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Sunny weekends are the best. 💚💛 #DownDorset

Sunny weekends are the best. 💚💛
#DownDorset

Watch out for it in the conversations around you.

Watch out for it in the conversations around you.
Support comments keep the focus on the person sharing, invites them to share more.
Shift comments are on topic, but move the focus from the person sharing to the person listening.
Thanks to Kate Murphy for sharing Charles Gerber’s work in her book, You’re Not Listening.
#BetterConversations #ActiveListening #Communication

Noticing is the thing. It’s May and it’s absol

Noticing is the thing. It’s May and it’s absolutely bloomin glorious out there.
The tiny flowers blooming in concrete cracks, the woodpeckers drumming hellos through the trees, those ridiculous chestnut lanterns.
Go see! It’s amazing! What are you noticing?
#MeanwhileOffscreen #MayIsMarvellous #NoticeTheLittleThings #NoFilter

Got an actual photo of me actually standing up in

Got an actual photo of me actually standing up in an actual comp. Thanks @neilcainphoto you’ve made my day! 🤙🏼

Compton brought the sun and the swell for the second women’s surf festival here on the Island. Full of gratitude to be a part of it and for all the awesome humans who helped make it happen.

@wightwahines
#WightWahines #BeginnerForLife #WomenWhoSurf

Waving my @inland.sea beach mat around because thi

Waving my @inland.sea beach mat around because this bit of kit brings me a lot of satisfaction.

Just the kind of thing you don’t know you need until a friend sends it your way.
(Looking at you @flock.outdoors)

The water is getting warmer and the sun keeps shining, so here’s to heaps more beachy times this spring.

#IsleOfWight #Yaverland #WildSwimmingUK

Honestly, it’s purely selfish why I pick up litt

Honestly, it’s purely selfish why I pick up litter on my dog walks. It just makes me feel better about things… a teeny tiny everyday vote for the kind of world I want to live in.
#BeachClean #EverydayLitterPicker

Possibly my favourite read of the year so far. 💙
If you love the water in any form, then Easkey’s story and her wisdom will have you turning pages. #Bookstagram #AmReading #BookRecommendations

Some recent feedback from a workshop I delivered.

Some recent feedback from a workshop I delivered. 💛 #SpeechAndLanguageTraining #EarlyYears #SpeechTherapy

Sound familiar? Give me a 💯if you can relate. #

Sound familiar? Give me a 💯if you can relate. #SelfDoubt #SLPeeps #ProgressNotPerfection #ParentCoaching #SpeechAndLanguageTherapy

There’s this phrase I keep hearing in the US: “I appreciate you.” Even if it’s a habitual throwaway phrase, I’m here for it. I can get behind more appreciation for each other, for every effort, for being here together.

Sidenote: Valentines is a big thing round here. Everywhere is decked out in hearts and flowers. How cute are these at a local coffee shop?

#IAppreciateYou❤️ #HumboldtCounty #ButFirstCoffee

Day 1. Never skied before. Learned to turn and des

Day 1. Never skied before. Learned to turn and descend at a blisteringly fast pace (tho snail like to any bystander 🐌).

The instructor described me as ‘athletic’ and ‘aggressive’. 🧐Regardless of whether he even believed that, it got me thinking about how readily we hand out labels, how sometimes those labels feel relatable and sometimes they don’t.

I wonder if kids feel happy with the labels given to them, if they have a sense of choice over their own labels.

I’m not sure I’m athletic or aggressive. I want to be curious and courageous. Maybe I can choose those for myself.

(Thanks bro for sharing with me your love for this snow sports malarkey.)

#HeavenlyTahoe #California #HonestThoughts #BeginnersMind

I’ve got this habit on hikes of saying “I eat

I’ve got this habit on hikes of saying “I eat hills for breakfast” and crikey if it ain’t kinda true after all these years of saying it.

The things you tell yourself, the things you say out loud. The things you say to your kids. There’s a strange kind of power in it.
#WordsMatter
📸 @hilldwellertom

What are you practising? Whatever it is, TAKE VIDS

What are you practising? Whatever it is, TAKE VIDS! Because those tiny steps of progress are easy to lose sight of. You’ll be glad for the 📸 (I’d just be glad to make it out to deep water this year!) Thanks to @eddiessurfacademy for the coaching and the clips. #BeginnersMind #EveryTinyStep #PractisePractisePractise

Word-dumping is not the answer! In Toddler Talk we

Word-dumping is not the answer! In Toddler Talk we work through alternatives: how to build balanced back and forth interactions with your child that build communication. #ToddlerTalk #SpeechAndLanguage #EarlyYears #Parenting

When asked for NY resolutions I couldn’t give an

When asked for NY resolutions I couldn’t give any. It’s too midwinter for big plans. One thing I do know- I want more PLAY in my days. More of that joyful curiosity that kids have in bucketloads. More doing stuff just cos, more belly laughs, more noodling about.
How bout you?
#NewYearSameMe #GetPlayful

You aren’t behind. There is no ‘should’. How

You aren’t behind. There is no ‘should’. However you’re turning up and trying, it’s all good. Keep going. #EveryTinyStep #SlowAndSteady

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