Fiona Holiday
Magical Metaphors: Transforming Emotional Understanding
It seems so simple, doesn’t it, telling someone how you feel? And yet we often have to hunt for the words which can explain. Sad doesn’t...
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Fiona Holiday
- Apr 8
- 3 min
The Question of Questions
Do we ask too many questions? How questions can get in the way of connection and what we can try instead.
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Fiona Holiday
- Sep 6, 2021
- 2 min
Getting Lost In Familiar Places
I have always loved this description of living with trauma by Daniel Siegel. There is something in it which recognises the frustrations...
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Fiona Holiday
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
Re-kindling the Fire
I’ve just had one of those conversations. You know, the ones that take your breath away? I have suddenly realised that the pandemic has...
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Fiona Holiday
- May 24, 2021
- 3 min
Bad Feeling: Why the way we talk about emotion matters
We all experience emotions, all the time. They are a huge part of our lives and we spend lots of time thinking about and reacting to...
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Fiona Holiday
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
Catching Up on Play
Never mind lengthening the school day, or shortening the school holidays, we need to consciously allocate time for children to catch up...
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Fiona Holiday
- Jan 20, 2021
- 3 min
More Than Words
Like us all, I am trying to find the ways I can best navigate these times. What has helped in the past doesn't always help in the...
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Fiona Holiday
- Jan 4, 2021
- 2 min
The Old and the New
Looking to the future through the window of the past.
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Fiona Holiday
- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
Holding Hope
Essential to hope is the belief that things can change AND that we can do something to influence this.
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Fiona Holiday
- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
The Human Race?
Why are we talking about children being behind?
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Fiona Holiday
- Aug 23, 2020
- 2 min
Going To Seed
It is an odd expression when you think about it. When we describe something as having gone to seed, we usually mean that it is past its...
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Fiona Holiday
- Aug 12, 2020
- 2 min
A Lesson From Gertie
I met my favourite black Labrador for a walk today. She is somewhat obsessed with her ball. She carries it, watches it, drops it, hunts...
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Fiona Holiday
- Jan 17, 2020
- 2 min
The Importance of Mild Peril
When we engage in a little mild peril, we are pushing boundaries and growing.
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Fiona Holiday
- Dec 30, 2019
- 2 min
Why I am serious about play
Play feeds our soul and fuels our creativity - don't let it be the first thing to be crossed out of your diary when you get busy.
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Fiona Holiday
- Jan 27, 2019
- 4 min
What makes a good goodbye?
When it comes to disconnecting from someone we are connected to, the idea of marking that in some way is important. After all, the...
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Fiona Holiday
- Oct 14, 2018
- 2 min
On The Inadequacy Of Words
A chance meeting yesterday led me to talking about play therapy and the opportunity it offers in terms of self-expression and experience...
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Fiona Holiday
- Oct 11, 2018
- 2 min
We Are Strong
"Bad is stronger than good" is the conclusion reached by Baumeister et al (2001). We are designed as a species to pay more attention and...
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Fiona Holiday
- Sep 28, 2018
- 1 min
Always Learning
In June this year, I went to Cork to spend two days learning from the author of the seminal trauma book 'The Body Keeps the Score' -...
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Fiona Holiday
- Jun 12, 2018
- 1 min
Hope: That Thing With Feathers
I started with feathers, drawn to them by their shape and delicacy. The tall grasses they were caught in creating make-shift dream...
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Fiona Holiday
- Apr 27, 2018
- 2 min
Grown-Ups Don’t Play: Three Things to Remember When You Join Children's Play
If you have ever tried to join a group of children at play and then watched as they gradually melt away and resume their game elsewhere,...
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