Aventurine Therapies

21/12/2025

At this time of year, there can be so much pressure to do, to buy, to deliver a version of Christmas that looks a certain way.

So many people are rushing around trying to make everyone happy, stretching themselves financially, emotionally and energetically, often just wanting their loved ones to feel joy, included and cared for. Parents especially carry so much of this weight, navigating growing expectations, unspoken comparisons and the quiet pressure to get it right.

If this resonates, this is your gentle reminder to go easy on yourself.

Tonight marks the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year and a powerful turning point. Across cultures, the solstice has symbolised pause, rest and renewal. A moment to honour the darkness not as something to fear, but as something that invites stillness, reflection and deep inward listening. From here, the light slowly begins to return.

Let this be a moment to breathe.
To reflect on what you are releasing.
To gently set intentions for what you want to carry forward.

Christmas downtime gives us permission to soften. To step away from expectation and performance. To remember that we do not have to fix everything, hold everything, or be everything for everyone.

Some are grieving.
Some are carrying anxiety.
Some are simply overwhelmed by the noise and chaos of it all.

And all of that is okay.

This season does not ask us to prove our worth through spending or striving. True generosity is not found in things, but in presence, kindness, intention and love. In small gestures. In patience. In warmth. In simply being there.

So let us keep it simple.
Let us keep it soft.
Let us give what we can, including compassion to ourselves.

Wishing you peace on this sacred turning point, and love that radiates outward in the quietest, most meaningful ways 🤍💙

14/12/2025

12/12/2025

“Humble brag.”😏🤨
I hear that phrase a lot and honestly… I think it comes from fear and judgement. There’s no such thing as a humble brag. There is just being proud of the good you bring into the world. And today, I’m letting myself be proud.

I received a really beautiful testimonial about my Thrive Together workshops and it honestly stopped me in my tracks. It reminded me how much I adore this work. Supporting care workers, lifting spirits, building connection, and putting real love back into the hearts of the people who give so much of themselves every single day.

To be honest, when I first introduced energy work and spiritual wellbeing into the care sector, I genuinely thought people would assume I’d lost the plot. Talking about how energy moves through teams and shapes the way we care felt risky. But the truth is, this is exactly what the sector has needed all along. We just haven’t been open enough to see it, feel it or explore it. And feedback like this reminds me that trusting my intuition was the right move.

I’m incredibly proud of the impact I’ve been able to have at Azalea Court. Seeing the shift in their team, feeling the warmth in the room, and knowing I’ve touched hearts there means more than I can say. I’m already looking forward to going back next year and building on everything we started together.

So no humble brag here. Just gratitude.

And a gentle reminder that it really is okay to celebrate yourself.
It’s okay to share the good you’ve done.
It’s okay to love the work you’re meant to do.

If you want to bring Thrive Together into your care organisation in 2026, I’d love to have a conversation. Send me a message and let’s make next year the year your teams genuinely Thrive, Together. 💚✨
Anoushka Farouk

11/12/2025

On New Year’s Day, I’ll be taking on my very first Half Marathon at a local event run by Saturn Running, and I’m doing it for every single care worker who gives their heart, energy and compassion to this vital sector.

I’m running in honour of the people who show up day after day for some of the most vulnerable members of our society. A profession that can never be measured by qualifications alone. It’s measured in humanity, patience, empathy and the countless unseen acts of kindness delivered every single day.

That’s why I’m proud to support The Care Workers’ Charity, an organisation that steps in when the people who care for everyone else find themselves in crisis. They provide essential financial and emotional support to our sector’s superheroes, and I run to help them reach even more people in need.

There are 1.5 million care workers in the UK, one of the largest and most essential workforces we have.
Early starts, long shifts, emotionally demanding work and the weight of responsibility make it all too easy for illness or sudden life events to push care workers to their financial limit.

They deserve better. They deserve support. They deserve a safety net.
And this is my small way of giving back.

If you’re able to support, share or simply cheer me on, thank you. Your kindness makes a real difference to real people.

The Care Workers'​ Charity Victoria Newton-Cutler Karolina Gerlich FRSA

11/12/2025

When The Care Workers’​ Charity and The Access Group team up for Christmas drinks you just know the generosity is going to flow!

It was an absolute pleasure to be part of such a meaningful, joy-filled event. Here’s to more moments that bring our community together✨

09/12/2025

Great show tonight on The Caring View

We hit some powerful moments halfway through, especially when we got into real life, practical examples of what genuine connection within teams actually looks like, and how those small moments ripple out to shape an entire organisation.

Let’s make sure we keep this conversation alive.
Let’s hold ourselves, and our sector, to account.

Workforce wellbeing isn’t a ‘nice to have’. It’s a strategic imperative for delivering safer care, stronger teams, and sustainable organisations.

The more we centre connection, compassion, and emotional safety in social care, the more our people thrive - and so does the care we deliver.

Anoushka🙏❤️

Anoushka is dedicated to transforming wellbeing in the care sector. She launched Thrive Together to help care teams overcome emotional exhaustion and burnout...

08/12/2025

Hands up… who got out of the wrong side of bed this morning and needs to reset?? 🙋🏽‍♀️
This one’s for you 👇

Think of ONE thing that instantly makes you smile… 😁
Go on….grab a pen and write it down. ✍️

Now pause…
Sit with that smile for 30 seconds.
Feel it in your body. Let it soften everything.

That’s it.
Your gratitude practice for today is done. ❤️

Simple. Powerful. Transformative.

03/12/2025

Fantastic day at the beautiful Azalea Court, at Twinglobe Care Limited delivering the Thrive Together workshop.
What they thought they were getting was a team-building exercise…
but what they actually got was a genuine emotional reset, connection, and a space to truly see and appreciate one another.

We opened up real emotion - tears of gratitude, honest sharing, and heartfelt affirmations to uplift one another.

We moved through grounding, gratitude practices, emotional release work (including EFT), mindset reframing, and reflective exercises, all woven together to help them build personal self-reward strategies, stronger peer support, and a deeper sense of compassion for themselves and one another.

Everyone walked away knowing themselves…and each other, a little better, and valuing their team even more.

I love this work… it genuinely leaves me feeling so uplifted.

Thank you for having me Julie Burton and your amazing team!

If you’d like book a workshop in 2026 or find out more go to www.aventurinetherapies.com/thrivetogether