When I did my teacher training I was taught to reflect on everything I did in the classroom. From the layout of the furniture, to the colours used in displays, to the questions I asked. While it undoubtedly helped me to become a better teacher, it also left me feeling that whatever I did wasn’t…
Read MorePractise, practise, practise
What was the last truly new thing you learned to do? Drive a car? Scuba dive? Bake cakes? Whatever it was, you’ll remember having to practice before it got easier. By now, you might not even think about that skill at all; it might be completely second-nature, even boring or mundane. I feel a little…
Read MoreRun Equal and me
This article was originally written in 2019 for the Trail Running Association‘s publication, Trailrunner. I have made some edits and updates. The original title was Picking up the Run Equal baton. It is not my intention to exclude non-cis and non-binary people from this conversation and genuinely welcome discourse with any runners willing to chat.…
Read MoreTake a look at yourself and make a change…
Changing behaviour, especially if it’s become habitual, can be hard. There’s loads of research about how people change their habits and the stages we go through to make changes. I really like the behaviour change model which has been used here, by the Royal College of Nursing. Although they’re talking about change for health, it…
Read MoreEffort
Everyone’s trying their best. It might not look like it, you might not notice, but they are. This isn’t a competition about who’s trying hardest or doing the most, we’re all doing what we can right now. Is that always true?
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