NEWSLETTER

Hello,

How are you this week? I hope that things are travelling along ok and you have been able to take time out to smell the roses.

 I have spent the last couple of days thinking about change. Change can be something taken away, added or rearranged. Sometimes changes are big, sometimes they go unnoticed. Change is all around us. We are currently in a season change, as we move into spring, we have experienced weather changes; one day it’s warm and the next we are back to fog and drizzle. The change to spring can also bring hay fever and other allergies. When I talk to children about change I get them to identify how they have changed as they have grown….they grow teeth, crawl and then learn to walk, they learn to dress themselves and another major change is going to school which then leads to reading and writing. Some may have the arrival of a sibling which can change lives forever as well. All of these are positive changes. They can be big changes or minor changes. In our lives we can have other events that bring change like; moving house, new babies, accidents, sickness, moving schools, relationship break ups or death just to name a few.

What changes have you and your family experienced?  Some changes that we experience are positive and some are negative.  Some build us up, some make us feel broken. Unfortunately, change is a part of our lives. It happens to everyone.  It’s how we deal with the change that helps us recognise our strengths, makes us grow and builds our resilience. We need to give ourselves permission to take time and  give ourselves space to deal with change. We may need to  regroup and work through our emotions that are stirred up. We may need to share our experience with others by talking about it. We may even need to write things down. We all deal with events differently and that’s ok.  It’s how we  move on from the event that is the key. Was it a positive or negative experience? Was it just a “blip” to slow us down and make us think? How has our perspective changed? Will you let the change define who you are? What can you learn from it? As we come out the other side of change, we may become stronger and wiser. We also need to remember not to walk the journey alone. Reach out to your networks and friends and let them help you share the load. We have an amazing caring community that shares so much here so we are all here for each other.

Take care and remember that some changes we can control while other change can be beyond our control.  Sometimes we just have to “ride that wave”.                

Cheers Jo