Memories

Writing for Wellbeing groups can bring to mind so many memories. It is like looking at a living image in one’s mind and body. I went to a monthly peer group recently. They are always inspirational and can trigger varying responses depending on the facilitator and the theme. It’s never possible to know ahead of… Continue reading Memories

A guest poem

At the beginning of each Writing for Wellbeing session that I facilitate, I read out what I call the ‘C’ words. These are my own words. I was touched that one of my participants in the group, after listening to a poem and being given prompts, decided to write a poem including the ‘C’ words.… Continue reading A guest poem

Demystifying Writing for Wellbeing events/workshops

I can’t write! I’ve never done any writing! I wouldn’t know what to write! Definitely not for me, I’m hopeless with words! These are some of the statements I have heard from people who would like to write. You can write! Do you write lists, messages to friends, on social media? We listen, we feel,… Continue reading Demystifying Writing for Wellbeing events/workshops

My experience of home education

My thoughts have been on home education a lot recently as one of my granddaughters has moved from home education to school. For a brief while in the late seventies I taught my eldest daughter and son. But then we moved from England to Scotland and they attended a school which was run on the… Continue reading My experience of home education