Steve Watts
Your mind is not a storage space, it's a generator.
'I woke up with a clear mind.' Sally (Sunderland Recovery College) Whenever I start a new journaling course I share both the research...
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Steve Watts
- Feb 21
- 5 min
Creative Writing as Therapy
'The course was brilliant … I have begun to learn things about myself.’ Sunderland Recovery College student Sunderland Recovery College...
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Steve Watts
- Oct 20, 2022
- 3 min
I write so I can hear myself think!
Gratitude is 'not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.' Cicero I have started a new Journaling for Wellbeing...
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Steve Watts
- May 4, 2022
- 4 min
There are three rules for writing {…} Unfortunately no one knows what they are! (W Somerset Maugham)
'I have turned 180 degrees in my life thanks to journaling.' Sunderland Recovery College course member Next week is the start of Mental...
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Steve Watts
- Mar 2, 2022
- 5 min
Morning pages, artist's dates and weekly walks - the three tools of Julia Cameron's recovery
'I had been feeling low all week, but after the weekly walk my spirits lifted.' Sunderland Recovery College course member Julie Cameron...
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Steve Watts
- Feb 23, 2022
- 3 min
Re-wiring the brain - the role of journals in changing our mind sets
'On the way home from choir practice I experience an epiphany as I realised that my journaling practice was re-wiring my brain and...
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Steve Watts
- Feb 16, 2022
- 3 min
Acceptance, tolerance and gratitude - the power of journaling
'Because of my journal I have experienced three consecutive happy days.' Sunderland Recovery College course participant The benefits of...
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Steve Watts
- Sep 13, 2021
- 1 min
Coming out of a pandemic ...
'This morning I was thinking about what you said Steve yesterday about going on a journey and being ready for when we come out of...
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Steve Watts
- Sep 13, 2020
- 6 min
Decluttering our Minds: The challenge of returning to school and work …
‘Journaling has provided me with an excellent tool to declutter my mind, get things “out there” because somehow to do that I can put an...
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Steve Watts
- Jul 20, 2020
- 7 min
The joys of journaling: stories from Grace House ...
‘By keeping a journal I have been able to reduce lots of my negative thoughts and recognise how many positive elements there are in my...
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Steve Watts
- Apr 28, 2020
- 9 min
Five million schools: three perspectives on the new reality
‘It can be difficult as teachers can’t give as much help or information as they normally do in class.’ Lara (Pupil age 11) As we started...
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Steve Watts
- Apr 18, 2020
- 9 min
An overwhelming feeling of guilt: the challenge of role conflict during the lock down
‘I guess this is the main benefit I have found from journaling, the ability to see.’ Jennifer As we end our fourth week of lock down we...
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Steve Watts
- Apr 13, 2020
- 7 min
From office worker to remote worker, from parent to teacher: the challenges of being locked down
‘There just isn’t enough time in the day to cope with all the demands that are still very real in order to function.’ Jennifer It is now...
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Steve Watts
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
A new dawn ...
Today marks a new dawn for Watts Coaching and Consulting as we begin a four-site project across the City in Washington, Fulwell,...
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Steve Watts
- Feb 2, 2020
- 1 min
Journaling for wellbeing course starts this week ...
Come and join us on our Journaling for Wellbeing course at Washington Library this Wednesday, 5th February, between 1.00-2.00pm. The...
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Steve Watts
- Jan 16, 2020
- 2 min
Make 2020 your year with Watts Coaching ...
Do you want to make 2020 your year? Do you have a New Year's resolution or a goal you want to achieve this year? Do you need some help...
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Steve Watts
- Jan 10, 2020
- 5 min
5 Ways to Wellbeing ...
At some point in our lives we will all need a helping hand … and that hand could come from a variety of sources including our parents and...
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Steve Watts
- Jan 6, 2020
- 4 min
Conscious walking … in 2020
What better way to start the New Year than to commit to walking more and, building on my previous post about 'movement being medicine'...
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Steve Watts
- Dec 10, 2019
- 3 min
Movement is medicine … coaching in motion
The old adage that 'movement is medicine' is usually made in reference to physical wellbeing, especially in terms of cardio-vascular...
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Steve Watts
- Nov 29, 2019
- 3 min
Writing for recovery, for wellbeing and for fun ...
This week has shown just how important writing can be to our wellbeing. I met school children who had written for fun in their holidays;...
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