Pick Your Battles education hmp Jul 17, 2023

 I work in a place used to swearing.  But it’s not for me. 

I set my personal standards on swearing years ago, long before I worked in a Prison.  I never let my children...

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When the Heat is On hmp Jun 26, 2023

Few of us manage well in the heat and it’s been a scorcher in the UK these past few weeks.

Working at HMP the heat is just another element in a precarious environment. Anything can inflame...

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Find a space to sit and be still hmp mindfulness May 31, 2021

Prison is noisy. You can imagine the noises – some may be unimaginable. So I get the challenge of finding a space for quiet when all around you is chaos. It’s takes practice.

When I ran...

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Face-to-face again. Is it ok to have mixed emotions? education hmp mindfulness Apr 26, 2021

Working in Education has been topsy turvy this past year, to say the least. Emotions are all over the place. I’ve struggled with distance, questioned much, been hard on myself and done the...

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Lessons from Isolation. Knowing who you are and what you bring education hmp Aug 30, 2020

These past few months have been a roller coaster for us all.  Life has changed in so many ways. As we move through this period, I’ve been doing my own contemplation.

Any period of change...

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