by Elizabeth Ingrams | Nov 17, 2023 | Narrative Life Coaching Blog
I was lucky enough to be on my first funded writing retreat this autumn. It was slightly broken up due to tasks I had to complete in between but I managed to obtain just over a month away in total, which was magic. This writing retreat also involved spending a lot of...
by Elizabeth Ingrams | Oct 16, 2023 | Narrative Life Coaching Blog
I’ve been working on my new play for teenagers. Discussing with a group of 15-year-olds the other day, I asked if social media was a good way of making friends. ‘No, it’s a good way of making strangers’, one bright spark answered. Teenagers are more in touch with the...
by Elizabeth Ingrams | Sep 11, 2023 | Narrative Life Coaching Blog
I have been off social media recently, doing an offline cleanse in the last ten days! My bed has been Mother Earth (well, with a tent) and my ceiling and walls – the moon, sun and stars! This retreat, which I obtained with funding for my new play (more about that...
by Elizabeth Ingrams | Aug 4, 2023 | Narrative Life Coaching Blog
This month’s blog is all about relationships. Before I got hitched I received some very good advice from a friend of mine who said ‘it’s not the relationship – it’s a relationship.’ Another friend said ‘a relationship, even with an intimate partner is not a...
by Elizabeth Ingrams | Jul 6, 2023 | Narrative Life Coaching Blog
Only Connect is the famous epigraph to the novel Howards End by E. M. Forster published in 1910. I’ve done research which shows the benefits of paying attention to the small stories. What potential can we find in our narratives if we focus on the seemingly abandoned...
by Elizabeth Ingrams | Jun 2, 2023 | Narrative Life Coaching Blog
What happens when we experience trauma? When we go through some kind of shock or trauma, our bodies go into the foetal position, literally. We close down to protect ourselves so as to keep the blood pumping to our heart – and the blood drains from our frontal lobes...
