Peer groups: Cumbria spring group – feeling burnt out & relinking to values
9th May 2009
Something quite deep happened to me, in me, during the group yesterday. Third full day of the group and powerful, deep things were happening in and between a whole series of us. Two couples have contacted particular distress. No doubt many, maybe most, others have been moved strongly in various …
Peer groups: Cumbria spring group - more on what makes groups helpful
8th May 2009
Yesterday was a fairly classic first full day of one of these four day peer groups that I've been involved with for so long. Like a musical form ... a concerto or something ... there are usual stages to the group, phases which it typically moves through. When I wrote …
Peer groups: Cumbria spring group - initial thoughts
7th May 2009
It's the first morning of this year's "Mixed Group" in Cumbria. I wrote about this group in some detail when we last met up almost exactly a year ago. Lying in bed a little earlier on, I thought over why I'm here. I should be reasonably clear about this by …
Three good books: “Positivity”, “The Compassionate Mind” & “The Spirit Level”
3rd May 2009
Here are three good, recently published books that are all highly relevant to the fields of stress, health & wellbeing. "Positivity" by Barbara Fredrickson (see below) is subtitled, a little breathlessly - "Groundbreaking research reveals how to embrace the hidden strength of positive emotions, overcome negativity, and thrive." Actually Professor …