Happy Sunday🌼

Many of us fall into the trap of over-apologising and saying sorry for many reasons, like people-pleasing, having low self-esteem or thinking we are not worthy of attention and time. Over-apologising can also be linked to trauma response and mental health conditions, like depression and anxiety. Practising mindfulness and working on our mental health (for example by coming to a Talk for Health group!) can make us more aware of the situations when we say sorry for no reason or due to our lack of self-esteem and past trauma. Just as a reminder, we NEVER need to apologise for:

Saying no
Feeling upset
Wanting to be alone
Doing what’s best for us
Wanting to be alone
How we are feeling
Who we are

Is there anything else you would add to this list?

As always, lots of T4H activities going on as well as interesting events from our partners across Islington, read on to find out more.

Warmest wishes,

Judit and the Talk for Health Team
Here are this week’s groups: 
Cafés
Click the link to sign up on Eventbrite or RSVP via text to join. These are available to T4H graduates as well as anyone who has completed a T4H taster or Special.
FREE Taster sessions

Thursday, 7th September 3-5 pm ONLINE

Tuesday, 26th September 5-8pm IN PERSON (exact venue TBC)Taster sessions are FREE, and help people to find out if Talk for Health is right for them.
Tasters give you the chance to experience some of the four key learning areas of our full programme: open and truthful talking, empathic listening, basic counselling skills and how to set up an ongoing group to take care of your own wellbeing and enable others to take care of theirs.

After our participants attend a Taster, they can:
  • Come to Talk For Health Cafés (our monthly peer support groups) and be part of a community.
  • Do a range of group activities like breathwork, art journaling and therapeutic writing.
  • Do the full Talk For Health Programme.
  • And yes, it’s all FREE. Just share this link with anyone you think could benefit:

 
FREE ONLINE Peer-to-peer Counselling Programme
Starting 15th September 

On the Full Talk for Health Peer Counselling Programme, you will deepen your knowledge and skills as well as have space to practise the four key learning areas of Talk for Health: open and truthful talking, empathic listening, basic counselling skills and how to set up an ongoing group to take care of your own wellbeing and enable others to take care of theirs.
The full times and dates for this programme are:

Friday 15 September 2023 (10.30am – 4.30pm)
Friday 22 September 2023 (10.30am – 4.30pm)
Friday 29 September 2023 (10.30am – 4.30pm)
Friday 6 October 2023 (10.30am – 4.30pm)
Sign up here
 

 

 

 
FREE Ecstatic Dance Special

Thursday, 21st September 18:00-20:00
Islington Town Hall (Upper Street, N1 2UD)Come get out of busy minds and get into your bodies! Join this silent ‘dance and share’, led by movement expert Iona McNeil.

Dance is a wonderful route to connecting with our inner selves! We will explore ways to move our bodies to express our feelings, using a variety of different songs.

We will guide you into this experience by playing easy movement games, and will use light meditation and visualisations to unlock movement. Followed by a sharing circle.

After leaving her career as an Accountant, Iona trained in Dance Movement Therapy at Goldsmith’s University of London, and as an Ecstatic Dance Facilitator. She is passionate about reconnecting people to their bodies so they can be more of who they truly are.

The second half of the Special will introduce you to, and give you a chance to experience some of the four key learning areas of Talk for Health:

• Open and truthful talking

• Empathic listening

• Basic counselling skills

• How to set up an ongoing group
Reserve a spot here

 

 

 

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Have a great week! 🙂