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Writing for Wellbeing

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Write your way to a more positive outlook on life! Guided writing activities to foster personal growth, increased mindfulness, and emotional wellbeing. Online anywhere, and in-person in North East England. writingforwellbeing.co.uk

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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 5h
“Above all else, never think you’re not good enough.” ― Anthony Trollope writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Words written on palm of a hand: 'YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH'.
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 9h
‘The writing begins when you’ve finished. Only then do you know what you’re trying to say.’ – Mark Twain writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Mark Twain
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 10h
‘Do it every day. Make a habit of putting your observations into words and gradually this will become instinct. This is the most important rule of all and, naturally, I don’t follow it.’ — Geoff Dyer writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Geoff Dyer
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 10h
It has come to my attention that The Hobbit has been translated into Latin. This qualifies as A Good Thing, and I’m pretty sure Tolkien would approve. Now all we need is the Old English and Old Norse versions
Copy of book Hobbitus Ille. Translated by Mark Walker
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 12h
Our Stories, Our Selves Online Writing workshop Writing activities to create short narratives from imagination or memories – to help us grow more into ourselves. Where will your words take you? Sunday 18 Oct, 2–4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking details: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
Hand writing in notebook
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 12h
Another in my series of libraries Mark Twain House library #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Mark Twain House library - room with blue patterned wallpaper and blue carpet, arch over wide windows, beautiful wood bookshelves, daybed with find coverlet
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
‘Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.’ - Scott Adams writingforwellbeing.co.uk
Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.” ~ Chuck Klosterman writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Fuschia flowers shaped like pink hearts
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#MondayMotivation #MondayThoughts writingforwellbeing.co.uk
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. (Albert Einstein)
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Another in my series of libraries Los Angeles Central Library #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Los Angeles Central Library - Art Deco and Egyptian Revival lobby, vaulted ceiling with massive brightly coloured mural
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
‘The whole world is a series of miracles, but we’re so used to seeing them that we call them ordinary things.’ ~ Hans Christian Andersen writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Monarch butterfly
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Another in my series of libraries Liverpool Central Library #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Liverpool Central Library - Picton Reading Room with multi-level iron shelving and spiral staircase and decorated balcony railings
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our Stories, Our Selves Online Writing workshop Writing activities to create short narratives from imagination or memories – to help us grow more into ourselves. Where will your words take you? Sunday 18 Oct, 2–4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking details: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
Open notebook and open on desk with cup of coffee and autumnal scene seen through window
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“I love books. I adore everything about them. I love the feel of the pages on my fingertips. They are light enough to carry, yet so heavy with worlds and ideas.” — Nnedi Okorafor writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Photo of bookshelves with ancient tomes, taken at a diagonal angle
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you things you never thought or felt before.’ — W.H. Auden writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
W.H. Auden
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Another in my series of libraries Library of Parliament, Ottawa #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Library of Parliament, Ottawa - vaulted ceiling, white pine panelling and shelves, statue of Queen VictoriaLibrary of Parliament, Ottawa exterior - chapter house form, flying buttresses, High Gothic style, 3-tiered roof with cupola
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.’ — J. R. R. Tolkien writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Love isn't always in the big things.
Sometimes it's remembering how someone takes their tea.
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘What we focus on becomes our story, and the stories we tell ourselves become our life.’ — Tamara Star writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Person sitting meditatively on end of dock with lake and mountains before them
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘If you suddenly and unexpected feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it.’ — Mary Oliver writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Mary Oliver
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our Stories, Our Selves Online Writing workshop Writing activities to create short narratives from imagination or memories – to help us grow more into ourselves. Where will your words take you? Sunday 18 Oct, 2–4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking details: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
Pen on notebook filled with writing
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another in my series of libraries San Francisco Monastery library, Peru #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
San Francisco Monastery library, Peru - view down long room lined with two levels of wooden bookshelves, ancient manuscripts set open on display at front, fine tiled blue and white floor
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Found this wee fairy hut in the woods
Rough structure made of branches leaning against each other
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.’ — Jack London writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Jack London
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened.’ – Ernest Hemingway writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #books #reading #BookSky
 Ernest Hemingway reading a book
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another in my series of libraries Library of Congress, Washington, DC #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Library of Congress, Washington, DC - large spacious foyer, with white marble staircase leading up to columned second level, Beaux-Arts design, bronze statue of woman holding light fixture like a torch
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.” ― Virginia Woolf writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Virginia Woolf
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our Stories, Our Selves Online Writing workshop Writing activities to create short narratives from imagination or memories – to help us grow more into ourselves. Where will your words take you? Sunday 18 Oct, 2–4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking details: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
Women writing in notebook beside laptop
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Another in my series of libraries Juristische Bibliothek, Munich #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Juristische Bibliothek, Munich - three levels of wooden bookshelves and highly carved railings, wooden spiral staircase
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart.” ― Jim Henson #JimHenson #BornOnThisDay
Jim Henson holding Kermit
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.” ― Margaret Atwood writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Margaret Atwood
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘...today cannot know what tomorrow will need. It’s always better to keep books.’ - Elizabeth Knox writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #books #reading #BookSky
Stacks of books with coloured bindings
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Another in my series of libraries Jose Vasconcelos Library, Mexico (complete with suspended bookshelves!) #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Jose Vasconcelos Library, Mexico - entrance atrium with suspended bookshelves hanging from overhead structure, suspended whale skeleton sculpture
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.’ ~ Maya Angelou writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Maya Angelou
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‘Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.’ – Mother Teresa writingforwellbeing.co.uk
 Mother Teresa
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‘Just trust your own voice. And keep exploring the things that are interesting to you.’ – Nikki Giovanni writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Nikki Giovanni
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#MondayMotivation #MondayThoughts writingforwellbeing.co.uk
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. (Albert Einstein)
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Another in my series of libraries John Rylands College Library, Manchester #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
John Rylands College Library, Manchester - old bookshelves filled with books, folding ladder, antique light fixtures, arched windows
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our Stories, Our Selves Online Writing workshop Writing activities to create short narratives from imagination or memories - to help us grow more into ourselves. Where will your words take you? Sunday 18 Oct, 2–4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking details: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
Desk with open notebook and pen, cup of coffee, and autumn view through window
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thank you to everyone who came to my online Comfort Writing workshop today. So much lovely writing and friendly chat! Next online workshop is 18 October - Our Stories, Our Selves www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
Thank you, from Laura
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is my kind of data centre
Daunt Books in London, massive number of books for sale on long rows of shelves
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘This is the extraordinary thing about creativity: if you just keep our mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious.’ — John Cleese writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
John Cleese
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘In the end, we’ll all become stories.’ — Margaret Atwood writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Margaret Atwood
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘The best gift you can give yourself is the gift of possibility.’ — Paul Newman writingforwellbeing.co.uk
 Paul Newman
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘Language gives us the power to voice our experience, to reconnect with the world, and to change our own and other people’s lives.’ — Matt Haig writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Matt Haig
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another in my series of libraries Jesus College library, Oxford #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Jesus College library, Oxford - rich wooden bookshelves, carved railings, benches and tables
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tomorrow! Still time to book. Comfort Writing Online Writing workshop Words have power to help us feel good. We’ll write positive ideas, self-kindness, and simply enjoy using our imagination. Sunday 20 Sept 2–4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking details: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
Hand writing in notebook
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#books #reading #BookSky
Life hack: don't buy more books first and then stress about where to put them. Buy extra bookshelves first and then the only PRACTICAL thing to do is fill them up with more books.
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
1 place left Comfort Writing Online Writing workshop Words have power to help us feel good & encourage ourselves. We’ll write positive ideas & memories, self-kindness, & enjoy using our imagination. Sun 20 Sept 2–4pm (UK time). Only £25. Booking details: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
Super Nice Stuff
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
‘But how could you live and have no story to tell?’ — Fyodor Dostoevsky writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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