What is a Quieteer? There’s no one way to be quiet. No single story that fits us all. We’ve come to know and love a wide and wonderful range of people who feel most at home in the calm, the thoughtful, and the slow. People who care deeply, notice quietly, and move through the world…
“You’re so naive.” Maybe it’s said lightly, like a passing joke. Maybe it comes with a raised eyebrow and a soft laugh, like they’re letting you in on some secret you’ve somehow missed. Sometimes it’s offered as a kind of compliment, dressed up as care. But in that moment, something inside you drops. You feel…
This summer, we introduced something new for quieter children in Cornwall: Quiet Creations, a series of free clay workshops designed with care and intention. Far from being just another holiday activity, these workshops were carefully shaped by facilitators Emma Saffy Wilson and Owen Skerritt to be safe, calming spaces where children could express themselves at…
There is a certain relief that comes with stepping into quiet after being surrounded by people. The air feels still. Your thoughts start to settle. You notice the small sounds and details that were hidden beneath the noise. For some, these moments can feel like slipping into a safe harbour. Yet in our society, the…
There is something deeply soothing about the simple act of making. The soft sweep of a paintbrush across paper. The scratch of a pencil in a sketchbook. The way a camera lens frames the small details others might miss. Creativity often starts quietly, in moments where the rest of the world falls away and our…
Earlier this year, I joined a kurinuki pottery workshop – a slow, meditative style of hand-building with clay – and it turned out to be one of the most quietly powerful group experiences I’ve had in a long time. I don’t often sign up for creative workshops. In the past, I’ve found them more socially…
New workshops for quieter children in West Cornwall this August Some children are just naturally quieter. They take their time. They feel things deeply. They might hang back and watch for a while before they join in. They might not say much in a group, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have ideas or things…
“Watching women’s football feels like watching a lower league.” “You know they’d likely lose to a boys’ team, right?” These were comments said to me – a woman – recently by men. Casually. With confidence. And it echoed something I’ve heard before. Something about it landed like a weight. Not because I play football, or…
Have you ever felt like you were the only person in the world who thinks the way you do? Like everyone else was given a guidebook for how to exist – how to talk, how to connect, how to just be – and somehow yours got lost in the post? There’s a particular kind of…
The words we hear, and the ones we quietly repeat to ourselves, often shape how we come to see who we are. Sometimes they help us make sense of things. They offer comfort, clarity, and connection. But other times, they can act like a script we didn’t ask for – one that holds us in…
There’s a particular kind of loneliness that doesn’t come from being alone. It can show up even in a room full of people, surrounded by small talk and surface smiles. It doesn’t always have words. It just sits there, quiet and familiar – a sense of being on the outside somehow, as if everyone else…
Sometimes, in relationships—whether friendships, family, work, or dating—something doesn’t sit right. Someone cancels plans last minute without apology. A friend jokes at your expense in a way that feels uncomfortable. A colleague constantly interrupts you in meetings. When you express discomfort, the response might be: “That’s just how people are.” “Everyone does it.” “You’re overthinking…