What three words location /// crisis.prefer.longer. What three words parking location In the amazing book “lost connections” Johann Hari talks about what he believes are the 9 causes of depression contrary to the idea of chemical imbalance and many medical ideas and definitions. Loss of connections to nature, meaningful work, loss of belonging, disconnection fromContinue reading “Connecting”
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The one you don’t forget.
(For all my blue light colleagues) I’m sorry it didn’t turn out how you may have wanted, I’m sorry you can’t carry on living how you thought. We tried our best to save you and at times things got a bit fraught. I know it’s the life I’ve chosen to work, the risk, the joy,Continue reading “The one you don’t forget.”
Frozen Broccoli
There will be a small number of people who understand why this post is titled “frozen Broccoli” and this post is mainly for them but also for us all to consider what the last 12 months have given us despite its challenges. 12 months ago my workplace went into “home working” as did almost everywhere.Continue reading “Frozen Broccoli”
Iceolation and Disconnection
Cold weather, cold times, cold hearts. Warmer weather, warmer times, warmer hearts. 2021 a new beginning!! Yeah right, or we continue into an unknown time of new words and new experiences. Lateral flow, PCR, Astra Zeneca, Oxford vaccine, Biontech, tiers, daily death rate etc. It’s easy in this time to forget what we were aboutContinue reading “Iceolation and Disconnection”
How does it feel?
Anxiety, depression , stress Three words I never really focussed on until they happened to me back in 2018. I’ve spoken a number of times on this blog about my own mental health and my own coping mechanisms and how we can all help each other but I have been thinking lately on how theseContinue reading “How does it feel?”
Blue lights responders: are we like Pavlov’s dogs?
I write this blog after a Weekend on duty where it was a busy one for phone calls and a few incidents to attend. On Friday I received a new work phone and set it up so that it rang and text in the same way. On reflection I did this because after nearly 10Continue reading “Blue lights responders: are we like Pavlov’s dogs?”
Time and Motion
02/09/1992, that was the day 28 years ago when I walked into Coventry fire station at the start of training school on day one of my fire service life. With a fair wind, some good fortune and staying healthy I will retire on 09/09/2022. That means on the day I release this blog post IContinue reading “Time and Motion”
Strength and Trials
Strength is just the ability to care more deeply than anyone else around Tara Coleman “Treadstone” The above is a quote from “Treadstone” a tv programme based on the Jason Bourne movies. I have repeated it here because in June it struck a chord with me when I was watching the programme but the draftContinue reading “Strength and Trials”
Return
More and more we are hearing “the new normal”, “things won’t be the same”, “when we get back to some sense of normality”, “things will never be the same”. We hear these words from government, media, companies, employers, social media etc and they all feel like they are there to scare us, to keep usContinue reading “Return”
Walking the line.
There’s a thin line between love and hate. The Persuaders There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. Oscar Levant Sometimes you’re the windshield, Sometimes you’re the bug. Mary Chapin Carpenter Why the words above? I’ve been reflecting lately on where I am with my own mental health at present. It’s been a hectic fewContinue reading “Walking the line.”
Leading into the fire 