Nurture & Thrive
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Welcome to My Blog
Writing is where I pause, reflect and reconnect. It helps me make sense of experiences, explore new ideas, and stay grounded.
Here, I share reflections on wellbeing, education, personal growth and psychology, inspired by my work with students, teachers, parents, clients and my family.
My hope is that these words encourage reflection, spark curiosity, and offer comfort or inspiration. If something you read resonates, challenges your thinking, or simply makes you smile, then this space has served its purpose. If you read and want to share with other please do. This writing is meant for sharing. Also, feel free to get in touch.
Happy reading, and thank you for being here.
Listening Skills in Helping Work: Part 2
10th May 2023
How can we help others grow and thrive? What skills can we develop and barriers can we avoid?
When it comes to being listened to, and feeling heard, we know when we’re being 'tuned out.'
However, giving our full uncompromised attention when we listen is not as easy as it might sound. Let's take a look at why and what gets in the way.
Listening Skills in Helping Work: Part 1
15th April 2023
What are Reflective and Active Listening skills and why are they an excellent tool for any mental health therapist, educator, friend, parent and human being?
Some of us are good natural, intuitive active and reflective listeners. Some of us are not. What is reflective and active listening and how can we develop these skills to benefit people in our lives and them more effectively?
Self-care for wellbeing: Over-reliance on resilience
10th February 2023
Surviving, scraping by from week to week shouldn’t be our end goal. Somehow, we need to find a way to carve out little pockets of ‘thriving.’ Moments when we just feel, well, good about ourselves.
Safe spaces, simplicity, sanctuary and stillness
3rd November 2022
Are we consciously making time for ourselves?
Resting rather than doing. Not 'watching the TV, nodding off' type of resting, but calm, purposefully quiet stillness?
Over-stimultion and exhaustion erodes our mental health. How can we instigate and incorporate some balance back into our lives?
Travelling home from Switzerland
4th October 2022
There is freedom and exhilaration in travelling alone. Not being alone for every trip, but sometimes.
Journeys to or through new places are especially liberating. We rely on ourselves and no one relies on us.
When our lives involve other people a lot of the time, having time to ourselves is essential. The opposite is also true. Too much time alone can have an adverse effect. As with most things, it a question of balance.
Time together and time apart.