#MonthNotes — Hi, welcome to my MonthNotes — reflective notes looking back over the past month, loosely based on a set of questions which help me reflect. 1. What went well? Exploring some simple, calming somatic experiencing exercises, which I later discovered I had published by pure coincidence on ‘Mental Health Action Day’ #serendipity Earlier this…

My starter toolkit for settling your nervous system — I’m doing the Somatic Experiencing (SE) professional training — an intensive part-time training over three years. What is SE? SE is a body-based approach to resolve symptoms of stress, shock, and trauma. One of the things I appreciate about SE practice is its simplicity. Small things can have a big impact. When we’re…

#MonthNotes — Hi, welcome to my MonthNotes — reflective notes looking back over the past month, loosely based on a set of questions which help me reflect. 1. What went well? A talk I gave on product innovation for a new group of people working on innovation Talking about engagement with a group of people who…

#MonthNotes — Hi, welcome to my MonthNotes — reflective notes looking back over the past month, loosely based on a set of questions which help me reflect. 1. What went well? The start of my 3-year Somatic Experiencing (SE) training Two in-person team meetings: For the first, we set a tone of openness, and vulnerability at…

#MonthNotes — Hi, these are my MonthNotes — reflective notes looking back over the past month, loosely based on a set of questions which help me reflect. 1. What went well? Feedback on a product development training workshop which I’d organised was super positive. A team exercise I ran to help onboard a new team member. …

Why I put things off — There are a couple of things I’ve been putting off for a while. And whilst I’d been curious and unsure why, I’d never really stopped and asked myself why it was that I was putting them off. Instead, I’d fobbed myself off and deceived myself with the answer that I…

A simple team exercise to help them quickly feel like part of the team — A colleague — I’ll call them Jo — has just joined one of my teams at work, and I’m writing this post to share an exercise I ran with the team to help Jo quickly feel like part of the team. The exercise doesn’t touch the practical side of onboarding—…

Tools for meditation practice — Sometimes I write about what I’ve found most valuable from a book I’ve read or a training course I’ve done, in order to help me reflect, try to understand better what I’ve read/learnt, remember and share the key points, and so I can easily refer to these points later. …

#MonthNotes — Hi, welcome to my MonthNotes — my reflective notes looking back over the past month, loosely based on a set of questions which help me reflect. 1. What went well? The kick of a new community of practice at work, which I’m a part of. After kicking off a couple of communities myself last…