It‘s time for a #pause from posting! I‘ll be back after and may scroll/chat a bit while #resting Here’s why 👉 medium.com/purposeful-w... Do you need a #pause from something? Us humans aren’t meant to be ‘on’ all the time #Rest keeps my #mood up and #health good! 😁 You too? #Flower #MentalHealth

We live in a world wanting us on the treadmill of #capitalism #Busy #studying to get into the #workforce where we’re busy #earning to #spend on more than we need #Rest is resistance against #unhealthysystems #Pausing is one thing I do as #activism Or rather rest-ivism 💜 Have you rested lately?

Another #climate #care date for our diaries is Sept 21st ~ Sun Day Sun Day is coming A new celebration Will you join in? Earth needs us to switch on ☀️ #Poem #ClimateAction #smArtist #Photography #Poetry #NatureLover #Flower #SunFlower #Gardening It’s a dream of mine to have #SolarPanels You too?

Something that’s helped me #feelwell is #writing as well as #learning 👉 theconversation.com/writing-can-... Have you ever wanted to #write and share? This by @medium.com may be for you! Free online Fri Sep 19th Scroll to bottom to see all we can learn 👉 events.zoom.us/ev/Av7REBItl... #Writers

Learning is known to help our #MentalHealth 👉 www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conn... I’ll share a post next about an event I’m looking forward to. I went last year and learned much Maybe it will interest you? Do you enjoy learning too? #Wellness #smArtist #Photography #Butterfly 🦋 See Alt Text

Just say no “I can’t do that” “I’m resting up” Go slower “Take your time” “I’ll wait, be patient” Kindness to us all #SelfCare #Kindness #smArtist #Poetry #Photography #BWFri #Nature #SlowLiving #Flower 🤍🌸🖤 The above #poem includes some of my fave phrases to say and hear Yours too? See Alt Text!

Feeling #Overwhelmed? It’s understandable Saying no to #Busy and living a #Calmer life is something I’ve learned to do to keep my #MentalHealth good Want to do similar? 😁 This online course from @actionhappiness.bsky.social on 17th September may help you? actionforhappiness.org/less-busy-mo...

Most people know #climatechange is a problem and want to help You, too? On 17th September @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social shares her new guide that helps us identify our most effective high-impact #climateactions us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Then we really make a difference! 😁💚 #MakeSHIFThappen

I’ll be sharing a few posts with helpful diary dates about #climate #emotions #mentalhealth and more, then will take one of my #restful #pauses #ClimateChange and our #Wellbeing are so connected: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #Nature #Photography #smArtist #FlyDay #Flower #Bee #Read #Health 💛🐝

Imagining a better world is powerful Creativity is powerful I was reminded of this in this read today. You may appreciate it too GIFT LINK: medium.com/soulfight/im... #Imagine #Peace #Reading #LoveReading #Writing #Art #Creativity #BetterWorld #BeTheChange #Photography #Flower #NaturePhotography

There’s much ‘out there’ that may distress us Take us out of feeling wellness Boundaries help us know our limits #Poem #smArtist #Photography #Flower #MentalHealth It’s okay to say no to #news and what causes us to feel uneasy. And to ask is this okay (or not) with me? ♥️ Then hold our #boundaries

We want peace? We want love? We want kindness? We must be this #Poem #Peace #Love #Kindness #Quote #Photography #smArtist #ArtYear #Nature #Flower #RoseMilkweed #Milkweed #Seeds #NatureLover #Gardening #BeTheChange #Poetry What seeds are we planting? Out in the world? With our words and actions?

When there’s bad #news I can’t control, do you know what I do, I focus on what matters and what’s in my control What TRULY matters to us all, that meets our basic needs, is #healthy soil to grow #food, clean #water and clean #air to breathe This fab new tool can help you find out what you can do 👇

I love Jacob’s good news shares! There IS #GoodNews It often happens quietly. My husband, for example, advocated for positive change at work today. That won’t feature in news. Likewise, if we share a kind moment with a stranger it won’t be reported 💜 What good #news have you been aware of lately?

In the midst of climate change talk I do like to look for glimmers of joy! Thank you, Rose 😁🤩 🌹 #Laughs #Humor #ClimateCare #MentalHealth #Smiles #Joy #Happiness #Silliness is #Awsome

Thanks to a conversation with Mike I’ll add another tree planting donation to my next total! Thank you @miketakespics.bsky.social for the inspiration #Poem #Health #Tree #Planting #Poetry #Climate #Care #ClimateAction #Environment #NatureLovers #Writing #Creativity #Creative #Inspiration #ThankYou

Ever said What can I do about climate change Overwhelming Here’s help We can help There’s a new website that gives us personalised #Climate actions that matter most 👉 jointheshift.earth #Poem #NatureLovers #Photography #Flower #Gardening #MakeSHIFThappen #ClimateChange #Sustainability #Nature 💚

Concerned about climate change, like me and most other people around the world? I wrote this short chatty note and poem especially for you. Gift Link: medium.com/purposeful-w... #Poem #smArtist #Photography #Trees #Nature #NatureLovers #Climate #ClimateChange #Storms #Wildfires #Smoke #Weather 💚

Ease is our goal (not unease or dis-ease) So choosing what’s easy is okay and wise ~ Yes? #Poem #Life #Choose #Ease #Health #RockinTuesday #BlueTue #ColorADay #Photography #SmArtist #ArtYear Have a decision to make? We may have been taught life is hard. It’s okay to choose the easy way tho’ Yes?

“Stories can be seeds of hope” I so agree with this! Have you read any #hopeful #climate stories lately? Are they on the list Gregg shared? #LoveReading #Art #Writing #Painting #Poetry #Video #Photography #Artivism #Equity #Creativity #ClimateChange #Hope P.S. #Artist ‘s have you met Gregg yet? 😁

Ebbing and flowing as nature intended (not ‘on’ all the time) Taking pauses as needed #Poem #smArtist #Photography #MacroMonday #Poetry #Health #ColorADay #PinkMon #Potatoes #Gardening 🌱🍠💗 Those who’ve known me a while know I sometimes post loads, then take a break for a while… Do you do similar?

Well I’ve been on an #AirQuality #ClimateChange #MentalHealth roll as it’s connected journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... Before heading offline to enjoy my #StunDay thought I’d share this✨brilliant✨guide about #Climate #Emotions 👉 www.climatementalhealth.net/_files/ugd/b... #Photography #Flower 💚

Emotions are helpful Can feel rather scary (ironically!) when not taught to feel them all fully #Poem #smArtist #Photography #Stunday #Flower #ArtYear #Emotional #Health Emotions have a #purpose Rather than ignore #emotions it’s helpful to understand them 👉 www.psychologytools.com/self-help/a-...

My #EcoAnxiety can understandably spike in #WildfireSmoke and human caused #ClimateChange #Severe #Weather Do you relate? Climate #worry guides us to take #climate #action Then worry lessens! Want a personal list of #ClimateActions ? 👉 theregenerators.org/create-your-... #WorldCleanAirDay #Photo

#AirPollution and #ClimateChange are known to affect #MentalHealth detrimentally 👉 www.weforum.org/stories/2025... If you’re on #InsightTimer and feel concerned about #climate change this course may be a helpful resource? 👉 insighttimer.com/meditation-c... #WorldCleanAirDay #NatureLover #Eco #Hope

This chatty note and #poem are for if you've been affected by #wildfiresmoke too Especially if it’s worried or concerned you, like me and other folks I know GIFT LINK: medium.com/casual-produ... #WorldCleanAirDay #Poetry #Environmentalism #Tree #Photography #Stunday #smArtist #ArtYear #Nature #Eco

Clean air we need you to live life to breathe deep to know ease take deep breaths Yes clean air we all need #Poem #smArtist #Stunday #Photography #Trees #ArtYear #WorldCleanAirDay #Health Want to know what air quality is like where you are? Search your location here 👉 www.iqair.com/us/mobile-se...

Yes #AirPollution and #ClimateChange are connected Both are mainly caused by #fossilfuels We can: #Walk #cycle take #publictransport Cut down on #meat Avoid woodburning stoves #Reduce and #recycle #trash / #garden waste instead of burning 👉 www.cleanairfund.org/theme/climate/ #WorldCleanAirDay 🩵

Air knows no borders this globe we’re all sharing pollution can travel around Harms caused can be both reduced and prevented Let’s keep our air clean We all need it #Poem #Stunday #Photography #smArtist #ArtYear #NatureLover #Climate #Poetry It’s #WorldCleanAirDay ! 👉 www.iqair.com/us/newsroom/...

Do you enjoy clean air to breathe? Thank trees they gift us this daily #WorldCleanAirDay #smArtist #Photography #Stunday #Nature #NatureLover #Climate #Tree This is one reason I donate to plant #trees for every #poem I #write and publish on #Bluesky and #Medium ✍️ Over 100 trees planted so far 🌳🌲

Did you know it’s #WorldCleanAirDay ? 💨 What can we do? * Choose #publictransport #cycling #walking * No #vehicle engines idling * Use clean energy (not #fossilfuels) for #heat #transport * Plant #trees or #donate to * Open windows to #cool (rather than use AC) #NatureLover #Climate #Photography

We live on a planet we share with each other Let’s care more for our home each other ourselves, too #Poem #smArtist #Photography #Flower Feel alone worrying about climate change? 89% of us worldwide are concerned tho’ www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/22/t... So, this may help 😁👉 soapboxproject.org

Thank you lovely Blueskyers who: - share #uplifting posts - #chat with me even tho’ I pop on and off here - #read #poems I share, like my #photos and #repost, too You make my #life #brighter ! 🤩💫🤍 #ThankYou #PayItForward #Gratitude #Community #Uplift #Smiles #Joy #Inspiration #RisingTideLiftsAll 💜

After Summer the cosy of Fall then restful thro’ Winter then growth days of Spring #Poem #Summer #BlueSkyArtShow #satArtday #Art #Photo is a #watercolour I enjoyed #painting a few years ago when playing with paint after an #ArtTherapy course 🎨 How lucky are we to enjoy the beauty of seasons? ☀️🍂❄️🌱

Change can feel scary can’t it. We may cling to the familiar - even if it was unhealthy - yet beautiful and better new beginnings can happen when we embrace the change that’s constant anyway. May as well steer it in the ways we want it to go, too. Love this from Cultivate Wellbeing ♥️ #Change #New

Summer is ending will cycle back round again and again and again thro’ our lives :) #Poem #Photography #Summer #BlueSkyArtShow #satArtday #smArtist #BloomScrolling #Flower #Sunflower #Cycles #Seasons #Nature Hurray for #natural cycles! #Seeds will fall and create #beautiful new #life next summer 🌻

What a beautiful sentiment scOtt‘s sharing! We can each shine a light in tough times with choices we make ✨🕯️✨ #BeTheChange #Choose #Love #Light #Kindness #Kind #Words #Actions 💛

What attitude is helping you thro’ this time??? The following lines are the first stanza of the poem I linked in my previous post. Rebellious hope is what’s got me thro’ personal tough times in the past. You too? #Poetry #Poem #Hope #Writing #smArtist #Words #ArtYear #LoveReading #MentalHealth ♥️

Overwhelmed? The words linked are for you. To help you #feelbetter Especially if you’re on a #healingjourney are #kind or have worked for years to make our world better: 👉 medium.com/purposeful-w... #Poetry #smArtist #Photography #Flower #Writing #Reading #Words #Poetry #LoveReading #MentalHealth

Ignore all the posturing ‘toys’ on display of men being boys Egotistical Shame that we all know that fear‘s spread to divide Keep being friendly Keep being kind Ignore the renaming to ‘War’ Bluffing happens Live life keep loving ourselves and each other ♥️ #Poem #News #smArtist #Photography #Love 💚

I’ve been posting serious stuff today - in need of something a touch lighthearted now? This may make you smile 😁

Asking for help Resistant Don’t want to #Poem #smArtist #Photography #Flower #MentalHealth #Poetry #FlowerPhotography #Butterfly #Emotions #Emotional #Health #Therapy #Sad #Angry #Anxiety #Fear #Worry #Wellbeing The info below has stood me in good stead on several occasions. Maybe it‘ll help you 💗

Bravely reaching out takes courage it’s worth it #Poem #smArtist #Photography #Flower #Wellbeing 💗 We all have #MentalHealth. If you’re struggling with something in the past - or current events - finding assistance that works for you can make a difference: 👉 www.psychologytoday.com/country-sele...

Some people find Holistic ways work To help them feel calmer and better #Poem #smArtist #Photography #Flower 🌱💚 #Complementary #holistic methods and #therapies have helped me feel #happier and #healthier Do you like safe #natural ways of #feelingwell too? Such as: www.mind.org.uk/information-...

These times are tough, so I’m on a #MentalHealth and #Therapy roll. Support helps in my experience. Another therapy that could #help if you’re #struggling may be #SomaticExperiencing ? I share a calming #somatic method I enjoy within this chatty note and #poem GIFT LINK: medium.com/the-hub-pub/...

Heard of #CognitiveBehaviouralTherapy ? #CBT is another #therapy type I’ve found helpful. The #Psychologist I saw for CBT suggested this #book It can help if we’re feeling #anxious #depressed #angry or more www.mindovermood.com/2nd-edition-... #MentalHealth #Emotions #Anxiety #Depression #Reading

Ever said ’Part of me wants to… and yet another part doesn’t’? #Poem #MentalHealth I said the above to my #therapist recently! This #book explains about ‘parts‘ #InternalFamilySystems is one of several #therapy types I’ve benefited from. Maybe it interests you? 👉 ifs-institute.com/practitioners

Struggling a bit? Might therapy help? Many have stories of hard times in family #Poem #smArtist #Photography #Flower #YellowThu #MentalHealth Family hardship can pass down e.g. Many have relatives who experienced war in some way: www.apa.org/monitor/2019... Plus, this time is tough Help may help?

Educating and empowering girls to be who they want is a #climatechange solution. Surprised something so simple and fair helps? This #hopeful #climate movie is informative about this and other solutions. Made in 2019 yet still relevant. Touches of humour, too! A GREAT watch: youtu.be/vOkvamUdBeI?...

Good to get guidance From me, myself I Tuning in Inwards In writing Quiet Nature #Poem #smArtist #Photography #Nature #Flower #RedWed #Intuition #Guidance ♥️ How and where do you receive your own inner guidance best??? Do you agree it’s worth listening to? 👉 www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/life...