Claire-Louise
The Times They Are A-Changing
MPCP is incredibly grateful to be the recipient of grant funding to provide 6 courses for disadvantaged families over the next 2 years...
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Claire-Louise
- Jan 11
- 2 min
A New New Year Resolution
New Year is an interesting time for lots of reasons. Putting Covid aside, just for a moment, one of the things we may notice is a sense...
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Claire-Louise
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
Out of my window .......
I was going to write about the new courses we are running and our plans for the future but that is not what is alive for me right now....
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Claire-Louise
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min
Starting again ....
September 2021 – new school year – autumn – an unpredictable, turbulent world - all with the potential to pull the mind constantly into...
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Claire-Louise
- Jul 6, 2021
- 2 min
Something to feel good about ....
We don't usually drink in the day - we are asking you all to believe that it's really unknown for us to uncork a bottle together on a...
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Claire-Louise
- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
And we thought it wouldn't work........
It doesn’t seem long ago in one sense but in another, it feels like a decade since we three (Claire Louise, Donna and me, Jacky) were...
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Claire-Louise
- Jun 1, 2021
- 1 min
MoMM - Post Match Musings
For one hour. On a Saturday in May. About 35 people met up on Zoom - teachers from Bristol Mindfulness, Stephen from Warriors of...
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Claire-Louise
- May 11, 2021
- 2 min
Moments of Mass Mindfulness 2021
It’s a strange thing when we sit in meditation with others. It’s an internal process but something definitely happens, something tangible...
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Claire-Louise
- Apr 16, 2021
- 2 min
Our One and Precious Life
We have come to the end of this first online 8 week course for front line Registrants at RUH and I’m looking back at the last sessions...
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Claire-Louise
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
Why (on earth) would we get closer to stuff that we want to get away from? RUH course Week 4
The steadfastness we develop in meditation is a willingness to stay. It may seem silly, but meditation actually isn’t too unlike...
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Claire-Louise
- Feb 17, 2021
- 2 min
New Beginnings - our first online mindfulness course for Royal United Hospital, Bath
I have the privilege of teaching the first online mindfulness course for front line nurses and healthcare staff at the RUH. We have a...
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Claire-Louise
- Dec 28, 2020
- 2 min
Cold Turkey
These days between Christmas and New Year are definitely odd. In her book ‘Black on Black’ Hilary Mantel referred to them as ‘the dank...
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Claire-Louise
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
In the midst of this………….lets take a pause.........
One of our teachers on our qualifying course, spoke of practicing mindfulness ‘in the midst of this’. She was referring to the fact that...
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Claire-Louise
- Nov 13, 2020
- 1 min
Donna's Musings from Jacky's 'Karmavan' in Derbyshire
What is my relationship to the present moment? I'm Donna and I am a therapist with ‘Talk to The Rainbow’ and a Mindfulness teacher. I...
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Claire-Louise
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
How do you find a 'catchy' title for 'writing a report' ?
Friday afternoon, dog walked, lunch eaten, CNN bulltins on the results in Georgia turned off and now focussing on work for MPCP. It is...
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Claire-Louise
- Oct 28, 2020
- 2 min
"Caring for Me,Caring for You" - mindfulness for adoptive parents
MPCP has long been committed to supporting adoptive parents and we have just delivered an 8-week MBCT curriculum online to adoptive...
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Claire-Louise
- Oct 28, 2020
- 1 min
Supporting the NHS
We are very happy to have the opportunity of teaching three 8-week courses in 2021 to Nursing & Midwifery Registrants at Royal United...
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Claire-Louise
- Oct 28, 2020
- 2 min
Silent Celebration - MPCP's 5th Birthday!
Well, needs must! Our small team, Claire Louise, Donna and Jacky and our esteemed associate Carol from ‘Chatterminds’, have just spent a...
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Claire-Louise
- Mar 17, 2020
- 2 min
How to stay grounded in these turbulent times
These last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind with advice from Government and Health changing swiftly and differing considerably...
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Claire-Louise
- Mar 17, 2020
- 1 min
Subscribe to our new YouTube Channel
We have started a YouTube Channel as a way to support you during these difficult and uncertain times. We plan to upload video tips and...
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