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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

open.substack.com/pub/vgarrity... What can we learn from wild horses? My latest ponderings on Substack

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Lessons from Wild Horses

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Lovely food last night at Chaopraya in Leeds last night, ahead of today’s #RestRiseReclaim event. Looking forward to being on the panel 🙌

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Recently moved house and living very close to the river. Tonight we found an actual frog in the utility room. Wondering if he got in via the washing machine pipes. Took quite a long time to catch him and have since released him back into the wild. That’s enough excitement for a Sunday night ☺️

Frog captured in glass before being released outside

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Don’t bother heading to #Cineworld York tonight. They’ve just evacuated everyone and are showing no more films tonight. Not sure if it’s a real fire but saw the fire engines heading that way on our drive home.

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Let this be the only year that I move house twice within 12 months. Forgot how much physical work it entails.

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

10 days leave for my birthday, with a special trip to Paris with my family and then a weekend in Chester and North Wales with @simonritchie.bsky.social Just what I needed to recalibrate but will be a shock to the system tomorrow morning when the work alarm goes off.

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul.

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

#Paris so far. Best way to spend a milestone birthday & replenish the soul. One day left..

Famous Pink house called La Maison Rose, in Montmartre, Paris

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Poor Rafie has a slipped disc and is on strict bed rest. Had to get him a crate to confine him, though to be fair, he’s been fast asleep in it all afternoon.

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Thank you for adding me. Much appreciated ✨🙏🏻

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

It’s really good. I downloaded it on Amazon Prime :) #JoinIn

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

We are being very festive, having just watched Heretic ( for the second time) Not festive at all actually, but loving Hugh Grant in his villainous era. #JoinIn

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Thank you, he’s not been well over Christmas so he’s enjoying the comfort 🙂 #JoinIn

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy Christmas Everyone! 🎄🧑‍🎄🎄🎅

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Santa has come early for Ralfie. He’s never left his new bed since I arrived home with it yesterday. Think he’s a bit off colour with his ears.

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

It was mayhem in the York one yesterday. Wish I’d been organised enough to do a food order ☺️ Happy Christmas 🎄

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Nicholas Procter @nicholasprocter.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Our promises not to check work emails or messages over the holidays are often all too easily broken. But switching off from the office is important for our physical and mental health, and will help us be happier and more productive when we return to work. theconversation.com/switching-of...

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Switching off from work can be difficult but taking a proper break is good for your health

Switching off phones or laptops when on holidays can help us get more out of our free time and relationships.

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Book 11

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Been to see The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at Leeds Playhouse for my Mum’s birthday. Such a creative, magical production of a childhood classic. Recommend you see it if you can! ✨

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Ha, might have known you’ve read it. It’s great isn’t it!

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

We are streaming tonight’s episode on YouTube. You can follow it here www.youtube.com/live/N6O6GMu...

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Tonight we are switching over to Blue Sky for #MHTV, where we are talking to Andy Bell, CEO of Centre for Mental Health www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk You can join in on Facebook via Unite MHNA page or follow here via the hashtag #MHTV . We welcome your questions & thoughts as always.

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Homepage - Centre for Mental Health

Too many people have poorer mental health because of exclusion, poverty and racism We take the lead in challenging injustices in policies, systems and society, so that everyone can have better mental ...

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Just finished this book, which I loved! It demystifies shamanism and promotes every day spirituality. I started a shamanic healing course recently and this passage on the 2nd pic sums it up

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Have a great time! The Fawlty Towers dining experience is on my bucket list! Hope it’s fun 😁

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Book cover of The Crow Road by Iain Banks

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Dr Jon Goldin @drjongoldin.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

This is tomorrow Tuesday 3 Dec at 5-6.30pm. Even if you can’t join in do register and you can watch the recording at a later stage. #SchwartzRounds @pointofcarefdn.bsky.social @acamh.bsky.social

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Leanne Patrick QN @leannehpatrick.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Join us, two weeks from now, for another #NurseSky #SkyChat where we discuss current affairs and issues in nurisng. The topic is "Nursing's image and identity" See you all there! Sunday Dec 15th at 7pm.

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Ruth Oshikanlu @ruthoshikanlu.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

After @rcnlibraries.bsky.social event, I am more committed to the decolonisation of Nursing. So excited #Elsevier accepted @calvinmoorley.bsky.social and I's proposal to write a global textbook on Racism in Nursing with about 30 authors from around the globe. kandacechimbiri.com/book/the-sto...

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The Story of Britain’s Black Nurses - Kandace Chimbiri

A wonderful celebration of the fascinating and seldom heard stories of Britain’s Black nurses. From ancient and medieval Africa, through colonization and enslavement, through wars, times of great chan...

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Dr Nicky Lambert @niadla.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

All nurses should be aware of this project & the need for it Revisioning Nurse Distress and Suicidality buff.ly/3Z8cJ7r

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Reading this by Sharon Blackie at the moment and loving it. #Hagitude is such a great term for celebrating life post menopause. Reimagined, rather than written off by the patriarchy!

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Vanessa Gilmartin ( Garrity) @vanessamhn.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

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