Posts tagged with 'friendship'
Peer groups: Wiston autumn group – first reflection
11th November 2008
When I woke this morning I lay for a few minutes, asked myself how I felt, went inside, and there's sadness, a sense of tears in my chest. And when I touch the sadness, try to sense what it's about, it seems about "missing", missing warmth, the hugs, a sea …
Peer groups: Wiston autumn group – fourth morning
10th November 2008
Yesterday I was away from the group for most of the day. I started as usual - got up, wrote, met others, breakfast. Then we came together briefly as the full 37 standing in a big circle outside the house on the gravel. OK, we had already been the full …
Peer groups: Wiston autumn group – third morning
9th November 2008
So yesterday was the second full day of the group and it went roaring along - like holidays where initially time moves slowly and then seems to accelerate. Here the "train" of group memories seems to gather pace for me by this second day. My sense has been that for …
Peer groups: Wiston autumn group – second morning
8th November 2008
Saturday - the group has now been running for 36 hours or so. As I'd expected, I slept much better last night than on the first 'just-arrived' night of the group. Getting up at around 7.00am, I still seemed to be the first person up and about - so it …
Peer groups: Wiston autumn group – first morning
7th November 2008
Back in May I wrote about a peer Mixed Group I have been involved in for many years. I explained how I'd been coming to this Mixed Group since 1991 and how the group had evolved and budded off both a Men's Group and Women's Group. I talked about the …
Handouts & questionnaires for assessing & building good relationship networks
8th September 2008
Relationships are crucial. They are crucial in promoting resilience to stress, and they are crucial in enhancing wellbeing and happiness. Research suggests that all three of social support, social integration and (inversely) social conflict contribute to self-esteem and health. The relationship questionnaire & scoring provides a helpful way of assessing …
Checking in with Larry - next morning
6th July 2008
This is a continuation of yesterday's blog about regular check-ins/life planning with my great friend Larry. And now it's Sunday morning around 7.00am. Yesterday we went out to the 'hut' at Carbeth knowing that there was a good chance that the owner, Gerry, might in fact be using it himself. …
Checking in with Larry - first evening
5th July 2008
On the train to Glasgow. It's a Saturday afternoon in early July and I'm heading over to meet up with my old friend Larry to spend 24 hours or so together looking at how our lives are going. We've been getting together to do this three or four times a …