Wellbeing Centre Poetry and Art

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17 Jan

Time to Talk Day is on Thursday 3 February, and we want you to get involved! Talking about mental health has the power to change lives - reducing stigma and helping to create communities where we can speak openly. Share using #TimeToTalk. Find out more: https://timetotalkday.co.uk/

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16 Jan

Start a new week with our free one-hour online Mind and Body Mindfulness workshop with Karen on Monday morning at 10am. Meditating can help lower levels of stress, provide better concentration and also help improve self-awareness. Book your place here: https://tinyurl.com/tjhj8n7k

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15 Jan

Our first Wellbeing Walk of the new year is on Friday, 21 January, 10.30am-12.30pm. This is Duke of Northumberland's River Walk and we are meeting at Kneller Gardens, Meadway, Twickenham TW2 6PH. Find details of all our upcoming Wellbeing Walks:
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14 Jan

We are taking part in a free webinar by @AdhdEmbraceUK on Tuesday, 18 January, 8pm, in which you can learn about disability, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and mental health support available to Richmond Borough residents. Book here: https://tinyurl.com/2p9em2d4

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12 Jan

It has been announced that London's Tower Bridge will be the stunning new finish line for the 2022 Ride London on Sunday 29 May.

So if you're a demon peddler, you can sign up for this fantastic challenge and fundraise for RB Mind at the same time here: http://rbmind.org/challenge22

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11 Jan

If you are considering taking up a new hobby in the new year, how about arts and crafts? Our Crafty Minds group meets every Wednesday, 1-2.30pm, at the Vineyard Community Café. For details contact: [email protected] or 020 8948 7652.

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9 Jan

If you are not setting goals, try to take time for yourself, get some rest and recharge your social batteries! Let’s be more honest, compassionate and true to ourselves. This year our resolution could be not to make any resolutions but to take good care of ourselves. #newyear

Wellbeing Centre Poetry and Art

Gordon, a member of our Wellbeing Centre Creative Writing Group and Art Group, shares his response to the current times through poetry and art:

Solitude

Residing in splendid isolation, living in bittersweet solitude
Knowing empty days and hollow nights, with dreams of endless oceans
Numb to the human touch, disconnected and socially fading
Anxiety rising from the depths, shades of realised uncertainty
Welcoming an absence of company, for the dread of socialising
Overwhelming feelings invite silence in place of conversation
The smile of a shatter proof mask hides the stress of gatherings
Admire the distance, spaces between people, no more crowds only
Introverts
The residue of friendships, the experience of being alone

The picture below of ‘Chaos to order’ was created from a photo taken on my iPhone then edited in a photo app using my iPad.

I find that any form of art is a great way to be creative. The art group gives me the opportunity to explore artistic ideas and to lose myself in the moment of creating something, it is a good way to forget about the issues of the day.

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1 day ago

Time to Talk Day takes place on Thursday 3 February, and we want you to get involved!

Talking about mental health has the power to change lives. Each conversation contributes to reducing stigma, helping to create communities where we can talk openly about mental health and feel empowered to seek help when we need it.

Share on your social media using #TimeToTalk. You can find out more here: timetotalkday.co.uk/

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2 days ago

Start a new week with our one-hour online Mind and Body Mindfulness workshop with Karen on Monday morning at 10am.

Meditating has a number of proven mental health benefits. It can help lower levels of stress and anxiety, provide better focus and concentration and also help improve self-awareness. There are physical benefits too, including helping improve sleep patterns.

This workshop is free and can be booked here: tinyurl.com/tjhj8n7k

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3 days ago

Our first Wellbeing Walk of the new year is on Friday, 21 January, 10.30am-12.30pm. This is the Duke of Northumberland's River Walk and we are meeting at Kneller Gardens, Meadway, Twickenham TW2 6PH. For more information please contact: [email protected]

You can find details of all our upcoming Wellbeing Walks here: tinyurl.com/ypc8k89z

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4 days ago

We are taking part in a free webinar by ADHD Embrace on Tuesday, 18 January, 8pm, in which you can find out about disability, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and mental health support available to Richmond Borough residents.

The webinar will include presentations from ADHD Embrace, Richmond Parent Carer Forum and RB Mind on the types of support parents and carers can access. You can book your place here: tinyurl.com/2p9em2d4

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5 days ago

Join our Chatty Minds group on Friday, 14 January, 3.30-4.30pm. This discussion group takes place every Friday and is open to everyone on Zoom.

For details on how to join please contact: [email protected]

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6 days ago

It has been announced that London's Tower Bridge will be the stunning new finish line for the 2022 Ride London on Sunday 29 May. From Victoria Embankment, the route will head out into the Essex countryside for a 65-mile loop before returning to the capital for the spectacular finish at Tower Bridge.

So if you're a demon peddler, sign up for this fantastic challenge and fundraise for RB Mind at the same time here: rbmind.org/challenge22

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1 week ago

If you are considering taking up a new hobby in the new year, how about arts and crafts? Our Crafty Minds group meets every Wednesday, 1-2.30pm, at the Vineyard Community Café. For more details please contact: [email protected] or 020 8948 7652.

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1 week ago

In this month's Mindful Memo we examine ways we can make January easier on ourselves and we feature our new Challenge Events for 2022, Movement Therapy and Yoga groups, and Wellbeing Walks.

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You can also subscribe to receive a regular copy of our monthly Mindful Memo into your inbox here: tinyurl.com/ycf2krb9

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1 week ago

If you are not setting goals, try to take some time for yourself in small ways, get some rest and recharge your social batteries, drink more water - these things are just as valuable to us as creating new year’s resolutions!

Let’s try to take the pressure off, let ourselves off the hook a little more, be more honest, compassionate and true to ourselves, our families and our friends. We don’t have to be fine all the time. This year, our resolution could be not to make any resolutions but to take good care of ourselves.

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1 week ago

January comes with this ‘new year, new me’ idea and this creates more pressure, but let’s face it the novelty can wear off after a few days or weeks.

If you find setting goals or resolutions helpful, instead of setting an unrealistic goal or target in the new year, break things down and perhaps set a target for each day instead. This way you can manage your expectations and you’re more likely to achieve each goal - sometimes small steps are better.

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