returned to work too soon and this led me deeper into the depths of my depression."I was challenged by my therapist to find something to focus on, a hobby or wellbeing opportunity."Adrift from work and undergoing psychotherapy I was challenged by my therapist to find something to focus on, a hobby or wellbeing opportunity.
I left that session and headed to Waterstones. I’d taken up carving following an earlier episode of depression where Ray Mears and Bruce Parry accompanied me on my journey to recovery from my lounge.
This time I found myself drawn to a book around another heritage craft, spoon carving, or as a friend called it, ‘a hobby for the apocalypse’.In the three weeks I managed back at work for the NHS I had supported a young man on to a conservation daytrip to Tarn Howes, The Lake District with Mind in Furness and the National Trust.
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