15 It is generally reckoned that music reaches parts that other things (like words) cannot reach. It is used in many kinds of therapies. It can help to express emotions and feelings. It can help mould our mood. How much are we using music to help us during the pandemic restrictions? Do we listen to […]

One of the activities which we can do for exercise (well, maybe not on a snowy day like this) is walking. Unless we have mobility problems, or stop to talk to every second person we meet, we can average about three miles in an hour. Over time that mounts up. If we keep a record

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13 It has long been acknowledged that there is a link between exercise and physical and mental well-being (MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANA). During these lockdown times we desperately need both – but January weather is not conducive to taking exercise (if it isn’t cold and wet, it’s cold and slippy). Some may be tuning

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Yesterday we reflected on some of the frustrations, disappointments and anger caused by pandemic restrictions in place last year – and some of the unexpected things that we did instead. Let’s move on today, and think about 2021, and how we’ll handle this year’s restrictions. Have another sheet of paper to hand. Make three lists:

cold, wet and windy January. Help us to discover positive ways to help ourselves through it, and to help others too  

11 It’s wet and windy outside, the news about the spread of Covid-19, and what that might mean for restrictions, isn’t encouraging. It’s easy to feel ‘down’. So this week, let’s think through how we’re going to handle these stresses and take some charge over our feelings – leaving Dry January and Veganuary to others

Sixty years ago, John F Kennedy famously said in his inauguration speech as president of the United States, ‘ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.’ Maybe we can adapt that sentiment at this time, to think not of what others can do for us at