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​with all things health and wellbeing...
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Unravelling Uniqueness

10/15/2022

 
Stay in the Loop with Lucy · Unravelling Uniqueness - Neurodiversity
The year 7-9 Community Problem Solving Team from Ravenswood Girls School have, once again, offered a unique insight into the challenges of Neurodiversity in a school environment. Abi, Millie, Mia and Grace talk us through their project and what their team of 11 have done for the competition. Unravelling Uniqueness is a wonderful celebration of how we can celebrate neurodiversity.
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Hiding behind a mask of humour

9/27/2022

 
Stay in the Loop with Lucy · Hiding Behind A Mask
Have you considered how often we hide who we truly are behind a mask of humour? Could it be that this strategic manoeuvre to keep ourselves safe is what locks us away to be even more fearful of being ourselves in the world? Allow me to introduce Philip Hills to you - you will get to know him better when he publishes his book but till then... a sneak preview to the process of writing a book when you are trying to capture your life - and then some. I met Philip at a party... he stole my tiara... I don't think I have said that about anyone else but it was a moment that resulted in the most engaging conversation over dinner. How could I keep that opportunity to just me, when I have the opportunity to share Philip with all of you.
This interview showed me, once again, how humour can be a mask we wear that hides who we truly are and how complicated it can then be to find ourselves again behind that mask when life calls us to be more true to the gem we always were

Do We Know How To Be Human?

6/19/2022

 
Stay in the Loop with Lucy · Do we know how to be Human?
After the last post on death and dying - I felt there was an important question to ask - do we know how to live?! Let's be honest, there are handbooks for everything and most of them tell us we are have much to learn, so when Cynthia Hickman a psychotherapist wrote a 'Handbook for Being Human' I was intrigued. My interview with Cynthia talks to how we grow up in this world without buying into the fear factor that is fed to us left, right, centre, up and down! 

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The Online Dating Compendium

4/20/2022

 
This blog is a collation of individual interviews - please click the read more below to access them
Online dating has been around for more than 20 years, but has exploded in recent years and potentially become a necessity due to a pesky virus that has way too many living in silos. This has stopped one of the most natural processes from taking place. Coming together and meeting new people. Where has all the dating gone? Now, it seemed, life was more about ticking boxes and working out what you wanted, what you liked and didn't like, and finding someone who fitted that picture. The algorithm would do all the hard work for you!

But it seems it is not quite that simple. Here you will find a series of interviews that share the varied experiences that come from online dating. The online-dating Compendium - Our Compendium of Love.
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Clearly this is but a peek into the world of online dating, there are many diverse experiences missing, however, what has been shared here will sound and feel familiar regardless of perceived differences.


​Enormous thanks to my wonderful interviewees - every one of them so willing to share their experiences of online dating. We experiences from teens to 70s!

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Online dating and exclusivity

2/8/2022

 
Stay in the Loop with Lucy · Online Dating and Navigating Exclusivity
Dating seems to have changed. It is not just about the restrictions and the need for more online interaction, even before that, there was a sense that you shouldn't commit to a relationship too early because we might miss out on something 'better'. That better seems to mean playing the field but always searching for 'the one'. Pictures galore of what we think 'the one' is and all the while there is no true connection being looked for or found.

This is a two part blog on relationships and exclusivity. I am starting with exclusivity because that is what triggered the realisation for me that dating had changed, and my interest to discover in the way we date now. 

What I have discovered is a sense that there is a push-pull between the connection we are looking for and the fear of being alone that makes us accept the destructive games and 'settle' for a crumb of attention rather than the connection we truly know we all want and deserve.

I love how these women share some top tips for setting standards and knowing your self-worth way before you meet someone. 

Meet Hannah, Marika, Shelley and Rosie. 4 slightly different perspectives.

Understanding Your Gamer

7/12/2020

 
Leigh has been there and done that - she has seen herself as highly successful online but been unemployed and on benefits in real life. Her advice is - "When someone who games, talks to someone who doesn't game, you may as well be talking Japanese because if you don't know the lingo, then a lot of miscommunication can happen....You don't have to like gaming, but if you like or love the person who is gaming, then understanding what they are saying does help :-)
Stay in the Loop with Lucy · Gaming With Leigh
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Parenting in Lockdown

5/6/2020

 
We have all these pictures about how to be the perfect parent and they can all come to a rather messy, puss filled head when constrained by lockdown and restrictions in our physical space. Yet how we approach it can have a massive impact on outcomes. What if it is a wonderful opportunity to listen to each other and to honour what each person in the home is feeling? Join me by to three amazing guests Rachel Mascord, Carmin Hall, Vanessa McHardy share their powerful lived experiences.
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What's going on with Ryan?

5/2/2020

 
We can see children as too small to know any better, or we can see them as equals who have much to offer us by reflection. Ryan Adams shares with great tenderness how his behaviour could have been described as 'rambunctious' and perhaps 'difficult' but to him, he was trying to work out who he was and trying to build his own boundaries.

​Now, as a parent himself, he offers some wise reflections for us, not just as parents, but as a community who parent the many children and young adults in our community.
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Evil and hate stick with you, but love sticks with you even more
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Stay in the Loop with Lucy · What's going on with Ryan?

Losing your job without losing yourself

4/26/2020

 
Are you a professional who has lost their job, working from home, concerned about the constant changes in legislation and business advice and found their sense of self spinning like a top? My guests today are three women who offer a very sensitive perspective of finding the new opportunities in amongst the unsettlement of Covid-19 Lockdown. They have an 'I will do whatever it takes' attitude, but that does not mean they did not have to dig deep and remember their foundations and values in order to live that without adding to their stress. 
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The confusion and unease around initial changes to work practices meant these women had to address the stress and reassess how to make decisions. There are also some amazing insights for raising girls in the future - if we can show our girls that you are who you are in your essence and that can't be defined or boxed (by a profession or a title) they are then prepared for everything that comes.
I discovered that I am not defined by what I wear or the job I do
Carmen
I discovered that I will do
​whatever it takes

Anna
The more I kept things simple, the simpler the decisions became
Rachel
Stay in the Loop with Lucy · Losing Your Job Not Yourself

Ease, Unease, Disease, Life Beyond Lockdown

4/25/2020

 
Lockdown can be seen in two ways - our worst nightmare, or an opportunity to re-evaluate, make changes, set new foundations and then take that back out into the world again. Are you ready to consider if the lens through which you have viewed your life to date are the lens that best reflect your true self? Gabrielle Caplice and Annette Baker join Lucy Dahill for another in-depth discussion on ease, unease and disease - life after lockdown.
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Stay in the Loop with Lucy · Ease - Unease - Disease
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