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You may be familiar with the idiom ‘as the crow flies’, this was used to describe what has been originally perceived as the crow flying in a straight line. It was an observation of these birds behaviour prior to today’s navigational devices, but has now become outdated as awareness of animal behaviour has become moreContinue reading “Walking in recovery my straight line”

Human beings are often scared, and perhaps more so now as the world has become a very scary place , and we tend to cope with it in different, and yet similar ways. Sometimes we lose the natural ways of coping and become either depressed or aggressive. It seems to me, that at base thisContinue reading “WALKING IN RECOVERY SCARED”

What a lift something different can bring, even if later, it turns out to be not quite what you expected. The bookThe boy, the mole, the fox and the horse by Haskey C which caused quite a stir when the animated version hit the screens during the Christmas period appeared to be accepted by mostContinue reading “spread the love walk in recovery”

Making and breaking connections can be discussed at length, from many different perspectives. I want to reflect on this topic from a historical and traumatic perspective. The irony is that in natural and so called ‘normal’ times’ everything is connected at some level. Have you ever noticed some people, perhaps even yourself, are unable toContinue reading “making and breaking connections”

TAG MOVING ON We have been reflecting on walking in recovery, with some use of metaphor, and through discussing coping mechanisms whilst living with Continuing traumatic stress. As I write and reflect I am aware of changing atmospheres, of people doing things they want to do, and passing little remarks on any of the problemsContinue reading “walking in recovery.”

CATEGORY THOUGHTFUL REFLECTIONS AND WELLNESS How often do you feel you have screwed up? My guess is that you may feel like that more often at the moment. The frustrations of the current situation are likely to inflame one’s ‘downers’ when things don’t go as planned. Consider for a moment, this might be a goodContinue reading “IV’E SCREWED UP TAGS FAILURE BLAME”

In previous blogs we have been exploring the notion of stress generated by the pandemic as Continuing Incidious Traumatic Stress, and from that perspective examining ways of understanding and coping with the stress in healthy and positive ways, we have looked at the feelings and behaviours that are around for many of us, and alsoContinue reading “UNDERSTANDING MY PERSONALITY AND ENGAGING MY SPIRIT”

TAG RECOVERY WALKING I will begin by recaping on previous blogs, in which we were looking at the notion of the pandemic as causing continuing trauma stress, which need not end in Post traumatic stress disorder, but could be managed by learning and practising methods of walking in recovery.It is , of course, true thatContinue reading “Recovery and the soul’s aroma”

Have you ever felt lobsided? perhaps as if all the problems you have are located in one side of your body whilst the other side is empty, it’s almost , as though you are completely off balance living life in a very stressful way, but you may not realise this until you allow yourself toContinue reading “lobsided need to centre balance and focus.”