14 Feb Trusting the ebb and flow
This week our fantastic associate Elloa has shared her thoughts about trusting the ebb and flow. Enjoy...
07 Feb How to support those around you
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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...
30 Jan Be like the tree
A wonderful client of mine shared a beautiful book recommendation recently. The book is 'How to be more tree' by Liz Marvin. If you have ever attended a Bird workshop you will know how much we love using trees as metaphors for wellbeing and resilience. We...
24 Jan A ten minute re-charge
In her Book The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown talks about cultivating play, laughter, song and dance as a way to feel authentic. Feeling authentic is one avenue through which we can feel resilient and well. When we aren't fully ourselves we are likely to...
16 Jan A TED talk and a podcast
Happy Thursday, I hope the sun is breaking through for you as it is here in Brighton and Hove. We came across a really interesting new TED talk by Johann Hari recently. The presentation explores some of the ideas from his book Lost Connections, which as you will probably...
09 Jan Connection and community
In his book 'Lost Connections' Johann Hari talks about the importance of connection in tackling depression and anxiety. He talks about connection to nature and connection to each other, and how both can help us to feel held and safe and supported. It can be hard,...
02 Jan Positively populating your calendar
Well, here we are, 2020. I for one am excited to be entering a new decade, it feels like an opportunity to think about a nice big chunk of time, and consider all that I'd like to achieve before 2030. I sometimes think we overestimate what we...
12 Dec The snowball effect
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Happy festivities. I hope your intentions for December are materialising. It can be a super intense part of the year, where people feel tired out, low because of the weather, and burning the candle at both ends with parties and celebrations a-plenty. So my first...
05 Dec When self-care becomes a burden
At Bird, we are of course all about self-care practices. We absolutely advocate prioritising actions that take us away from 'fight or flight' and towards relaxation, rest and repair. However, we know that sometimes, without us really noticing until much further down the line, it's possible...
29 Nov Relaxing into the last month of the year
For the past few weeks now I've been acutely aware that we're coming to the end of 2019. I've had ambitions to fill these last few weeks with lots of actions that would bring me to a greater sense of peace, fulfilment, financial security, health...