Energy is like a rolling stone thinking & reflection Nov 23, 2020

Thoughts have energy. And we all give off energy every moment, every day.

There are those who pick up on that, fan it with discontent, or help it burn bright with possibility.

I ‘ve heard energies d...

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Hope. A personal Story. It’s not over till it’s over thinking & reflection Nov 16, 2020

About 13 years ago now my only daughter moved to Thailand having said she didn’t love me. That wasn’t her reason for leaving. But it started a wealth of questions and searching that only quietened wit...

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Doing a Check In thinking & reflection Nov 09, 2020

We’re all feeling the strain of past, current and future restrictions.

These changes affect our hearts, our minds and bodies. Scientists used to believe that our thoughts triggered responses in our b...

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Introducing Mindfulness to your School school staff & leadership Nov 02, 2020

We all know the challenging times we’re living through.  So much has changed for all of us.  Education has experienced great turmoil and our young people (and us) have much to come to terms with as we...

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You've Arrived. Now let your breath catch up! thinking & reflection Oct 12, 2020

Arrive breathing is a relatively new term to me.  I came across it a while back when I was doing some research for my new course “Introducing Mindfulness to Your School”.

It all made perfect sense, a...

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Tapping to ease stress in school thinking & reflection Oct 05, 2020

Tapping is used in many PTS Post Traumatic Syndrome therapies to help release feelings and thoughts that threaten to overwhelm our daily lives.

As complex individuals, we build layers of feelings ove...

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How We Communicate With Colleagues Matters school staff & leadership Sep 28, 2020

Like many of us, I’m about to walk into my usual working environment this week. I’m going back to Prison.

I wouldn’t say I’m stressed about it, but I anticipate it will be different. Obviously our le...

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You're in the right place at the right time thinking & reflection Sep 21, 2020

 

I've often questioned why I am where I am, doing what I do. But lately I’ve stopped resisting and come to realise I am, like everyone, simply in the right place at the right time.

Letting go of th...

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Take a Moment to Stop and Breathe thinking & reflection Sep 14, 2020

We all live frantic, busy lives.  We rush from pillar to post. We’ve no sooner left one meeting than we’re heading for another.

It’s why I want to share the concept of Take 5 – taking 5 minutes out, ...

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The Power of Words to Lift and Destroy thinking & reflection Sep 07, 2020

I work in a place where my words have power. They cause me harm, or inflict harm on others. I work in a male HMP prison.

Every day I’m in contact with prisoners, I am conscious of how I speak, the wa...

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Lessons from Isolation. Knowing who you are and what you bring thinking & reflection Aug 30, 2020

These past few months have been a roller coaster for us all.  Life has changed in so many ways. As we move through this period, I’ve been doing my own contemplation.

Any period of change can give us ...

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