How to create & maintain a resilient work/life balance for the longer-term.

How to create & maintain a resilient work/life balance for the longer-term.

We’ve been talking about Mental Wellbeing this month. We asked you to consider how you are, and what immediate steps you could take to turn things around if you’re feeling close to burnout. This week we’re looking at a few ideas around how to create & maintain a resilient work/life balance for the longer-term. Work/life balance –…

Next LCSP Coffee Morning will be held on Thursday 23rd June

Next LCSP Coffee Morning will be held on Thursday 23rd June

The next LCSP Coffee Morning will be held on Thursday 23rd June.   Meeting open between 1000 and 1130 to allow participants to ‘drop in’ as appointments and other work allows. For log in details for the zoom call please visit the noticeboard in the members’ area. Will be good to catch up with colleagues and…

Mental Wellness: recognising signs of burnout

Mental Wellness: recognising signs of burnout

Last week we asked you to think about how you are – did that bring anything up for you?  Did you recognise any of the signs of burnout?  What can you do if you are feeling that way? Connect! Take time out to catch up with friends and family, offload and decompress. Seek professional help…

Creating space: Mental Health Awareness Week

Creating space: Mental Health Awareness Week

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” —Viktor Frankl This quote appeared in Brene Brown’s feeds this week and it got me thinking, along with the stories I’ve been seeing around Mental Health Awareness week.  In…

Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week run by the UK’s Mental Health Foundation (https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/) and we are sharing our first post about Mental Wellbeing. Today we’re asking members to take a moment & consider how their mental health is – pause for a minute and ask yourself – ‘How am I…?’ We’d love to hear how you are,…

Obituary of V.S.Pugh

Obituary of V.S.Pugh

It is with immense sadness that we report the passing of our immediate Past President Viv Pugh. Viv had been a staunch supporter of the LCSP Register for 40 years and described the pride he had being nominated and serving as its President from 2009 to 2012. Based in Cwmbran, South Wales, he developed a…

Cancer and Massage Therapy: Is what they’re saying true?

Cancer and Massage Therapy: Is what they’re saying true?

Right from the start, I want to make it clear that you can pretty much find studies that will counter act other studies. The intention of this article is to highlight what is being discussed at the moment, and give the opportunity for both sides to be heard. There is, and always has been, an…

Finding my Mojo

Finding my Mojo

When we were first put into lockdown, everything I was working on; normal stuff that would take the school and my online massage coaching program forward, was put on hold. Instead I found myself working fast and anxiously, paddling furiously to keep my head above water, dealing with one crisis after another. Trying to support,…

The Need To Specialise in Massage Therapy

The Need To Specialise in Massage Therapy

Specialising is not a bad word! I understand as a therapist there is so much more that we offer and the idea of specializing might somehow appear to limit what we can deliver. I also know that some of the best sessions are usually the ones that use a variety of techniques and can respond…

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