It’s funny, but because of the services we provide linked to managing our mental wellbeing, many people presumed that we, the Impact team, would naturally know what to do to keep ourselves healthy and well this year.
We thought so too but it wasn’t the case at all!
The harsh reality for the team this year has been very different to other people’s expectation of us.
It actually took several months for Jackie (Director & Facilitator) and me to have a very honest discussion early in the summer about how our tried and tested wellbeing practices were simply not doing the job in helping us through a very scary time in our lives.
Why? The answer came after an extremely compassionate and honest talk about the emotions we too were experiencing during the first half of this year and our combined and separate struggles to cope with uncertainty.
The answer surprisingly appeared as a question ‘What would we normally do to keep ourselves well during a Global Pandemic?’ As soon as we realised, we couldn’t answer, we strangely found the answer!
As neither of us had ever been through a pandemic, why did we then think that we would have the ‘right’ wellbeing tools and practices?
It was quite a revelation to reach this ‘eureka’ moment and once we had allowed this knowledge to sink in, we both started to feel differently about how we were managing, how we were feeling and what the possibilities and opportunities might be for us to try something new to help ourselves!
So, if you have been hard on yourself for not doing better than you think you should, ask yourself – when was the last time you went through a Global Pandemic?
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With just a couple of days before the Impact team finish for the year and for a much needed rest over the festive period, we have a few notes and suggestions that we hope you will find useful and informative.
Congratulate Yourself
It hasn’t been an easy year.
We have all struggled at some point with a mix of emotions like fear, uncertainty, sadness, anxiety and frustration, to name but a few. Emotions born out of a situation that we have had no control over.
For 10 months we have done the best we can with the strengths and knowledge we have to help ourselves and our friends and family, manage heightened emotions and get through these frightening and unprecedented times.
So, as we move into this festive and hopefully restful period, a time of sharing love, happiness, joy and peace, let us take some time to consciously congratulate ourselves for getting through a journey we have been forced to travel this year.
Congratulating ourselves may take more than a simple self-pat on the shoulder and a flippant ‘well done you’ to feel a sense of achievement and peace.
Here are a few suggestions to help you and your loved ones move into this festive period as 2020 comes to an end and we reflect on the challenges we have overcome.
Write It Down
Take a moment to consider some of the specific challenges you have encountered this year as a result of Covid-19. Choose two or three that you feel affected you the most from your list and note them down, then consider in what ways did you help yourself manage those times/events/situations?
Jot down whatever comes to mind, it doesn’t matter if its one word, a sentence or a long paragraph. The important point here is to recognise how you helped yourself.
Share & Declare
Carefully choose from friends, colleagues and family – or a mixture of all! Agree to talk about the difficult times you have all been through but without being negative – it’s a challenge – try not to compare your experiences with others, we all experience situations differently.
You might want to discuss who of you have turned to social media in the past to share your challenges? The purpose of this activity is to recognise those moments when you want to be negative and to ‘flip’ the negativity with how you overcome the difficulty. This really helps us to self-congratulate ourselves!
Creative Self-Care
If writing or talking about the challenges of 2020 is difficult or uncomfortable for you, why not get creative?
Creativity has no rules, so do what feels good for you! Get creative to demonstrate how you feel about getting through the year.
Paint, draw, colour, knit, cook, sculpt, whatever works for you will work to serve as your thank you for making it through the year. Don’t forget to sign it from you, to you 😊
We’ll be starting 2021 well rested, renewed and with the expected Impact drive and energy to continue delivering our online mental wellbeing programmes.
If you or someone you know would like to join us on our first YOU Programme starting on Tuesday January 12th, please get in touch to secure your place as soon as possible
Our first YOUR Recovery Pathways of 2021 begins on Tuesday 9th February. We recommend, if possible, attending the YOU programme before attending our longer programme.
Other YOU & YOUR Programme details will be online soon for the remainder of 2021.
However, if you would like to know more about attending either programme, please do get in touch as this can help to secure your place!
If you are a professional and would like to know more about our programmes, we offer a service called Impact In Action, which provides professionals the opportunity to visit Impact in action and chat to our learners, online or in the classroom about the benefits of attending our courses.
If you would like to register and enrol, follow the links below.
Starts June 25th
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The Unlock Menopause Course has been designed by people who have been through, are going through, or have just begun their unique journey with Menopause. Our aim is to support, inform and educate those who want to have a better understanding of what is happening to their bodies and minds, whilst learning what can be done to ease some of the more common symptoms associated with Menopause.
Day 1 – Tuesday 25th June, 2024
Day 2 – Thursday 27th June, 2024
Day 3 – Tuesday 2nd July, 2024
Day 4 – Thursday 4th July, 2024
Day 5 – Tuesday 9th July, 2024
Day 6 – Thursday 11th July, 2024
Time for each session 9:30am - 2:30pm
The information packed Mind Time Course is designed to educate, support and empower people to immediately start to work on understanding & improving their mental wellbeing, and is delivered over two evenings.
This is a fantastic course on its own for time-strapped people looking to make instant change to their wellbeing, or as a taster course before joining us on one of our longer day time courses. This course offers a free One-to-One session after course completion
Dates Tuesday 21st May, 2024 Wednesday 22nd May, 2024
Times for each session 6.30 to 9.30pm
The YOU Programme can be an important first step to feeling better, improving your mental health and wellbeing and getting your life back on track through supporting education, peer empowerment and learning how to manage uncomfortable thoughts, emotions and behaviours.
Day 1 – Tuesday 7th May, 2024
Day 2 – Thursday 9th May, 2024
Day 3 – Tuesday 14th May, 2024
Day 4 – Thursday 16th May, 2024
Time for each session 9:30am - 2:30pm
Delivered live online using Zoom and with lots of breaks.
An inspiring, empowering and educational wellbeing course, helping you to understand and learn what you can do to help yourself manage your mind, your emotions and build total wellbeing resilience for the future.
If you feel you need to make some important changes to have the kind of life you really want, this course is for you.
Delivered each Wednesday & Thursday for 8 sessions on the following days:
Day 1 Wednesday 19th June, 2024
Day 2 Thursday 20th June, 2024
Day 3 Wednesday 26th June, 2024
Day 4 Thursday 27th June, 2024
Day 5 Wednesday 3rd July, 2024
Day 6 Thursday 4th July, 2024
Day 7 Wednesday 10th July. 2024
Day 8 Thursday 11th July, 2024
Time for each session
9:30am - 2:30pm with plenty of breaks!
The information packed Mind Time Course is designed to educate, support and empower people to immediately start to work on understanding & improving their mental wellbeing, and is delivered over two evenings.
This is a fantastic course on its own for time-strapped people looking to make instant change to their wellbeing, or as a taster course before joining us on one of our longer day time courses. This course offers a free One-to-One session after course completion
Dates Tuesday 16th April, 2024 Wednesday 17th April, 2024
Times for each session 6.30 to 9.30pm
The YOU Programme can be an important first step to feeling better, improving your mental health and wellbeing and getting your life back on track through supporting education and peer empowerment.
Day 1 – Tuesday 12th March, 2024
Day 2 – Thursday 14th March, 2024
Day 3 – Tuesday 19th March, 2024
Day 4 – Thursday 21st March, 2024
Time for each session 9:30am - 2:30pm
The information packed Mind Time Course is designed to educate, support and empower people to immediately start to work on understanding & improving their mental wellbeing, and is delivered over two evenings.
This is a fantastic course on its own for time-strapped people looking to make instant change to their wellbeing, or as a taster course before joining us on one of our longer day time courses. This course offers a free One-to-One session after course completion
Dates Tuesday 26th March, 2024 Wednesday 27th March, 2024
Times for each session 6.30 to 9.30pm
The Unlock Menopause Course has been designed by people who have been through, are going through, or have just begun their unique journey with Menopause. Our aim is to support, inform and educate those who want to have a better understanding of what is happening to their bodies and minds, whilst learning what can be done to ease some of the more common symptoms associated with Menopause.
Day 1 – Tuesday 9th April, 2024
Day 2 – Thursday 11th April, 2024
Day 3 – Tuesday 16th April, 2024
Day 4 – Thursday 18th April, 2024
Day 5 – Tuesday 23rd April, 2024
Day 6 – Thursday 25th April, 2024
Time for each session 9:30am - 2:30pm
The information packed Mind Time Course is designed to educate, support and empower people to immediately start to work on understanding & improving their mental wellbeing, and is delivered over two evenings.
This is a fantastic course on its own for time-strapped people looking to make instant change to their wellbeing, or as a taster course before joining us on one of our longer day time courses.
Dates Tuesday 27th February, 2024 Wednesday 28th February, 2024
Times for each session 6.30 to 9.30pm
An inspiring, empowering and educational wellbeing course, helping you to understand and learn what you can do to help yourself manage your mind, your emotions and build total wellbeing resilience for the future.
If you feel you need to make some important changes to have the kind of life you really want, this course is for you.
Delivered each Wednesday & Thursday for 8 sessions on the following days:
Day 1 Wednesday 28th Feb, 2024
Day 2 Thursday 29th Feb, 2024
Day 3 Wednesday 6th March, 2024
Day 4 Thursday 7th March, 2024
Day 5 Wednesday 13th March, 2024
Day 6 Thursday 14th March, 2024
Day 7 Wednesday 20th March. 2024
Day 8 Thursday 21st March, 2024
Time for each session
9:30am - 2:30pm with plenty of breaks!
The YOU Programme can be an important first step to feeling better, improving your mental health and wellbeing and getting your life back on track through supporting education and peer empowerment.
Day 1 – Tuesday 13th Feb, 2024
Day 2 – Thursday 15th Feb, 2024
Day 3 – Tuesday 20th Feb, 2024
Day 4 – Thursday 22nd Feb, 2024
Time for each session 9:30am - 2:30pm
The information packed Mind Time Course is designed to educate, support and empower people to immediately start to work on understanding & improving their mental wellbeing, and is delivered over two evenings.
This is a fantastic course on its own for time-strapped people looking to make instant change to their wellbeing, or as a taster course before joining us on one of our longer day time courses.
Dates Tuesday 30th January, 2024 Wednesday 31st January, 2024
Times for each session 6.30 to 9.30pm
An inspiring, empowering and educational wellbeing course, helping you to understand and learn what you can do to help yourself manage your mind, your emotions and build total wellbeing resilience for the future.
If you feel you need to make some important changes to have the kind of life you really want, this course is for you.
Delivered each Wednesday & Thursday for 8 sessions on the following days:
Day 1 Wednesday 10th Jan, 2023
Day 2 Thursday 11th Jan, 2023
Day 3 Wednesday 17th Jan, 2023
Day 4 Thursday 18th Jan, 2023
Day 5 Wednesday 24th Jan, 2023
Day 6 Thursday 25th Jan, 2023
Day 7 Wednesday 31st Jan. 2023
Day 8 Thursday 1st Feb, 2023
Time for each session
9:30am - 2:30pm with plenty of breaks!
The Unlock Menopause Course has been designed by people who have been through, are going through, or have just begun their unique journey with Menopause. Our aim is to support, inform and educate those who want to have a better understanding of what is happening to their bodies and minds, whilst learning what can be done to ease some of the more common symptoms associated with Menopause.
Day 1 – Tuesday 23rd Jan, 2024
Day 2 – Thursday 25th Jan, 2024
Day 3 – Tuesday 30th Jan, 2024
Day 4 – Thursday 1st Feb, 2024
Day 5 – Tuesday 6th Feb, 2024
Day 6 – Thursday 8th feb, 2024
Time for each session 9:30am - 2:30pm
The information packed Mind Time Course is designed to educate, support and empower people to immediately start to work on understanding & improving their mental wellbeing, and is delivered over two evenings.
This is a fantastic course on its own for time-strapped people looking to make instant change to their wellbeing, or as a taster course before joining us on one of our longer day time courses.
Dates Tuesday 19th December, 2023 Wednesday 20th December, 2023
Times for each session 6.30 to 9.30pm
The information packed Mind Time Course is designed to educate, support and empower people to immediately start to work on understanding & improving their mental wellbeing, and is delivered over two evenings.
This is a fantastic course on its own for time-strapped people looking to make instant change to their wellbeing, or as a taster course before joining us on one of our longer day time courses.
Dates Tuesday 28th November, 2023 Wednesday 29th November, 2023
Times for each session 6.30 to 9.30pm
The YOU Programme can be an important first step to feeling better, improving your mental health and wellbeing and getting your life back on track through supporting education and peer empowerment.
Day 1 – Tuesday 5th Dec, 2023
Day 2 – Thursday 7th Dec, 2023
Day 3 – Tuesday 12th Dec, 2023
Day 4 – Thursday 14th Dec, 2023
Time for each session 9:30am - 2:30pm
The information packed Mind Time Course is designed to educate, support and empower people to immediately start to work on understanding & improving their mental wellbeing, and is delivered over two evenings.
This is a fantastic course on its own for time-strapped people looking to make instant change to their wellbeing, or as a taster course before joining us on one of our longer day time courses.
Dates Tuesday 7th November, 2023 Wednesday 8th November, 2023
Times for each session 6.30 to 9.30pm
The words “mental health recovery” can mean different things to different people. What we mean by recovery is to use the strengths we have to get better or better manage how we feel.
If you feel you need to make some important changes to have the kind of life you really want, this course is for you.
Delivered each Wednesday & Thursday for 8 sessions, starting on Wednesday 13th September
Day 1 Wednesday 1st Nov, 2023
Day 2 Thursday 2nd Nov, 2023
Day 3 Wednesday 8th Nov, 2023
Day 4 Thursday 9th Nov, 2023
Day 5 Wednesday 15th Nov, 2023
Day 6 Thursday 16th Nov, 2023
Day 7 Wednesday 22nd Nov. 2023
Day 8 Thursday 23rd Nov, 2023
The Unlock Menopause Course has been designed by people who have been through, are going through, or have just begun their unique journey with Menopause. Our aim is to support, inform and educate those who want to have a better understanding of what is happening to their bodies and minds, whilst learning what can be done to ease some of the more common symptoms associated with Menopause.
Day 1 – Tuesday 7th Nov, 2023
Day 2 – Thursday 9th Nov, 2023
Day 3 – Tuesday 14th Nov, 2023
Day 4 – Thursday 16th Nov, 2023
Day 5 – Tuesday 21st Nov, 2023
Day 6 – Thursday 23rd Nov, 2023
Time for each session 9:30am - 2:30pm
It’s always lovely to get feedback from learners on completing one of our programmes, specially when it has such positive outcomes.
Here’s one that has really made everyone one on the team smile. 😊
Dear Deanne and Jackie,
A short note to share good news and to thank you both for the support during the courses.
The news is, I landed a job overseas, and I am travelling this weekend to take charge.
And I want to thank you both for the learnings and insights from the course, without which it would not have been possible for me to stay focussed and drive forward to what I wanted to achieve. Thank you both very much for your support, understanding and patience throughout. And thanks a ton for the lessons and tools I am equipped with. Btw, the book is travelling with me to the new job 😃
Please extend my sincere thanks to Harry and Elaine as well. Our course group is meeting every Wednesday on Zoom to continue to support each other, yesterday was the second meet up.
With lots of love and many thanks once again
A Recent Impact Learner
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World Mental Health Day 2020 – Where Has The Year Gone!
You don’t need to answer that by the way… :-)
Since our amazing celebration for WMHD in October last year, so much has happened to us, to you, our communities and to the world.
Across the planet we have shared in our disbelief of the lives taken because of this pandemic, of the chaos and trauma it has caused and of our mutual fear of a very uncertain future.
Closer to home, we continue to worry for the safety and health of our friends, NHS staff, colleagues and loved ones; our jobs, our children’s education, our parents, grandparents lives and our dreams…
With unprecedented levels of worry, stress, anxiety and fear, the team at Impact has worked harder than ever this year to adapt our courses to live, online delivery, funded by Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough Councils.
And we fully intend to celebrate World Mental Health Day this year with as many people as possible!
So, as we tentatively move into autumn and winter with changeable government guidance and often distressing daily news, how do we ready ourselves for the shorter days and our beautiful but inclement weather?
Where do we start to piece together the familiar fabric of our lives?
Our online celebration of World Mental Health Day is open to anyone who has attended one of our courses, anyone who is thinking of attending and mental health professionals or referrers who want to meet the Impact team and to find out more about our courses, please feel free to join us on Zoom on Friday October 9th, 2020.
World Mental Health Day with Words & Cake!
Impact will be celebrating WMHD on Friday 9th October, 200, live on Zoom from 11 am to 2 pm.
This year we will be celebrating with the power of supporting words, written and given by those who have struggled with their wellbeing, still struggle and those doing their best to get through tough times.
Those who have faced fears, dedicated to help themselves and who are now journeying with us to learn all they can about how to stay well.
Our courageous and lovely Impact learners!
Words of support are being collected and compiled to create a web-Page of Love, Support & Encouragement for anyone struggling with their mental wellbeing.
This page will be accessible to everyone, wherever they might be and to help with whatever they are going through.
Give Us Your Words!!
If you would like to share your words of love, support or encouragement, we would love to have them.
One word, two words or a sentence, whatever works for you, say it from the heart.
Let us know what it is you would have liked to have heard when you were struggling.
Words Without Names
Send your words here. Your name will not be posted with your words.
The Cake – Where would World Mental Health Day be without cake!
Bake A Cake For WMHD
Start planning your homemade, shop bought, home delivery – whatever you decide – WMHD cake.
Let’s get together on the 9th and talk support with cake and friends.
Let’s spend two hours giving words of love, support and encouragement to those in need.
Let’s share some time, some fun, some wisdom, and remind ourselves of the joy of being with people, appreciating our journeys and freely giving hope to those who may be ready to take the first step on their journey.
There will also be bite size learning sessions as reminders for our previous learners and to support others in learning how to stay well, particularly in these trying times.
We’ll be awarding “Best Cake”, “Funniest Cake” and other awards on the day
What’s happening on the day?
11.00 – Welcome
11.30 – Introduction
11.45 – Breakout session 1 – All about the YOU Programme – Find out more about the course
12.15 – Why Words for World Mental Health Day?
12.45 – Breakout session 2 – All about YOUR Recovery Pathways
13.00 – Practice for YOU & YOUR time
13 .30 – Show us your Cake!
13.50 – Round up of the day
2.00 End
Register here for World Mental Health Day
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Hello! It’s been eight weeks of heads down to turn our work around, and I am excited to update you all on how far we have come in a considerably small amount of time.
When Lockdown measures were put in place on 23rd March, the team were in the middle of two YOU Programmes at opposite ends of the county and with unusually large groups, averaging 14 per programme.
Our single priority was to ensure we could complete the programmes for every learner who could meet with us online in the coming weeks. The result? Success!
The team have been relentless in its drive to convert our programme content, resources and delivery methods to meet the new and exciting challenges of teaching online. Moreover, our focus has also been spent on ensuring our learners are able to easily access the new learning platform and to effortlessly save, print, view or read the materials linked to their programmes while following our facilitators via an interactive live video platform.
Has it been easy? It’s been as easy as learning Mandarin! Such is the complicated language of digital I.T. However, we have had the unlimited support, skill and expertise of Rubber Duck Digital, who has gone above and beyond to ready Impact. The Rubber Duck Digital team has quite simply been a game changer for our team to be able to adapt quickly and continue to meet the requirements and support of all those who need our help.
Impact Goodie Bags
So, what’s next? Having successfully wrapped up two YOU Programmes, the team is now mid way through our Strengths Based Recovery programme; YOUR Recovery Pathways.
This longer and more intense programme which started on April 29th began with ‘Impact Goodies’ for all of the learners! The ‘goodies’ involved the Pathways to Recovery Manual, an assortment of writing implements, post it notes, highlighters and other stationary items, which we know are much used and appreciated on our face to face programmes.
We wanted to give our current learners, who signed up to the online YOUR Recovery Pathways, every opportunity to enjoy, engage, learn and have fun just as they would in their communities with the Impact team. To ensure that happened, we are delivered Impact Goody Bags before the programme started!
Our next online courses are now available:
Starts Sept 7th
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Impact’s 9 week, mental health recovery programme – YOUR Recovery Pathways.
The words “mental health recovery” can mean different things to different people. What we mean by recovery is to use the strengths we have to get better or better manage how we feel.
If you feel you need to make some important changes to have the kind of life you really want, this course is for you.
The Unlock Menopause Course has been designed by people who have been through, are going through, or have just begun their unique journey with Menopause. Our aim is to support, inform and educate those who want to have a better understanding of what is happening to their bodies and minds, whilst learning what can be done to ease some of the more common symptoms associated with Menopause.
The YOU Programme can be an important first step to feeling better, improving your mental health and wellbeing and getting your life back on track through supporting education and peer empowerment.
The YOU Programme can be an important first step to feeling better, improving your mental health and wellbeing and getting your life back on track through supporting education and peer empowerment.
Impact’s 9 week, mental health recovery programme – YOUR Recovery Pathways.
The words “mental health recovery” can mean different things to different people. What we mean by recovery is to use the strengths we have to get better or better manage how we feel.
If you feel you need to make some important changes to have the kind of life you really want, this course is for you.
The YOU Programme can be an important first step to feeling better, improving your mental health and wellbeing and getting your life back on track through supporting education and peer empowerment.
The Unlock Menopause Course has been designed by people who have been through, are going through, or have just begun their unique journey with Menopause. Our aim is to support, inform and educate those who want to have a better understanding of what is happening to their bodies and minds, whilst learning what can be done to ease some of the more common symptoms associated with Menopause.
The YOU Programme can be an important first step to feeling better, improving your mental health and wellbeing and getting your life back on track through supporting education and peer empowerment.
Day 1 – Tuesday 17th Jan, 2023
Day 2 – Thursday 19th Jan, 2023
Day 3 – Tuesday 24th Jan, 2023
Day 4 – Thursday 26th Jan, 2023
Time for each session 9:30am – 2:30pm
Impact’s 9 week, mental health recovery programme – YOUR Recovery Pathways.
The words “mental health recovery” can mean different things to different people. What we mean by recovery is to use the strengths we have to get better or better manage how we feel.
If you feel you need to make some important changes to have the kind of life you really want, this course is for you.
Delivered each Wednesday & Thursday for 18 sessions, starting on Wednesday 22nd February
Time for each session 9:30pm – 2:30pm
The Unlock Menopause Course has been designed by people who have been through, are going through, or have just begun their unique journey with Menopause. Our aim is to support, inform and educate those who want to have a better understanding of what is happening to their bodies and minds, whilst learning what can be done to ease some of the more common symptoms associated with Menopause.
Day 1 – Tuesday 28th February, 2023
Day 2 – Thursday 2nd March, 2023
Day 3 – Tuesday 7th March, 2023
Day 4 – Thursday 9th March, 2023
Day 5 – Tuesday 14th March, 2023
Day 6 – Thursday 16th March, 2023
Time for each session 9:30am – 2:30pm
The YOU Programme can be an important first step to feeling better, improving your mental health and wellbeing and getting your life back on track through supporting education and peer empowerment.
Day 1 – Tuesday 7th Feb, 2023
Day 2 – Thursday 9th Feb, 2023
Day 3 – Tuesday 14th Feb, 2023
Day 4 – Thursday 16th Feb, 2023
Time for each session 9:30am – 2:30pm
The YOU Programme can be an important first step to feeling better, improving your mental health and wellbeing and getting your life back on track through supporting education and peer empowerment.
Day 1 – Tuesday 18th Apr, 2023
Day 2 – Thursday 20th Apr, 2023
Day 3 – Tuesday 25th Apr, 2023
Day 4 – Thursday 27th Apr, 2023
Time for each session 9:30am – 2:30pm
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A beautiful reading journey to help you discover the magic of the present moment. An important book to help us all stay grounded and get back in touch with our lives.
“I’ve read this book so many times and each time I am struck by the powerful simplicity of how to just be me, now…”
Déanne Clark Impact CEO
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Impact are putting together Relaxation and Meditation videos and audio to help anyone struggling with the change in our lives and the uncertainty of our future.
Here’s our first one and don’t forget to follow us on Youtube for more.
We hope you enjoy the relaxation, and remember, the only important moment for you is now…
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“How do I cope with this change and manage my feelings?”
This is an all too common question the team and I are asked, especially over the last eight weeks.
So much so, that the Jackie and I started to list some of the more common and familiar symptoms and feelings expressed by our learners, friends and family, directly relating to the impact of Covid-19 and the emotions caused as a result of the UK’s lockdown.
Here’s what we did:
We asked 80 people, a mix of learners, friends and family, to list positive and negative emotions felt as a result of the pandemic and consequently the lockdown.
Of those 80 people, 64 replied with an age range of 22 to 76 and with a staggering 92% female response.
Here’s what we found:
The most common Negative emotion felt from our study was Anxiety.
People described their anxiety in similar ways; anxious about the future, about work or money and health for their family.
A close second felt by more than 50% was the emotion Fear, which we know can cause anxiety and other negative emotions and behaviours.
Other emotions listed in our study looked like this:
Unease
Helplessness
Worry
Lethargy
Concern
Nostalgic
Bored
Overwhelmed
Emotional
Claustrophobic
Frustration
Isolated
Lonely
Failure
Nothing
Uninspired
Lazy
Panic
Numbness
Insomnia
Agoraphobic
Challenging
Sadness
Nervous
Gloomy
Scared
Disappointment
Lost
Grief
Cheated
Disturbed
Troubled
Exhaustion
Caged
Disbelief
The most common Positive emotion we came across was Peace and despite all of the negative emotions listed above, more than 90% of our research showed that people felt at peace or a sense of peace as a direct result of the lockdown.
The second positive emotion was Calm. People described the feelings of calm that came from a place of rest by being at home and with loved ones, or from having expectations lifted from them because of the lockdown.
Some of the other positive emotions we found:
Relief
Compassion
Hope
Understanding
Focus
Contentment
Love
Nurturing
Zen
From a very brief and small piece of research, Impact have been able to report that whilst the more common and expected emotions of anxiety and fear are present and very real in our study, we did not anticipate the overwhelming positive emotional responses describing peace and calm born out of a global pandemic.
In no way does this short study reflect a larger picture of the nation. However, we are encouraged and happily surprised by the unexpected positive emotions many people are feeling.
Impact hope to widen this study as we slowly move out of lockdown and further investigate if ‘we’ can hold on to peace and calm now and in the future.
If you would like to anonymously take part in any further studies relating to Unlocking Emotional Lockdown, why not get in touch.
In October of this year, Impact had planned to celebrate a total of 10 years’ operating and delivering support services and wellbeing courses in Central Bedfordshire and Bedford as a Charity from 2010 for five years and as a Community Interest Company since 2015.
Regrettably, our celebration will now be postponed but with good reason! We want to ensure that when we throw a party to mark the survival of Impact through a recession, funding cuts and a global pandemic that we can open up the doors of the Grove Theatre and welcome all of you!
That said, we will most certainly be in touch this year with a revised date once we are sure that the Impact celebration can and will go ahead in true Impact style.
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Please note there will be no Feel Good Friday session this week due to circumstances beyond our control.
We'll be back again next month.
Have a good weekend.
Please note there will be no Feel Good Friday session today.
We'll be back again next month.
Have a good weekend.
The next Unlock Menopause Course starts this Tuesday, 23rd January.
There are only a few spaces available, so if you would like to find out more, follow the link below.
The next Unlock Menopause Course starts this Tuesday, 23rd January.
There are only a few spaces available, so if you would like to find out more, follow the link below.
