Taking Off My Coat

Our Claire reaches out again… Yesterday, Kirsteen sent me the link to a TED talk about vulnerability. In it the presenter, Brené Brown, asserts that deep, meaningful, connection can’t happen without vulnerability – the willingness to pull back the...

Mixed Feelings

This week has seen our Claire experience a mixture of feelings… On Monday, I attended the wedding of my friends at Southport town hall. It was an emotional event and quite surreal that such a joyous occasion should be taking place in the middle of a pandemic. I...

The Five Ways To Wellbeing

Our Claire looks at the Five Ways To Wellbeing… As I’ve mentioned in the last few blogs, recently I’ve been getting out and about more. I wouldn’t like to pretend that I didn’t experience moments of anxiety during my trips out. My anxiety...

Looking For Confidence

Our Claire goes looking for confidence… Getting out and about more in the last couple of weeks, has brought a renewed sense of confidence. However, this renewed confidence took a hit this week as coronavirus infections have risen sharply again. This immediately...

Liverpool, The Place I Love

This week, our Claire popped into the city centre… I’m overjoyed to see that WHISC is now offering a selection of classes and courses. Of course, to take advantage of many of these means coming into the city centre. As someone with anxiety, I wasn’t...

Appreciating Life

This week our Claire had a video chat with her friend in Wales… We were talking about the fact that the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) had stated that Coronavirus will be with us “forever in some form or another”....