Posted by in chronic illness, difference, Thought Provoking Thursday During invisible disability week I asked our amazing online community to complete the sentence, An invisible disability is…, as part of my ongoing sentence completion project. Hearing people’s responses and putting them together into this video has really touched my heart personally and professionally. 💚 I think it is something we can all relate to as…Read more »
Posted by in chronic illness, difference, Thought Provoking Thursday Every Thursday during the month of September I have asked the many amazing people I have met online – through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram – to be part of a slightly different format to my ongoing Thought Provoking Thursday project. Rather than posing a thought-provoking question, like in previous weeks, I have been asking people…Read more »
Posted by in chronic illness, difference, Thought Provoking Thursday Here we are, the fourth and final week (for now) of our online community sentence completion project, as part of Thought-Provoking Thursday (or for today Saturday). What can I say I like to live on the wild side of life, which in reality means self-care has become my priority the last few days, so I am…Read more »
Posted by in chronic illness, difference, medical system, Mental Health, self care, Thought Provoking Thursday During the first two weeks of September we explored mental health and suicide. If you missed them, you can check out a write-up of our reflections by clicking on the links below: An Online Community Reflection: Mental Health Is… An Online Community Reflection: Suicide Is… Together we brought important human experiences out from the shadows…Read more »
Posted by in chronic illness, difference, medical system, Thought Provoking Thursday, Uncategorized Welcome to the third week of our online community sentence completion project, as part of Thought-Provoking Thursday, and what an inspiring two weeks it has been. We have discussed mental health and suicide, had some incredible conversations and shared some beautiful and at times painful insights. We have given a voice to an integral human experience, considering…Read more »
Posted by in Mental Health, self care, self compassion, suicide, Thought Provoking Thursday Thank you everyone for taking the time to complete the Sentence Completion task from last week’s Thought Provoking Thursday. I think we can all agree that suicide is not an easy topic to know how to talk about, and we still have a lot of work to do to bring it out of the darkness…Read more »
Posted by in chronic illness, Mental Health, suicide, Thought Provoking Thursday Welcome to week two of September’s sentence completion task for Thought Provoking Thursday. It is great to see so many people continuing to complete last weeks sentence ‘Mental Health is…’ adding to this important process of learning from each other. You all came up with such beautiful reflections I thought it would be a shame…Read more »
Posted by in chronic illness, Clinical Psychology, Grief, Love, medical system, Mental Health, self care, suicide, Uncategorized Talking about suicide and everything surrounding it can be extremely difficult and daunting, whether you are the person experiencing suicidal thoughts or trying to be there for someone who is. We often don’t know what to say or we feel so unprepared for such difficult conversations we might want to walk away. Painful emotions can…Read more »
Posted by in difference, medical system, Mental Health, Thought Provoking Thursday Thank you everyone for taking the time to complete the Sentence Completion task from last week’s Thought Provoking Thursday. What a beautiful range of sentences relating to mental health. I feel blessed to be able to share your amazing insights today, a day dedicated to the prevention of people dying due to mental health difficulties.…Read more »
Posted by in difference, Mental Health, Thought Provoking Thursday I love words! There is something about how much one word can encapsulate which can feel quite magical. It is something I frequently get teased about by my family, as even within my immediate loved ones we all have a different and equally intriguing use of language. Whether that be the language I have picked…Read more »
Musings of a wounded healer 