed or busy at the same time as feeling grateful. Taking the time...
Humans ebb and flow. Sometimes we feel joyous, energised, optimistic, sometimes we feel lethargic and hopeless. Sometimes we don't know how we feel, we feel numb, or lost, or just ok. We are emotional and chemical organisms. We change, we feel different from one day to...
Well, it's that time of year again. Can you believe it's December in a few days? Personally, I'm struggling with the long dark nights, but am working on embracing the cosiness of candles and blankets and reading good books. I am a summer girl at heart,...
It's no secret we live busy, chaotic lives. Most of us experience stress on a regular basis, and it can feel hard to find peace and stillness. In workshops and 1:1 work I talk regularly about taming self-sabotage, being compassionate to ourselves, and being with our...
Yesterday I delivered a workshop on Wellbeing and Technology at the Civil Society Media Charity Technology Conference. We had about thirty people in the room exploring the costs of technology, whether we are addicted to our technology, what we want our relationship with technology to be like, and...
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...