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HushFest is on the horizon. Cornwall’s festival of quietness, shaped by our community. |
After the intensity of Christmas, January can arrive with a strange mix of expectations and exhaustion. The festive season often brings more socialising, more noise, more decision-making, and more emotional labour than usual. Even when parts of it are joyful, it can leave quieter, more sensitive people feeling drained. Add shorter days, colder weather, and…
Have you ever found yourself in a moment of pure joy only to be struck by a subtle sense of dread, as if the happiness you’re experiencing is just too good to last? If so, you’re not alone. This phenomenon is what Brené Brown calls “foreboding joy,” and it’s more common than you might think….
Welcome to our messages of gratitude for December from Hayley and Stacie to Team Quiet. This month we’re focusing on gratitude for the part that everyone played in the Quieteers Christmas Celebration last Thursday. The event didn’t quite go to plan and there were things outside of all of our control that we hadn’t accounted…
Why is it that some people seem to be able to gracefully accept compliments for a job well done, recognising the credit that they rightly deserve, while others try to divert the attention and want to run away from it instead? If you lean more towards the latter, then welcome to the club, because I…
Have you noticed how so many of us live with a mindset that tells us “I’ll be happy when I’m… thinner/have a job/in a relationship/earning more (whatever ‘it’ is for you)”? Maybe we really will be happy then. Maybe not. The harsh reality is, if we’ve become so focused on the darkness in life, and…