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Reducing Overwhelm Workshop
Stressed and overwhelmed?
Want to learn tools to help manage your stress?
Understanding how our brains work, how our nervous systems are triggered and learning how to emotionally self-regulate, helps us reduce feelings of overwhelm and teaches us how to take care of ourselves.
Through a variety of fun and absorbing exercises, including practices based on the latest neuroscience research, participants learn useful tools for daily life including; emotional self-regulation, breathing techniques, and how to create their own personal cheerleading troupe!
By the end of the workshop you will have practical tools to reduce anxiety, stress and calm an overactive mind, leaving the workshop with a greater sense of peace, resilience, and confidence.
30th March - Jubilee Library, for Brighton Women's Centre staff only.
29th April - Honeycroft Centre, for Honeycroft Centre staff only
9th May - via zoom for Being a Writer members only, The Literary Consultancy
Email me if you'd like to book this workshop for your organisation.
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Finding Time for YouList Item 1
Do you run out of time and find it impossible to prioritise ‘you time’?
This workshop will show you how to:
- balance ‘you time’ with other people’s needs & demands:
- learn to say no
- set clear boundaries
- prioritise your wellbeing
And become happier and healthier by as a result.
Through a variety of fun and absorbing exercises, you will learn useful tools & strategies to prioritise your wellbeing and to create boundaries.
By the end of the workshop, you will have practical tools to balance competing demands and will leave feeling focused and inspired.
When: Thursday 26th January, 1-3pm
Where: Conference Room, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG
Cost: £8.
This workshop is for those working in the third sector in Brighton & Hove & is part of the Resilient Front Line project run by Evolve Coaching.
This workshop is funded by Awards for All.
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Resilient Front Line Project
Are you feeling burnt out from working through the pandemic? Are you working in a frontline third sector organisation in Brighton and Hove? Would you like access to highly subsidised coaching sessions to take the time to reflect, take stock and support your mental health?
Evolve Coaching has received funding from Awards for All to offer subsidised coaching sessions to those working in Brighton and Hove’s frontline third sector organisations. We recognise the impact Covid has had. This project aims to increase the resilience and support of third sector staff, by offering 1:1 coaching sessions and, at a later date, two wellbeing workshops.
There are 20 places available – offering 5 coaching sessions per person – for a total cost of £50 per person – that’s £10 per coaching session!
For information about the programme and how to apply please see the 'further details' link below.
Round 2 now open, deadline midnight 1st September
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Arts Practitioner Group Coaching Programme
Becoming a Successful Arts Practitioner is a group coaching programme that develops skills, knowledge and mindset, enabling participants to earn income as an arts practitioner. By exploring the psychological aspects of turning your creativity into a business and sharing ideas and experience in a group of peers, participants learn how to become a successful arts practitioner.
6 x 2 hour sessions between April-September 2022.
Fully booked. Oversubscribed.
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Write Yourself to Better Mental Health
This 5 session course will give you creative writing tools to support your wellbeing. Using your life for inspiration, writing exercises will hone your creative writing skills and provide you with new insight, build confidence, resilience, and emotional awareness. Open to anyone interested in exploring their creativity and supporting their mental health, even those who have never written before.
Funded by the Contain Outbreak Management Fund this course is aimed at people who have been adversely affected by the Covid19 pandemic and lockdown.
Dates: Thursdays 7, 14, 21, 28 April & 5 May
Time: 1.30– 3.30 pm
Venue: BMECP Centre, 10A Fleet Street, Brighton, BN1 4ZE
Cost: £15
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Arts & Health Network, Brighton & HoveList Item 2
Monthly online arts and health peer support meetings for Brighton & Hove based freelance arts & health practitioners, working in the Arts & Health sector.
The meeting includes networking, sharing good practice and learning opportunities and is to provide support to freelance arts & health practitioners working in the Arts and Health sector. You must be based in Brighton and Hove to attend.
Date: last Wednesday of the month:
31st March, 28th April, 26th May, 30th June, 28th July, 25th August, 29th September, 20th October, 24th November, 29th December 2021
Time: 10-11.30am
Venue: via zoom unless stated otherwise
Delivered in partnership with Creative Future, HERA Partnership & funded by Brighton and Hove City Council.
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Reducing Overwhelm & Looking After YouList Item 1
Understanding how our brains work, how our nervous systems are triggered and learning how to emotionally self-regulate, helps us reduce feelings of overwhelm and teaches us how to take care of ourselves.
This workshop, through a variety of fun and absorbing exercises, ranging from meditation and mindfulness techniques to practices based on the latest neuroscience research, teaches you useful tools for daily life including emotional self-regulation, boundary setting, how to improve your breathing, quietening your inner critic and how to create your own personal cheerleading troupe!
By the end of the workshop you will have practical tools to reduce anxiety, stress and calm an overactive mind, leaving the workshop with a greater sense of peace, resilience, and confidence.
Date: 9th June 2021
Time: 1-4pm
Via Zoom
Cost: FREE
Open to furloughed and unemployed people living in East Sussex but NOT Brighton and Hove. Delivered in partnership with Creative Future & funded by East Sussex County Council.
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Finding Time for Creativity
Finding time for creativity can often drop to the bottom of our priority list. Practical, income related tasks can push creativity to one side. But being creative can make us healthier, happier, and more productive, so how can we find time for creativity in our busy lives?
In this workshop, you will examine your current commitments and find ways to increase time for creativity. Through a series of writing exercises, reflection, group discussion, movement and collaboration, you will explore what is important to you, how to prioritise and gain a fresh new perspective. You will leave the workshop with an action plan and increased motivation to make time for creativity.
Date: Tuesday 29th June 2021
Time: 12.30-3.30pm
Where: Hastings Library Learning Centre, 13 Claremont, TN34 1HE
Cost: £2 booking fee
Open to furloughed and unemployed people living in East Sussex but NOT Brighton and Hove. Delivered in partnership with Creative Future & funded by East Sussex County Council.
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Getting to know yourself using creative writing
This workshop enables you to explore who you are in a safe, fun, and innovative way through simple movements, creative writing exercises, and group discussion.
You will find out whether you are a leader or a follower, identify your strengths and weaknesses, and consider how your inner dialogue shapes your actions.
You will safely explore your inner psyche, motivations, and potential barriers, through a series of simple yet revealing exercises, so that by the end of the workshop you have new insight into who you really are and therefore what jobs and roles will suit you best.
Date: 5th May 2021
Time: 1-4pm
Via Zoom
Cost: FREE
Open to furloughed and unemployed people living in East Sussex but NOT Brighton and Hove. Delivered in partnership with Creative Future & funded by East Sussex County Council.
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Using Writing to Find Your PurposeList Item 4
Knowing what our big goal is in life helps with solving smaller goals. By connecting to our bigger purpose, we become more motivated and increase our connection with others.
In this workshop, you will explore your values, identify what is most important to you and what you would like to be remembered for. By the end of the workshop you will rediscover your passion and drive and leave feeling reinvigorated and motivated
Date: 14th April 2021
Time: 1-4pm
Via Zoom
Cost: FREE
Open to furloughed and unemployed people living in East Sussex but NOT Brighton and Hove. Delivered in partnership with Creative Future & funded by East Sussex County Council.
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Peer Coaching Training - Brighton
An 8 session course for underrepresented artists and writers to learn coaching skills and establish an ongoing peer coaching group. Funded by the Emergence Foundation and delivered in partnership with Creative Future. Runs September 2020 - March 2021 at Community Base, Brighton.
FULLY BOOKED.
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Rediscovering Your PurposeList Item 4
Do you want to rediscover your motivation, passion and purpose? Have you lost your way? Through fun and engaging exercises Dominique enables you to explore your values, identify what is most important to you and what you would like to be remembered for. By the end of this three hour workshop you will rediscover your passion and drive and leave feeling reinvigorated and motivated to achieve your goals.
This workshop is aimed at underrepresented artists and writers and is delivered in partnership with Creative Future, funded by The Emergence Foundation
Date: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Time: 2.30-5.30pm
Venue: Community Base conference room, Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG
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Work/Life Balance for Creatives
Do you feel you can never get enough time for your creative work? Do you feel that paid work or life admin gets in the way of your creativity? This workshop will look at your current work/life balance and help you find ways to increase the creativity in your life.
This workshop is aimed at underrepresented artists and writers and is delivered in partnership with Creative Future, funded by The Emergence Foundation.
Date: Wednesday 16th September2020
Time: 2.30-5.30pm
Venue: Community Base conference room, Queens Road, Brighton BN1 3XG
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Holding the Space
This one day workshop is for those who run or are thinking of running therapeutic creative groups. The day covers:
- How to create a safe space
- Creating a group contract
- Reducing participants' anxiety
- Reaching audiences
- Barriers to engagement
This workshop can be commissioned by organisations or requires a minimum of five individuals to book.
