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Wendy Bryant

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Retired occupational therapist. Living with ANCA vasculitis restdodays.blog/2024/11/06/from-und… Author of Rest-Do Days www.book2look.com/book/49aOEkIS5o

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Peter Beresford @peterberesford.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Suman Fernando RIP a giant figure in terms of psychiatry, anti racism and equality and gentle and kind with it. he will be greatly missed we are much in his debt www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Suman Fernando obituary
Other lives: Psychiatrist with a particular interest in challenging institutional racism in mental health provision
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Ever since I learned wood anemones spread just 6 feet in 100 years, I’ve been more impressed by the starry carpet in my local woods. It’s low impact, but long lasting 🤔
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
☺️ I’m looking forward to this great opportunity to talk with Emma about my book. I wrote Rest-Do days about living with fatigue and how to get things done. Hope you can listen in at around 6pm.
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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 29/03/2025
A group of women in Lancashire are joining in a nationwide hunger strike for the weekend to protest food poverty #foodpoverty #childpoverty #hungerstrike #PrestonMarket northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hu... #JosephRowntreeFoundation #Mothersmanifesto
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Hunger strike over child poverty
A group of women in Lancashire are joining in a nationwide hunger strike for the weekend to protest food poverty
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Last Friday I finished reading Property @rowanmoore.bsky.social It has changed how I think about my home, houses around me, village church, local shop, struggles of my family & so many others, and how I read the news. Possession, when compared with property, informs alienation & belonging.
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Had wonderful stroll with friend today, discussing seasonal nature of resting & doing. Some days it’s impossible to resist overdoing it, important when it’s in a lovely place like a wood in spring.
Wood anemone (white star shaped flower) in front of rotten woodWild daffodil and trees on a sunny day
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Who is this man? And why did my dad make this portrait? Who do we choose to pay attention to? Every time I come here I unfollow some more people, slowly I’ll get space to find posts that add something to my day.
Pastel portrait by amateur artist of a round faced man with cropped dark hair, receding hairline, large black eyes, tanned skin, small chin, serious expression, wearing white shirt & dark jacket
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Back at the hospital this week. X-ray dept had a makeover, felt hallucinogenic, too distracting to rest. Fortunately not there long.
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RIDGE @1av8ter.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Rest-do days never stop 😁 I’m recording an interview about my book today. Looking forward to talking with Maria McCann for WLR FM radio. It’s always interesting to answer questions about rest-do days.
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Peter Beresford @peterberesford.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
challenging our excluding politics, read this and please share www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/02/17/t...
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The politics of division: Why we blame the wrong people - Transforming Society
Peter Beresford explores how neoliberal politics fuel division by scapegoating marginalised groups while benefiting the wealthy, urging a new inclusive approach to social justice.
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Today is a hospital day for me. I wonder how long I’d survive without the NHS. No private provider will touch me even for the most minor procedure because I’m too risky. US style anything sounds scary. Surely Reform must be losing its appeal? eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/rad...
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Radical change in the East: understanding the Reformers
The East of England is a Reform UK stronghold, with three of their five MPs. Perhaps we should know who they are, and what they are doing
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Hannah Page, a baker from the US makes art with bread #WomensArt #Sunday 🧡
Photo featuring three rectangular loafs of bread decorated with slices of vegatables such as red onion and peppers to create images of plants with flowers
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Hoping to get back to doing interviews about my book next week after a few weeks’ absence. I enjoyed answering questions & having missing the opportunity. Feel free to post yours here, to help me warm up😁🤔
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Read the whole thread. Most of my research would be airbrushed out of all funding and publication in USA right now. NB good luck doing epidemiology research without the word 'bias'. #academicsky #episky
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I can breathe quite well now after chest infection but am in that state of fatigue where it’s very difficult to initiate anything. Another rest-do day tomorrow, following my habits to save energy.
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Slowly shifting from sick days back to rest-do days. I helped a lovely friend to change my bedsheets yesterday. Novels are my best escape from miseries of being acutely unwell.
Cover of book Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Professor Louise Allan is seeking a Research Fellow in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy at University of Exeter for a programme of research to design an adapted rehabilitation intervention for people with Lewy body dementia. Closing: 26 Feb www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
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Research Fellow: Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
Research Fellow in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy at University of Exeter for a programme of research to design an adapted rehabilitation intervention for people with Lewy body dementia.
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Saw my GP & spoke with my respiratory consultant. It’s so helpful to hear how they understand why I can’t breathe v well. Both offered feasible suggestions & reassurance. Feeling like I’ve turned a corner towards better times today.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Subscribe to Private Eye by Tuesday lunchtime to get next week’s issue delivered directly to your door.  ➡️Subscriptions subsonline.co.uk
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Been a tough wheezy snotty bloodstreaked week so I assume my vasculitis is flaring alongside respiratory infection. It’s been good to receive lovely photos from friends, among many other gestures of support.
Purple crocus flower
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
If governments and organisations attended to indoor air quality, we’d be less reliant on masks to prevent transmission of respiratory infections.
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Matthew Cordell @cordellmatthew.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Hello! So sick of the guy(s) behind the other big socials, I'm here to try this out. Here's an owl drawing to kick things off.
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Will today be a rest-do or sick day? For me a rest-do is guided by my intentions, a sick day by my immediate needs. Still v unwell so probably a sick day. restdodays.blog/2024/11/06/f...
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From under the duvet
My book about Rest-Do Days is now available to order (see below for link). It has been such a busy time over recent months. Here’s a blog I drafted nearly a year ago and forgot to publish. I&…
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Elizabeth Casson Trust @elizabethcasson.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
We offer funding for Post-Reg Masters. Check out our website for open applications. elizabethcasson.org.uk/funding/post...
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Post-registration masters - Elizabeth Casson Trust
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
In my rest-do days book, I suggest that sick days are when I potter about, doing essentials like going to toilet, taking meds & eating/drinking. Today is a sick day as the same cold that my 84 yr old mum shook off in 5 days is getting the better of me. www.book2look.com/book/49aOEkI...
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Rest-Do Days : Wendy Bryant
A practical guide to finding a balance between resting and doing so that readers can recharge their energy levels and also do the things that are important to them.
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Had a rest from reading demanding books to lose myself in Kensuke’s Kingdom, warm & moving. Rest-do days take many forms www.michaelmorpurgo.com/products/ken...
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Kensuke's Kingdom - Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo’s children’s classic is now a major movie animation that The Sunday Times calls ‘bold, charming and beautiful’ starring Cillian Murphy, Sally Hawkins and Ken Watanabe. With screen pla...
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Davey Jones @daveyjones.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Cartoon from 2004, done mostly to give the office thesaurus an airing. Hearing later that he'd had a rough time, I was slightly worried that accusing him of owning a cattery which was merely a hollow facade might have been a bit unkind, but it turned out that he liked it, so I sent him the artwork.
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Dee Christie OBE FRCOT Hon.Dlitt @connected2deeot.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Don’t miss the deadline for this conference 👇🏻👇🏻
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Have really enjoyed listening to BBC Radio 3 InTune this week with @saramohrpietsch.bsky.social @bbcradio3.bsky.social
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
No, SARS-CoV-2 isn’t a little bit airborne. It’s not “situationally” airborne. It’s an AIRBORNE VIRUS, spreads via the air. I’m granting an amnesty on people who said (5y ago) that it wasn’t. I won’t say I told you so if you finally acknowledge the evidence. Let’s just get this right and move on.
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
The 8th Biennial Occupational Science Europe Conference is at the University of Essex in August 2025, and our call for abstracts closes midnight on 3rd Feb. Please do consider submitting your work. Full conference details and abstract guidance here: www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Off to get a drive thru blood test (yes I do stick my arm out of the window). It means waiting a while in the car, so I’m packing some things to do: crochet, current novel, hot drink. Rest-do days often mean planning ahead so I’ve got something to do that’s restful.
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I knitted a coat for my grandog Apparently he was more impressed than he looks.
Cream dachshund in green knitted cable coat, rolling his eyes
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UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
And today we also had the sad task of updating the number of covid dead in the UK. ❤️
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 09/01/2025
'How's that on a scale of medieval misogyny?' Ian Hislop tells Andrew Marr that Elon Musk is 'riddled with contradictions'.
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Julie Patchouly @juliepatchouly.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Thank you Captain Vimes!
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
How is it possible to visit an exhibition & not crash with fatigue afterwards? Travel with good friend, rest & eat then don’t look at every painting. Come home after that. Rest-do days can happen anywhere 😁👍
Van Gogh oil portrait of older woman in exhibition with three people looking at it
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
My approach to storing hearing aid batteries changed because of one of David Lodge’s novels - v funny & much loved www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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David Lodge: Author of Nice Work and Small World dies aged 89
Lodge was twice nominated for the Booker Prize in the 1980s for comic novels Small World and Nice Work.
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Peter Beresford @peterberesford.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A new commission on social care, but not reporting till 2028 then check this out FREE The Future of Social Care From Problem to Rights-Based Sustainable Solution www.elgaronline.com/monobook-oa/...
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
In these strange days between Christmas and New Year, how are you resting? restdodays.blog/2024/12/28/r...
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Rest days, do days or rest-do days?
I’ve been explaining my rest-do days a lot over the last few weeks, since my book was published. I’ve said that they are days when I deliberately switch between resting and doing, varyi…
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Called in to the local brewery to pick up refreshment for the family. We will pause & remember Dad, who loved his beer before Alzheimer’s took too much away. What is such a pause a rest from? What will we be resting?
Kegs of beer stacked up in a warehouse. Courtyard behind. Wonderful smell of beer.
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
PIP review time. Difference with prof registration audits: relentless focus on every detail of the miseries of chronic illhealth, v short deadline, assembling multiple paper copies of supporting docs & nagging concerns about outcome. Merry Christmas.
Blood test results chart for immunoglobulins showing IgG at low end of normal and IgG persistently abnormally low.
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Peter Beresford @peterberesford.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
are you interested in challenging neoliberalism and achieving more involvement - and how the one can bring about the other check out policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-antidote
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The Antidote
The Antidote - How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice; The Antidote explores what we can learn from the equalisation of personal roles and relationships to make possible ...
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Finding it difficult to rest while out at the moment: too many people around. I’m fed up with eating daft food at stupid times. Have to remind myself this is a brief seasonal aberration.
Flat marshy estuary scene at low tide in bright winter sunshine
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I’m looking forward to being followed here by people I might have actually met at one time or another in real life. Or is that not the point? 🤔
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Wendy Bryant @drwmb.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Yesterday’s Christmas impulse buy, for my brother
Unshelled walnuts in a brown paper bag
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