Sophie Nicholls
@sophienicholls.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, mama, lifelong apprentice. Associate Prof at Teesside University. Exploring the connections between writing and wellbeing.
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Hello. If you're feeling scared, despairing, angry, grief-stricken about what's happening in our world right now, you are not alone. Can you make some quiet time for yourself to be with your emotions today? Resources here.👇(You don't need to do the survey, if you don't have time.) Please share.
Just a reminder that your private creative practice is your resistance.
March 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Just a reminder that your private creative practice is your resistance.
Right now, the world needs you - the writers, artists, makers, envisioners - more than ever. But to keep raising your voice, you'll need to tend to yourself with kindness.
Here are three creative things you can do right now to nurture yourself and your writing: open.substack.com/pub/sophieni...
Here are three creative things you can do right now to nurture yourself and your writing: open.substack.com/pub/sophieni...
Three creative things you can do right now to nurture yourself and your writing
Because the world needs your creativity and your unique you-ness
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February 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Right now, the world needs you - the writers, artists, makers, envisioners - more than ever. But to keep raising your voice, you'll need to tend to yourself with kindness.
Here are three creative things you can do right now to nurture yourself and your writing: open.substack.com/pub/sophieni...
Here are three creative things you can do right now to nurture yourself and your writing: open.substack.com/pub/sophieni...
Hello. If you're feeling scared, despairing, angry, grief-stricken about what's happening in our world right now, you are not alone. Can you make some quiet time for yourself to be with your emotions today? Resources here.👇(You don't need to do the survey, if you don't have time.) Please share.
January 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Hello. If you're feeling scared, despairing, angry, grief-stricken about what's happening in our world right now, you are not alone. Can you make some quiet time for yourself to be with your emotions today? Resources here.👇(You don't need to do the survey, if you don't have time.) Please share.
Can you help me with my research study? I'm looking for people to try some creative writing 'experiments'
and answer a short survey. Here's a little video I made about it:
open.substack.com/pub/sophieni...
and answer a short survey. Here's a little video I made about it:
open.substack.com/pub/sophieni...
Feeling Planet: An invitation to explore what climate change feels like for you
I need your help!
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December 6, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Can you help me with my research study? I'm looking for people to try some creative writing 'experiments'
and answer a short survey. Here's a little video I made about it:
open.substack.com/pub/sophieni...
and answer a short survey. Here's a little video I made about it:
open.substack.com/pub/sophieni...
Today's #spiralwriting in my notebook.
A gentle practice to warm-up, let-go, notice how I'm feeling...
A gentle practice to warm-up, let-go, notice how I'm feeling...
December 4, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Today's #spiralwriting in my notebook.
A gentle practice to warm-up, let-go, notice how I'm feeling...
A gentle practice to warm-up, let-go, notice how I'm feeling...
'It's not that the solution presented itself in a blinding flash, eureka style, more that changing the scene and moving a bit prised opened a little space or loosened up some ideas or allowed something in the subconscious to bubble up...'
Been thinking about the process of writing lately, partly as a result of chats with different people about how they write. So, apropos of nothing, & on the off chance that this may be of use to someone, here’s three quick things I’ve learnt about writing:
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Three things I’ve learned about writing
I’ve thinking about the process of writing lately, partly as a result of conversations with different people about how they write. So, apropos of nothing, and on the off chance that this may …
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December 4, 2024 at 7:25 AM
'It's not that the solution presented itself in a blinding flash, eureka style, more that changing the scene and moving a bit prised opened a little space or loosened up some ideas or allowed something in the subconscious to bubble up...'
Hello, Blue Sky.
I need your help.
I've developed four creative 'experiments' designed to help people to connect with their feelings around climate and climate change, cultivate hope and take meaningful action.
Would you like to try them out and let me know what you think? 🙏🌵✨🪶🍃
feelingplanet.org
I need your help.
I've developed four creative 'experiments' designed to help people to connect with their feelings around climate and climate change, cultivate hope and take meaningful action.
Would you like to try them out and let me know what you think? 🙏🌵✨🪶🍃
feelingplanet.org
December 3, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Hello, Blue Sky.
I need your help.
I've developed four creative 'experiments' designed to help people to connect with their feelings around climate and climate change, cultivate hope and take meaningful action.
Would you like to try them out and let me know what you think? 🙏🌵✨🪶🍃
feelingplanet.org
I need your help.
I've developed four creative 'experiments' designed to help people to connect with their feelings around climate and climate change, cultivate hope and take meaningful action.
Would you like to try them out and let me know what you think? 🙏🌵✨🪶🍃
feelingplanet.org