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Hello my lovely community,
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It feels really special to be writing to you again and landing in your inbox. Thank you, as always, for being part of this growing community of care, curiosity, and connection.
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My hope, as always, is that this space offers a blend of reflection, inspiration, and practical nuggets alongside a few updates, resources, and creative sparks along the way.
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We’ll continue to aim for a handful of these each year enough to stay connected, but not to overwhelm. (it has been a little longer than expected since the last).
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And as ever, this space is shaped by you, so please do share any ideas, requests, or things you’d love to see more of.
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Quote of the Newsletter:
“See a person differently and you see a different person. See a behaviour differently and you see a different behaviour. See a situation differently and you see a different situation.”
(Stuart Shankler, adapted and expanded by myself).
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There is something so powerful about holding multiple possibilities in mind and making space for curiosity and wondering.
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We don’t have emotional x-rays. We don’t always know the “why” beneath what we see. But when we shift our lens, even slightly, something can open up.
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Video of the Newsletter:
A powerful, fun, and funny reminder of the strength of unity, connection, and collective care.
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A lovely one to reflect on individually, in teams, or even with young people - thinking about how we support one another, and what it means to “hold” and be held.
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Resource of the Newsletter:
Please find this raw, real, and much-needed conversation - A recent podcast with myself and the wonderful Dr Lisa Cherry, exploring the over-claiming, mis-claiming, and dilution of trauma-informed practice. If it becomes everything, does it risk becoming nothing?
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We reflect on the difference between talking the talk and walking the walk, and some of the tensions and dilemmas many of us are holding in this space.
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Public Events & Online Modules:
Some super exciting opportunities coming up - a mix of live spaces, face-to-face events, online events, and flexible learning:
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- Puppets face to face training - one of a kind - only 15 places.
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- Therapeutic Social Work course with Adoption Plus - 9 days (mix of face to face and virtual).
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- Parents as Partners in Therapy - 2 days virtual - super unique one-off training.
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- New online module - Creative Ways of Goal Setting.
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- New online module - Creative Genograms.
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Coming soon
Details in next newsletter - a 14 day - yes you heard it - 14 day creative and expressive diploma course - can’t wait - this is once in a life time one.
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You can also explore the full range of online modules here.
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News & Updates:
Mandy Davis and I have just completed the final edits and selected the front cover for our upcoming book: Navigating Trauma-Informed Organisational Change: 40 Real World Questions, Dilemmas, and Solutions.
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It has been such a rich, thoughtful process and we are really excited to share this with you. It is amazing - it covers real world thorny questions - can we do anything trauma informed without funding? Is trauma informed just about being sweet and nice, or making excuses for behaviour? Can everything we say be activating, so we need to walk on eggshells? And 38 other real-world questions. Fingers crossed it will be out in the next few months and available to pre order very soon.
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I’m also putting the finishing touches on my next set of cards. which will be number 6 in the collection. These focus on hope, healing, growth, recovery, and wisdom, and I honestly can’t wait to share them.
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We have also been capturing some legacy conversations with the incredibly inspiring Patricia Sheridan (Moore House, Scotland), and 6 of these have now been released.
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Behind The Scenes Updates:
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I’ve recently returned from a really special trip to the US - including Portland (ISSTD conference), Palm Springs, and San Antonio (ATTACh conference). It felt so important to stretch, to learn, to be inspired, and to “take my brain to the gym.” Highlights included creative practices, breathwork, conversations on cultural humility, online harm, shame, chronic misrepresentation, and giftedness/twice exceptionality, and a whole lot more. And yes… some fabulous new puppets may have made their way home with me. Been fab to be infusing some of this new learning into my trainings, thinking spaces, and writing.
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I’ve been developing a range of new talks and training packages from relational poverty to creative ways of supporting children who have experienced sexual abuse, to strengths-based conversations without tipping into toxic positivity, to creative goal setting, to ways to optimise family time, to relational repair, and much more. Do get in touch if have a request for your organization or team!
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I’ve been absolutely loving facilitating team spaces and connection days especially those that weave in creative and expressive elements. Again, let me know if would like to book a space for your team!
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- Thinking Spaces continue to grow and stretch across sectors- from the Army to security services, social care, schools, hospitals, airports, and beyond. I feel very privileged to be alongside such a wide range of people navigating complex, meaningful work.
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Invitation:
We would love to hear from you whether that’s requests, reflections, or things you’d like to see more of in these newsletters or our wider work.
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Closing for now…
Thank you for the work you do, the care you bring, and the hope you hold, often in ways that are unseen, unspoken, and deeply impactful.
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Wherever this finds you, sending warmth, connection, and a gentle reminder that what you do matters.
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