Archive | October, 2016

Work, love and wellbeing: new research from @relscot

We’ve lifted the lid on the state of the nation’s relationships.@Relate_charity & @RelScot launch #TWWAN16 research today < Pls RT. pic.twitter.com/efy4dCJJqn — Relationships Scot (@RelScot) October 25, 2016   It’s difficult to know when we first started using the phrase “work-life balance”. The implication is that work is something separate from the rest of our […]

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Eating steak, the cinema, a good book #makesmefeelgood

We’ve been talking about what makes us feel good. We all agreed that there are certain big things that everybody needs, but beyond that, it’s the little things that make a difference. For Linda, it’s eating her favourite food: steak. It’s going to the cinema, it’s enjoying a good book. It’s not a lot to […]

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Just watching the sky makes me feel good

We’ve been talking about what makes us feel good. Often it’s the simple things. For our Community Correspondent  David Bradley, it’s as simple as walking home, watching the sky shift from grey to black and back. But knowing it won’t rain. We’ll be sharing the other simple pleasures that people contributed for #makesmefeelgood – we’d […]

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Finding hope in the most difficult places

Our Community Correspondent Robert Terry wrote this untitled poem about finding hope when we see so many upsetting stories in the news.   my heart bleeds for Charlotte, North Carolina now it breaks for Burlington, Washington State and am moved too tears for the innocents slaughtered martyred in the name of fear Spiritual Angels accepting, […]

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The highs and lows from this year’s #selfmanagement awards @SelfMgmtScot

This Tuesday was the Alliance Self Management Awards: a celebration of people taking control of their lives and health. We love that the awards celebrate the networks of services and people that support self management, but were particularly excited by this year’s Individual Transformational Story of the Year Award.  All three shortlisted entries were inspirational […]

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