Freeyourmind Therapies

09/09/2024

AAARGGH SOLENT SWIM.....Just 6 days until I swim across the Solent from Stokes Bay to the Isle of Wight!
I still need to raise more funding, the target being £850, so I am still a way under.

Am I nervous? Yes.....scared? Yes... excited? A little....Im sure ill be ok once i start swimming.
Its starting to take over my head this week though. I just hope its good conditions and i can relax into it and enjoy it.

Please support me to reach my target if you can- every little donation adds up!

Thank you to those who have donated already, and as always, my swimming friends, family and supporters in whatever way shape or form!

https://www.justgiving.com/page/rebecca-jo-swims?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Frebecca-jo-swims&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share

18/04/2024

My training is going well, with stamina swims several times a week and sea swims when conditions allow. Every so often I get overcome with fear and the question 'what on earth am I doing' and become mildly terrified. Its a very psychological thing this. I need to get control if my head and focus and enjoy it. It will be ups and downs over the next few moths that's for sure. So, your support is what keeps me strong. The money goes to a good cause and if all of my contacts only gave £1 I would be doing well.
Thank you so much

Help rebecca groome raise money to support Aspire

08/06/2022

Such true words
Be yourself and follow your dreams

THE WORST THING

The worst thing you can be is not fat,
or ugly,
or stupid.

The worst thing you can be,
is not different,
or awkward,
or ‘too much’.

The worst thing you can be,
unequivocally,
is locked in a prison of your own self-doubt,
riddled with insecurities,
afraid to venture out into this life,
lest the world see who you really are.

In short,
the worst thing you can be,
is someone else.

When you were only ever meant to be

you.

Donna Ashworth
‘I Wish I knew’: https://amzn.to/3JVMJlZ

Art by the amazing
Lisa Aisato

01/04/2022

Perspective. It's all about the way we look at things

01/03/2022

So today it is raining and forecast to rain all day. It feels very appropriate then to share with you the R.A.I.N acronym for using mindfulness in difficult times

R.A.I.N. is a four-step process for using mindfulness in difficult times, on dealing with intense and difficult emotions.

25/02/2022

Stop trying to explain yourself to those who will never truly hear you

Cherish those who 'get' you and who you know are connected with you through feeling alone

We cannot change others. We can only change our own actions and reactions. That is our power

20/02/2022

13/10/2021

It might not be world mental health day but everyday is important when it comes to mental health

09/10/2021

Mental Health week this week and I enjoyed presenting a whole-school assembly on emotional health and anxiety.

Coping with changes in our environment and our emotions can be like surfing. Sometimes we are riding the wave successfully and confidently, sometimes we are under the wave as it crashes over us, sometimes we can be toppled and dunked by that wave and then get back up again. Other times we are just surfing along, dodging the wave and getting splashed but keeping our eye on the changes occurring and adapting as necessary to stay afloat

07/10/2021

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158857263089915&id=283661679914

Practical tips, advice and where you can get help if your child or teenager is struggling with their mood, feelings, or their behaviour seems different.

23/09/2021

I love working in school. Not only do I get to meet some truly brave and wonderful students, I also get to help them when it matters most; when it's early enough to make a difference

09/07/2021

Some great work this week with someone who has struggled for years due to long held limiting beliefs that he cannot show any vulnerability. Beliefs that to do so would be weak and show an inability to protect his family. So for years he has held everything in...coped externally whilst inwardly a little bit more of him crumpled.

Over the past few weeks through exploration of the source of these beliefs, and of the reality of them (whether they are based on facts or opinions), and through making sense of the presence of the beliefs and how they came to be, he is starting to free himself from them.

'I feel like I am getting back to my true self- I haven't felt like this for years'

With willingness and bravery to try things differently, anything is possible