We now have 3 little pigs called Pinky Percy & Spotty named by Francesca, they are settling in well, being particularly noisy at feed times. The kittens are out of sorts as they were spayed last week & Scooby our runaway pup has been castrated , hoping it will calm him down a bit so a very expensive week at the vets.
I ran 2 workshops in Glasgow last week although there was only a small group there was lots of discussion and a lovely reflective atmosphere. Enjoyed 2 fabulous gigs at Celtic Connections but gave the late night review a wide berth this year as Ron & I didn’t have the energy to stay up to 5am.
This week Ron had a very emotional day at the male survivor conference in Edinburgh at last recognition of the emotional & mental damage abuse does to a person with full government support in Scotland for specific services for survivors hopefully young people will not have to suffer the fate that Ron and many others had with in our mental health services which in the past have denied the importance of abuse when diagnosing & mis-diagnosing. Ron also called for the churches to set up a fund to help pay for the services that are to be provided.
Next day he was back teaching student nurses at Caledonian university, time for some fun & Banter. He received a lovely e-mail from one of the students saying how much the group had enjoyed the lecture and that it had re-inspired them in their quest to be qualified mental health nurses, I noticed a tear in his eye when he read this, indeed there was one in mine, after all isn’t this the passion & inspiration we want to create when we are out there travelling miles ,tired & home sick but realising we are making a difference.
I am at Stornoway airport again flying out to enjoy a jazz singing weekend before I embark on work in Durham & Port Talbot.
Ron Coleman and Karen Taylor have an international reputation as speakers and authors. They are the directors of ‘Working to Recovery Limited’ an innovative international consultancy, training and publishing company with a cutting edge approach to supporting and improving mental health provision.
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