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18/10/2022

18 October is World Menopause Day.

Menopause and perimenopause is a fact of life for many, yet so few feel able to talk about it.

We want to help change that - for ourselves, for our partners, for you.

Symptoms can feel very different for everyone; some people may experience lots of symptoms, some may feel none at all.

But going through this completely natural phase of life can feel lonely, isolating and uncertain.

You may feel that nobody understands what you're going through - that you may not even understand it yourself!

As your body goes through these changes, you may feel less like yourself - or a sense of loss of who you once were and start feeling low in self confidence and struggling to cope with, not only the mental health symptoms, but the physical ones too.

It's a lot to deal with on top of everything else your busy life throws at you.

Our First Steps workshop gives you an introduction to our 7 key principles:

💚 Open & Honest
💚 Genuine & Real
💚 Empathy
💚 Compassion
💚 Acceptance
💚 Non-judgement
💚 Empowerment
..and, in this workshop, we show you how to be all of these things - to YOU.

If this resonates with you and you'd be interested in finding out more, please visit our website to learn how you can take the First Step to finding yourself again.

https://shapewellbeing.com/thefirst-step-workshop/

12/09/2022

05/09/2022

Vicki Bell Profile statement I am a Shape Wellbeing Reflective Practitioner. I love being outdoors exercising and connection with nature. My passion is to help others look after themselves. I offer…

26/08/2022

Some great testimonials,
Could you be our next RP?

15/08/2022

Are you ok today?

Life in the world of Shape has been very busy recently; preparing for our new Supervision students, delivering our free taster sessions, preparing for our new diploma students in September, getting our Walks and Talks going, and all the other bits of work that go on in the background too.

It's very easy to let life consume you and for you to forget about yourself until something goes wrong and you realise that, perhaps you're not doing as great as you thought you were.

So, take a moment and have an open and honest think to yourself - how are you, really?

If you're genuinely doing grand - that's fantastic.

But, if you're perhaps not prioritising your self care and are struggling a bit, get in touch to talk to a Reflective Practitioner.

https://www.shape-therapy.com/find-a-reflective-practitioner-2/

06/08/2022

Take a chance why!! “Because your worth it”

💚 FREE TASTER SESSION - 25 AUGUST 💚

We love our Reflective Practitioner diploma and have had nothing but positive feedback from all of our students, past and present.

However, we know times are tough just now and we are all having to be careful about how we invest our money at the moment.

So, for those of you who are still on the fence about doing the modules and/or diploma, we still have one more FREE taster session to give you more of a feel about what Shape is, what we do and how we do it.

Thursday 25 August: 9.30am - 11.30am

This will be held online using Zoom.

To learn more or register for this session, please email [email protected]

04/08/2022

Vicki in action

23/07/2022

Power little doodle clip, worth a watch.

15/07/2022

Here is our process theory; add this to our 7 key principles and then the magic happens.
Give me a message if you feel you want to know more.

15/07/2022

💚 OUR 4-STEP PROCESS 💚

So, after we LISTEN to our client, FOLLOW THE FEELING and REFLECT to enable them to look within themselves for a deeper understanding of how they feel, what's left for a Reflective Practitioner to do?

Step 4 is to help EMPOWER our client to take control of their lives, be that in terms of their feelings, behaviours, emotions, relationships - whatever it may be that they feel is holding them back.

We usually do this by offering the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy tools such as setting SMART goals or identifying what they can and can't control using the Circles of Control. These help the client to identify realistic goals for themselves that they feel able to achieve.

Some clients don't have goals, targets or objectives when it comes to RP sessions; sometimes they just want someone to listen to them without judgement whilst they try and untangle what is going on in their minds. Sometimes the sessions in themselves empower the client without an RP having to say much at all.

Watching a client move through this 4-step process to empowerment is a huge privilege for us as Reflective Practitioners and is absolutely why we do what we do.

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in doing, get in touch - or why not sign up for one of our FREE taster sessions 👇

https://www.facebook.com/2065458900429660/posts/2851960115112864/

13/07/2022

I just love our theory,
Try it out for yourself.
It really works

💚 OUR 4-STEP PROCESS 💚

Yesterday we looked at how we follow the feelings that our clients present to us in RP sessions in order to help them look within themselves to understand why they feel the way they do.

We do this by using our next step: REFLECT

By reflecting their thoughts and feelings back to the client, we allow them to hear it out loud for themselves, maybe for the first time. This allows them to consider why they might feel like this - or to perhaps reconsider if they feel that way at all; there are no right or wrong answers in reflective practice - you are allowed to change your mind!

Self reflection is also an important skill we teach our students - and we really get them to work hard on this by setting a reflective essay at the end of each module which is invaluable to their self discovery as well as their training - even if it causes a mixed reaction from those who enjoy homework and those who don't!!! 😊

To find out more about our 4-step process, get in touch - or why not sign up for one of our FREE taster sessions?

https://www.facebook.com/2065458900429660/posts/2851960115112864/