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HushFest is on the horizon. Cornwall’s festival of quietness, shaped by our community. |
In our ever-evolving understanding of emotions and their impacts on our lives, Barbara Fredrickson’s book “Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection” offers a refreshing perspective on love. Fredrickson, a leading researcher in the field of positive psychology, redefines love not as a stable, everlasting bond, but as a series of micro-moments…
Chronic loneliness rose by over half a million people to 7.1% between 2020-2023 in the United Kingdom (UK) (McClelland, 2023) with almost half of all adults reporting feeling lonely occasionally, sometimes, often or always (Campaign to End Loneliness, 2023). Our social landscape has radically changed at a fast pace, reducing conditions for social connectedness despite…
I’m a quiet person. Usually. I get quieter in groups. More so when people are new to me. And because of this, I’ve been misunderstood a lot in my life. I’ve been assumed to be rude, disinterested, stuck up, bitchy, and to dislike people, amongst other things. But that’s not me at all. I’ve always…
We often think of ‘quiet’ as being an undesirable quality, that to communicate we must be loud and put ourselves out there – but nature teaches us differently. To survive, to thrive and to enjoy life, nature beautifully finds its own quieter ways of communicating. By looking at 5 incredible ways that nature uses quiet…
Guest: Ellie Smart, Nature Photographer, and Quiet Connections Community Engagement Manager Website | Instagram | Facebook Transcription Stacie Clark Hello, welcome back to the Quiet Connections podcast with me, Stacie and Hayley. Do you ever catch yourself just getting lost in the moment, staring up at the sky and watching the clouds float by?…
The Power of Nature If there was a free, natural medicine for stress and anxiety available to you close to home, would you use it? For a while now, we have all been told that nature can benefit our mental health. Perhaps it’s something we’ve never really looked into, but it is something we seem…
Guest: Shelley Klammer, Expressive Arts Educator at Expressive Art Workshops Website | Instagram | Facebook Rose Burch Hi friend. Welcome to the Quiet Connections podcast. Do you feel anxious and not good enough in social situations? Feel like you’re weird, broken or don’t fit in? You are not alone. Join Hayley and Stacie on…
I spent my childhood loving a man who I called Grandad. When I was 11, a series of events led to a situation whereby I found myself on the receiving end of the bitterness, anger, aggression and hostility stored within him; and just like that, I casted him as a villain in my life, soon…
One big assumption that people often make about introverts is that we hate going to parties. More often than not, as an introvert with anxiety, this assumption is correct for me. But as I have grown older, the definition of a party has changed. A few years ago, an invite to a party would conjure…
As I was driving, alone in the darkness, tears streaming down my face, despair took over and told me how easy it would be to end my pain right here, right now, high speed. The tears came the moment I reached the sanctuary of my car. This had been building up for some time but…
Feelings of social anxiety seem to have happened gradually for me; they kind of crept up on me into adulthood. So I started thinking about how the development of society may have subconsciously affected me, such as the “big brother” phenomena, the rise of public CCTV placement instilling the idea of being continually watched, without…
Have you ever thought about joining a community gardening group, but lacked the confidence to do so? If yes, you are like me a few years ago before I discovered my hidden garden guru. I wanted to find out more about gardening and wasn’t sure what to do next. So I signed up for an…