Why do you read? What spurs you to turn to a book? Do you read to learn, to relax, to spend time, to escape, to laugh, to reflect? Maybe for all these things at different times. Or maybe you have never got into books, or used to enjoy them but now struggle to concentrate. NeverContinue reading “Turning A Page”
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Time For Art
Making space for art in your daily life has to be one of the most positive, creative and practical small things you can do to change your routine. When something is known to have so beneficial an impact on wellbeing, it makes sense to weave it in to your day to day living. And toContinue reading “Time For Art”
Slowing Down
Mindfulness, relaxation, calm: the need to step back has become more and more common, as people react to the pace of life. Everything now moves at speed. With communication easier than ever, it feels like responses should be immediate, and the 24/7 news stream never shuts down. This has to contribute to nature’s importance inContinue reading “Slowing Down”
Calming Calligraphy
Just like mindful sewing or colouring, calm calligraphy is growing as a wellbeing activity. When the printing press was invented centuries ago, people feared the end of handwriting and handwritten lettering like calligraphy. Now we are in the digital age, calligraphy really might have become a dying or lost art. But it is alive andContinue reading “Calming Calligraphy”
Colouring Calm
With National Stress Awareness Month starting tomorrow, I thought I’d focus here on colouring: a way many people ease stress creatively. Awareness of stress has surged, particularly during the pandemic, so awareness of ways of reducing stress, or setting cares aside for a while, is equally important now. And just as stress awareness has grown,Continue reading “Colouring Calm”
Nature’s Remedy
At last spring is here, and as I’ve just heard that April is National Stress Awareness Month, this seems an opportunity to highlight how nature can ease the stresses which have become so common in everyday life. No, nature won’t remove these stresses, but it might help rein them in or create a sense ofContinue reading “Nature’s Remedy”
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