kindness Kindness .. food for thought The dictionary defines kindness as the quality of being gentle, caring, and helpful. Or it is an act that is a spontaneous gesture of goodwill towards someone or something I've been thinking a lot about kindness over the last few weeks simply because I've set myself
emotional wellbeing February Wellbeing Challenge 2018 Hello and welcome to February. Our focus and wellbeing challenge this month is all about kindness. Let’s stop for a moment and think about what kindness actually is. Kindness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Sometimes kindness can be difficult, it may even involve
wellbeing Shine a light on.. Body Image We all have a body. And everybody’s body is different. This is a BRILLIANT thing. A truly wonderful thing. We are all different, which means we cannot be compared to each other. We are incomparable! Woohoooooo! And yet…and yet! Somehow, we feel as though we should conform, as
emotional wellbeing FUN FUN FUN Summer is here, the moment we’ve all been waiting for… I think someone may need to tell that to the sun. Sometimes we build our lives waiting for that perfect moment to do something we like or enjoy but why can’t that day be TODAY. How about making
wellbeing challenge August Wellbeing challenge Hello and Welcome to August. We're hoping you had a great time being social last month and if you missed Rebekah's article on building relationships [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/building-relationships/] take a quick read now. They say laughter is the best medicine. The problem is we
training Train the trainer! In the past 18-months Phase has taken incredible leaps forward in our knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by young people that is attacking their wellbeing [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/wellbeing-life-list/] as well as key ways to grow and improve this – emotionally [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/embracing-gratitude/], mentally [http:
emotional wellbeing June Wellbeing Challenge Hello and welcome to June, that means it’s time for another wellbeing challenge. This month it's mindfulness. The challenge 1st - Start and end each day with some meditation. Whether that is meditating on scripture, or using a guided meditation app, it’s your choice. 2nd -
emotional wellbeing Emotional First Aid Let’s set the scene – its evening, you're nice and relaxed, you’re at home cooking yourself a tasty dinner, you're busy minding your own business, when all of a sudden you cut your finger. What do you do? It’s not bad enough to warrant
wellbeing Spiritual Wellbeing What is spiritual wellbeing? Does it mean to be a priest, a guru, one of the few enlightened ones or could it be someone who creates space and time to think and connect beyond themselves. I like to put it as ‘a brush with the Divine’. Just as our March
anxiety Managing Anxiety “A head full of fears has no space for dreams” We want young people to live life in all of its fullness and so when we hear that more young people than ever before are struggling with anxiety, holding them back from reaching their potential, we want to do something
