This week has been a strange one for me. I've experienced a bit of a change in circumstance which has involved some loss. It's been uniquely hard, given that it has taken place within this bizarre pandemic. That emotional rollercoaster has been particularly dramatic for...
Every so often Baz Lurhman's 'Sunscreen' comes on the radio and I have to stop everything I am doing, turn up the volume and feel the joy of the song. I love what he says about advice: 'Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient with...
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...
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...
This week we have a beautiful guest post from someone Bird has worked with to support a number of the staff in her organisation. As a people-first, task second advocate, Sarah Spencer is passionate about supporting people’s personal development, wellbeing and happiness. Working in the world...
How are you getting on? We are into week three of isolation here in the UK and I notice things changing both in myself and in my local area. I make use of our permitted daily exercise allowance and have been walking or running. It has...
The past few weeks have been a huge challenge for all of us, there's no doubt. And for many of us feelings of anxiety or fear have cropped up, sometimes in random moments, sometimes for more of a prolonged period of time, and I think...
Incorporating simple coaching practices into your work and life can make all the difference to your relationships. There are a million different coaching tools you can play with, and one of my favourites is acknowledgement. Acknowledgement is a really simple tool that involves naming what powerful...
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...
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...