Right Time 2 Talk

15/12/2025

Please share the love ❤️

03/12/2025

As I finished the Christmas window at Rest, Relax and Restore KMS I hope the lights and baubles bring a little moment of stillness as you pass by.
This season can be beautiful, yet it can also stir memories and emotions that touch us deeply. For many people it brings thoughts of those we have loved and lost. It can feel far from the picture painted in the adverts. Real life is often quieter, more complicated and shaped by many different stories.

If this time of year feels heavy, you are not alone. Your feelings matter and you do not have to carry them in silence. Sometimes a calm space and a listening ear can make all the difference.

If you would like support, I am here.
Pauline Straw
Right Time 2 Talk
pauline_straw@hotmail.com
07934564313
www.time2talk.space

Wishing you moments of peace, kindness and connection in the days ahead.

08/11/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Geqd9vRnt/

Grief is a very long journey

15/10/2025

I like no. 4:
Heal so deeply that even your triggers get bored!

10/10/2025

There's always someone ready to listen...

www.time2talk.space

28/09/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17AYFkg45t/

02/09/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Eft1CdEXi/

A reminder that our Bereavement Counsellor, Pauline Straw, will be running the monthly Bereavement Cafe at the Talbot Hotel in Malton on Thursday 4th September from 10:30am - 12:30pm.

This is a lovely, relaxed, and safe place to talk, listen, and support one another. If you would like to contact Pauline for further details, please call: 07934 564315.

12/08/2025

Your feelings are not your enemies.

Anger is often hurt that was never heard.
Sadness can be love that was never received.
Fear may be the part of you still waiting to feel safe.

At Time2Talk, I help you listen to what your emotions are really trying to tell you, and gently guide you toward healing.

You don’t have to face them alone.
Find out more: www.time2talk.space

















Photo taken at Manor Vale Woods, Kirkbymoorside

04/08/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/16Wih2gXXA/

A reminder that our Bereavement Counsellor, Pauline Straw, will be running the monthly Bereavement Cafe at the Talbot Hotel in Malton on Thursday 7th August from 10:30am - 12:30pm.

This is a lovely, relaxed, and safe place to talk, listen, and support one another. If you would like to contact Pauline for further details, please call: 07934 564315.

04/08/2025

Small acts of kindness can have huge consequences...

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14EdMi9w3S9/

He looked like just another quiet kid walking home from school—arms full of books, glasses sliding down his nose.
It was a Friday. Everyone else had plans: parties, games, sleepovers.
But he walked alone.
I almost ignored him—almost. But when a group of kids ran past, knocking his books to the ground and laughing as he fell, something in me shifted.
I helped him up. Handed him his glasses. Said something simple like, “Those guys are jerks.”
He smiled. Not a polite smile—a grateful one. The kind that sticks with you.
We talked. Turned out he lived near me. Turned out he was funny, smart, and really liked football. We hung out that weekend. Then the next. Then the next. We became best friends.
Years passed. We graduated.
And on that graduation day, he stood up in front of our class as valedictorian. Confident. Loved. A success.
Then he told a story I’ll never forget.
He said: “A few years ago, I planned to take my own life. That Friday, I was carrying everything home so my mom wouldn’t have to clean out my locker. I didn’t think anyone cared. But someone did. He picked up my books… and unknowingly saved my life.”
The crowd went still. I couldn’t move.
I never knew.
Sometimes, the smallest things we do are the biggest things in someone else’s world.
So be kind. Be present. You never know who needs saving.

~Old Photo Club

26/06/2025

Holding
by Pauline Straw
26.06.25

Tears run freely
pink eyes smart,
damp tissues daubed
by cold, bony fingers.
Her feeble frame
slowly swallowed
by the sad, sagging sofa.

Heart, rent with sorrow and rage,
speaks of absent touch,
hollow laughter,
empty celebrations,
aching aloneness,
if onlys...

I sit with her in the sadness,
wanting to offer hope
but instead,
I simply hold the heavy space
so she can be herself
in that moment in time.

And I trust
that this too shall pass
and one day,
she will remember him
and smile.

20/05/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AgMriwGKy/

Our Bereavement Cafe will be taking place at 10:30am at the Talbot Hotel in Malton on Thursday 22nd May.

Please do join our Bereavement Counsellor Pauline Straw for a supportive and safe place to share your story and learn about ways of coping with grief.