Loss and Recovery

Wilting yellow rose beside a blooming yellow rose illustrating emotional loss and recovery

Loss can come in many guises and recovery can take many forms. Time, patience and care help but it is our connectedness to others that supports the process the most.

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Water, water everywhere!

Stricken fishing boat listing heavily at sea, text reads Water Water Everywhere

Persistent rain together with sudden, violent storms resulted in damage and destruction with plenty to fix. Feeling very sorry for themselves, two conversations made for a change of heart and a better perspective.

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Enabling the how

Dramatic view of Earth from space with glowing horizon and text Enabling the How for emotional fitness

The start of Mental Health Awareness Month in South Africa, a book about the link between stress, trauma and illness and a solution to the problem of mental and emotional health occupies the focus of a week just past and a future beginning every day.

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Move it before you lose it

Woman on rocky hilltop waving pink fabric over mountain landscape, emotional fitness

Sometimes things go wrong and all the little irritations leave you feeling low. Waking up feeling a little fed up Matthew and Chantal went for a walk and it made all the difference to their mood and state of mind.

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Hope is the thing

Watercolour portrait of young man with text Hope Is the Thing, 5th Place TWTW newsletter

This week was all about that little glimmer or spark that can ignite even the darkest of times. Hope. With World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September, this difficult topic is faced with the offer of hope as a means to build resilience and grit. Matthew shares his own personal story.

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Grappling with grit

Silhouette raising fist against warm orange watercolour background, grit and resilience

A week of being out and sharing our work. We find ourselves back walking after more than four weeks off. An exploration of grit and resilience offers us ample opportunities to practise it.

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