Blossome, Colchester (2025)

02/09/2025

Self-compassion is about being kinder to ourselves, treating ourselves with the support and kindness that we would offer to a good friend. It also gives us the support needed to be curious and courageous.

If you are a widow who feels your life has become smaller, and that stirs a silent unspoken sadness within, come learn self-compassion with other widows.

Embark on a guided gentle adventure inward led by a widow - time for you. It's a chance to step away from your day to day to do list, to consider how to treat yourself with care. Week by week, you’ll gather tools that will help you feel calmer, more confident, and more open to joy. It’s a soft place to begin trying new things, discover what feels good for you, at your own pace, in the company of others who understand.

Register here ⬇️
https://www.blossome.support/event/self-compassion-for-widows/

01/09/2025

🍂 September is nature’s reminder of the beauty of letting go. 🍂🍂 As the leaves begin to fall, we too can allow ourselves to release what no longer serves us, making space for new emotions, new growth, and new ways of being. Letting go isn’t easy, but self-compassion shows us how. By treating yourself with kindness and understanding, you become less critical and more able to release past hurts and difficult emotions. This month, join us in gentle, nourishing activities designed to help you practice letting go and welcoming in the new.

Here’s what’s on this September:

🧵 06 September – Slow Stitching
A calming, creative space to slow down, connect with your hands, and stitch with intention. No experience needed — just bring yourself and enjoy the meditative rhythm of needle and thread.
Book your ticket 👉 https://www.blossome.support/event/slow-stitching-3-2/2025-09-06/

🌅 07 & 19 September – Sunrise Dip & Pancake Breakfast
Awaken your body and spirit with an invigorating dip in the sea as the sun rises. Afterwards, warm up over a joyful pancake breakfast with the community, connection, laughter, and nourishment included.
Book your ticket 👉 https://www.blossome.support/event/sunrise-dip-2-4-2/2025-09-07/

🫶 11 September – Resourcing Me: Self-Compassion Skills & Support
Discover practical tools for meeting life’s challenges with greater ease. Learn how kindness toward yourself helps soften self-criticism and opens the way to releasing old hurts and difficult emotions. This monthly session blends learning, reflection, and support to strengthen your self-compassion practice.
Book your place 👉 https://www.blossome.support/event/mindful-selfcompassion-dropin-series-2-2-2-2/2025-09-11/

🎶 20 September – Finding Your Voice: Singing for the Soul
Sing, breathe, and connect in a safe and welcoming space. Whether you’re confident or shy, this uplifting session will help you release tension, find freedom in your voice, and feel the joy of shared song.
Book your ticket 👉 https://www.blossome.support/event/singing/

💞 🫶 28 September – Self-Compassion for Widows (8-Week Programme)
A supportive and transformative journey led by trained MSC teachers who are widows themselves. Together, we’ll explore how treating yourself with kindness and understanding can ease grief, nurture resilience, and support the transition from “we” to “I.”
Book your space 👉 https://www.blossome.support/event/self-compassion-for-widows/

Phoenix Futures Open Road Open Road Clacton Mid and North East Essex Mind NHS SNEE ICB - North East Essex Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust The Colte Partnership PCN Headway Essex Essex Wellbeing Service Colchester City Council Community360

29/08/2025

Yesterday I spoke with someone who is struggling with the impact of her adult son’s addiction. She felt so isolated with no one to talk to about it. The subject is not allowed at home.

She’s a mom who just wants to love and support her son when no one around her understands why.

She’s not alone in how she feels sadly, I’ve spoken to many parents who feel this way
And many spouses
And many grandparents
And many siblings
And many adult children.

Addiction impacts the whole family.

If you are affected by a loved one’s drinking, drug use, gambling.. any addiction - you are not alone.
And you aren’t making it all up in your head. It’s real.

The best thing you can do to support them, is to take care of your wellbeing. That’s where we can help.

Just like the woman I spoke to yesterday, you can release a heavy weight by reaching out to us.

We are here for you.
Call Kim on 07900136598
Email Kim.moore@blossome.support
WhatsApp
Messenger..
Self refer

However you like to reach out, you’ll get me directly- I’m here to listen.
One step at a time, you can start getting your life and your smile back. ❤️🌸

Kim, Founder of Blossome
Bereaved by addiction
Mindful Self-compassion Teacher in training

https://www.blossome.support/referrals/self-referral-form/

27/08/2025

Registration is OPEN for the next sitting of our 6-week Cultivating Self-compassion programme.

For anyone caring for a loved one who is struggling with drinking, drug use, gambling - any addiction.

Supporting someone struggling with addiction can be isolating, overwhelming and riddled with self-blame and helplessness. It’s challenging to navigate, especially without access to support. But there is hope – and it is found in the gentleness of self-compassion.

The Blossome Cultivating Self-Compassion programme is designed specifically for those impacted by addiction within their family or social circle. Learn to treat yourself with the same kindness and support that you would give to a good friend.

The programme will provide tools for responding in a kind and compassionate way towards yourself, when you are faced with painful situations and emotions. It will help to ease the suffering that you feel.

By learning self-compassion you will gain the self-care tools needed and the confidence to use them regularly, to self-regulate your emotions. You will learn to actively cultivate the positive emotional states that are so important for your own health, wellbeing and quality of life.

Cultivating Self-compassion
A 6-week programme

IN-PERSON
📆 Date: Saturdays starting 11 October 2025
🕥Time: 12.30-2.30 pm
📍venue: The Tree Room, Colchester

ONLINE
📆 Date: Thursdays starting 9 October 2025
🕥Time: 6.30 - 8.30pm
📍via Zoom

Thanks to finding from Essex County Council 🙏
Residents of Essex can apply for a free space.

Learn more and apply here:
https://www.blossome.support/cultivating-self-compassion/

24/08/2025

Self-compassion for Widows
An 8-week Mindful Self-compassion programme

When you lose your partner, you don’t just lose them you lose the “we” that once shaped your days.
Every routine becomes unfamiliar. Loneliness can echo even in a room full of people.

Rather than rushing to “move on,” self-compassion honours the pace of your heart.

It becomes a steady inner refuge,
an anchor when the world feels uncertain
and support feels limited.

It’s the voice that says, “This is hard, and you’re doing the best you can.”

Learn self-compassion in a safe, supportive space with other widows who understand the heartache of loss. Discover how to create a kind, safe space within yourself to feel, to breathe, and to reconnect with life at your own pace.

Self-compassion helps you gently build a new relationship with yourself,
not by forgetting the “we” you lost,
but by nurturing the “I” who is still here,
still worthy of care,
still capable of joy.

All widows are welcome, regardless of how long it’s been since you lost your partner.

📅 Date: Sunday 28 September
🕦Time: 11:15am -1.45pm
📍Place: The Tree Room, Colchester

Register: https://www.blossome.support/event/self-compassion-for-widows/

Thanks to the The Tudwick Foundation for making this programme possible. 🙏

21/08/2025

Guess who is entering a kart into the Colchester Soapbox race? And guess who is driving? 😬😳🤣😬😊🌸

Would you like to get involved? We need lots of support. Really. LOTS OF SUPPORT. 🙏

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Our promise to you is lots of fun and laughter. 🤭
Send us a message. Post a comment. We’d love to have your support. 🫶

20/08/2025

The one with the BIG waves.
This morning’s sunrise dip was for a private group - a group of teachers, who became friends and started this annual tradition 4 years ago.

The sun didn’t shine, but the waves made up for it. Fears overcome, resilience boosted… a great experience for all.

Do you have a group you’d like to share this experience with? Send us a message and we can get it booked in on a day that suits you. 🌸

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18/08/2025

Our founder Kim was recently interviewed by Matthew Young at Colne Radio, talking about the Blossome community, her own story and her journey to becoming a Mindful Self Compassion Teacher. She also shared what is coming next for the Blossome community.

The interview will be played today in four parts from 5-6pm alongside some songs that Kim has chosen herself.

If you're interested in hearing more about us and what support we can offer please tune in on 106.6FM or https://vist.ly/43pm2

15/08/2025

The one with “Kate Winslet” and Penny’s birthday.
The sun has its best smile on this morning.

The calm.
The stillness.
The gentle caress of the lapping waves.

We laughed.
We floated.
We swam.
We saw a fish jump.
We felt the sand underfoot and between toes.
We shed some tears too.

This was a glorious dip where new friendships were formed. “ Yes, I’m going to do another one.” ❤️

If you’d like to join us for this amazing Resilience Building self-care activity - book a ticket. ⬇️

https://www.blossome.support/events/

Reach out if you have any hesitations, or questions. We all feel a little nervous, every time! 🤗

Phoenix Futures

14/08/2025

🌸 Feeling worn out from worrying about someone’s drinking, drug use, or gambling?

You matter too.

Join Resourcing Me tonight at 7pm – a safe, confidential online space to pause, breathe, and be guided through a calming self-compassion practice: Soften, Soothe, Allow.

Come as you are. No need to share. Just rest and be gently supported. 💗

📅 TODAY Thursday 14th August
⏰ 7pm - 7.45pm
📍 Zoom Click this link ⬇️ https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82616113030?pwd=wmGjBbQPakH4zcDkBbmoAZiYCaozUV.1

08/08/2025

💬 The Antidote for Shame: How to Stop Beating Yourself Up in Recovery 💬

Tomorrow at the Essex Recovery Festival, Kim is delivering a self-compassion workshop. 😃

Shame is one of the biggest barriers to healing in recovery. It keeps you trapped in harsh self-judgement, isolation, and the belief that you’re not good enough to deserve a better life. But there is an antidote.

In this workshop, Mindful Self-Compassion teacher Kim Moore shares how self-compassion - the practice of treating yourself with the same kindness you’d offer a close friend - can help you break free from shame and self-criticism. Having seen first-hand how shame affected her late husband’s battle with alcohol dependency, and how it shaped her own recovery from codependency, Kim understands the inner struggle to be kind to yourself when you feel you don’t deserve it.

You’ll learn why being hard on yourself doesn’t help you stay sober or “on track” - in fact, it makes it harder - and how self-compassion builds real emotional resilience for the ups and downs of recovery.

You’ll also be guided through a simple, powerful practice called a Self-Compassion Break - a tool you can use anytime, anywhere, when you’re struggling.

If you’re tired of beating yourself up and ready to learn a kinder, more supportive way forward, this session is for you. See you at the festival! If you don't have your tickets left, theres still time! It is a brilliant festival. Come along!

Essex Recovery Foundation
Open Road Mind Mid and North East Essex Mind Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System Phoenix Futures

04/08/2025

🌸 What’s On in the Blossome Community This August 🌸

August invites us to pause, breathe, and nourish ourselves, as we take some time to prepare for programmes launching in September. We’re here to support you. Whether you’re seeking a moment of calm, a safe space to share, or gentle ways to reconnect with yourself, Blossome has something for you.

Here’s what’s coming up this month:

✨ Resourcing Me Drop-in
A monthly session where you can learn a self-compassion practice. Learn to treat yourself with loving kindness, as you would a dear friend.

🧵 Slow Stitching: Stitch Away the Stigma
A calming session where quiet connection weaves its magic as you stitch words onto fabric - expressing the things that are hard to say. No experience needed — just bring yourself.

🌅 Sunrise Sea Dips
Greet the day with courage and community. Feel alive, refreshed, and connected with nature and yourself.

🎤 The Antidote for Shame: How to Stop Beating Yourself Up in Recovery
Kim Moore will be speaking at the Essex Recovery Festival, sharing how self-compassion can free us from shame and support recovery journeys.

🌿 Self-Care Sunday Emails — Weekly reminders to make a moment count, offering small, doable self-care practices.

💬 New to Blossome?
Reach out to join our Pay-What-You-Can-Afford Community and discover a safe, non-judgemental space for your self-care journey.

📅 Full schedule & sign-up ➡️
https://www.blossome.support/events/

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