Talk Grow Thrive

13/09/2024

Music can be so powerful for our souls and wellbeing.

12/09/2024

It looks like we will have sunshine for our monthly get together tomorrow morning at Victoria Park Cafe ☀️ 10-12pm

How are you feeling this September?
For many it means new starts and transitions.
How are you and your family coping with those right now?
Do you wish you had some extra tools to help your self or your children to handle them with a little less stress and a little more ease?

If so, why not join us for a hot drink ☕️ or warming cup of soup 🍜 and some enlightening and inspiring conversations that will leave you feeling stronger, more confident and better equipped to meet all your own and your families needs!

We would love to meet you and gift you a free set of Anxiety Freedom cards to take home and try out what you learn straight away.

23/07/2024

Our Need of the month is currently Sleep.

What is your personal experience with sleep?

Have you listened to our Radio Episode on Sleep yet?

Have a read of this and see what comes up for you.

Feel free to share anything in the comments or ask any questions you'd like to.

We all have a need for rest, spending almost one third of our lives asleep. When deprived of sleep we can become agitated, confused and in cases of extreme deprivation, even psychotic.
Our sleep includes periods of slow-wave sleep during which our brain rests as brain cells are re-fuelled and replenished. Aproximately every ninety minutes we enter REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep during which the brain is as busy as when we are awake.
The REM state is an important aspect of our sleep during which we are immersed in dreams (this happens wether we remember our dreams or not). The brain tries to hang on to anything in our waking day which has raised our emotions. The dreaming process does the job of completing any emotionalarousals from our waking life for which we are still awaiting completion or a resolution. Dreaming allows the brain to let go of these expectations by acting out the emotions as a metaphor or play. When the system works well, we wake feeling refreshed. When the system breaks down (usuallyt due to an overload of stress), wesleep badly or wake feeling exhausted.
Because the brain works by pattern matching, it is important to have a good routine for getting to sleep. Such a routine lets thebrain know that sleep is expected soon. It is best to avoid stimulants or having a TV in the bedroom.
It is equally important not to let your brain associate being in bed with being awake, otherwise this pattern can quickly become the norm.

This month see how many conversations you can have using these prompts:
Are you getting enough sleep?
Have you allowed your brain to form a pattern between being in Bed and doing anything other than being asleep?
How can you break this pattern?

Let's start a conversation around sleep and see what happens.

If you'd like to listen in to the Sleep epidsode you can find it here: https://www.frome.fm/programmes/talk-grow-thrive

22/07/2024

🥳🥳🥳 YOU DID IT!!!! 🥳🥳🥳

We now have the funds we need to get all the set up and admin support required to register Dancing with Dom as a charity!!!

I can’t put into words right now how much gratitude and love I am feeling from you all.

To raise the money we needed in 9 days is unbelievable and confirms just how much this charity is needed.

I will update you all once I have completed the next step and we can start this lifetimes work.

Please still make your donation if you had planned too as any extra funds received will give us the jump start we need to start helping people with their mental health and saving lives.

https://is.gd/zNgoZE

I’m dancing with Dom.
Thank you for dancing with us too. ☺️

Big love as always,

Tanya ###

15/07/2024

This is incredible!
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our campaign so far.

I would like to share with you one of the main goals I would like to achieve with Dancing with Dom

I have struggled with my mental health many years of my life.
I have met too many people who have experienced similar.
I meet people every day who are struggling right now with their mental health.

The waiting lists for free mental healthcare and support are currently off the scale.

There are so many incredible people out there who have dedicated years to learning a therapy that can help others reclaim their mental health and improve their experience of life.

Like us all, these beautiful souls need to pay their bills so of course they must charge a fee.

With the cost of living crisis right now, most people who need support are priced out of accessing private therapy and so are beholden to the insane waiting times for support.

I want these individuals to be able to apply to The Dancing with Dom Foundation for a grant to be able to pay for whatever support they need.

This may be a therapy, or it may be a decluttering service, or it may be someone to do your admin or a cleaner.

Basically anything that an individual knows in themselves would help support them and improve their mental health and life experience.

What would it be for you?
Do you know someone who could benefit from such an opportunity?

If you do, and this resonates with you, please consider making a small donation to our crowdfunder to make this happen as soon as possible.

Big love as always,

Tanya xx

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/dancingwithdom

13/07/2024

Super excited to get my Dancing with Dom oversized jumper today!

https://imdancingwithdom.co.uk/

13/07/2024

Please help me reach our £500 target so we can get on with the work of raising vital funds and helping people in need.

If you can;t donate just now, please give our crowdfunder a share on your own page as someone you know may be able to.

Thanks so much for your support.

Tanya xx

To register Dancing with Dom as a charitable foudation that will gift grants to mental health and su***de prevention projects & individuals.

12/07/2024

To listen to the past Talk Grow Thrive radio Shows, including our super important Launch Show, here’s what to do…

Click on this link http://frome.fm/programmes/talk-grow-thrive

Scroll down to the player…

Click on ‘next up’…

And if on a mobile, turn your device on its side…

Then you will see all four episodes available for your listening pleasure! 😃

Presented by Tanya Slater and Alec Stansfield. The Talk Grow Thrive Radio Show is part of the Talk, Grow, Thrive community health and wellbeing project in Frome, funded by the Dancing with Dom Foun...

12/07/2024

It was a joy and a pleasure today to be able to gift a full size set of Anxiety Freedom cards to The Pod to use in their work supporting young carers and young people with additional needs here in

Jonathan Smith & Ryan Atkins came along to one of the Talk Grow Thrive monthly get togethers and could see how the cards could help their young people.

We hope they are a great additional tool for The Pod Charity and we are happy to come along anytime to chat or run a relaxed workshop, whatever you may need.

Thanks for your interest and support and keep up the great work everyone!

12/07/2024

Another wonderful TALK GROW THRIVE get together this morning at Victoria Park Cafe. We are so grateful for this wonderful community space.

Today was an extra treat as Bindi Gauntlett Co creator of the Anxiety Freedom cards and Alec ‘s gorgeous wife, joined us today.

She also brought along her incredible new book titled ‘What do you need? An alternative, Compassionate, Guilt-Free Guide for Emotionally Healthy Famillies’, very soon to be available on Amazon in Paper copy!!

Thank you so much to Caroline, Matt and Laura for joining us and engaging in these conversations that really matter.

You can listen to the latest TALK GROW THRIVE show all about our human need for Sleep on our show page on Frome FM here https://www.frome.fm/programmes/talk-grow-thrive