This week saw the return of our annual SCARF workshops to Pilgrims’. For three days, the Octagon is transformed into a multicoloured tent where the SCARF sessions are held, and this change of scenery lends itself well to discussing ideas and learning about healthy ways of living and relating.

Yesterday was World Mental Health Day, and the theme for this year is Mental Health in the Workplace. This has become a very salient issue in recent years, and the link between a healthy workplace, where people can speak about their mental wellbeing openly, and staff working to the best of their ability, has been established time and time again.

The busyness of the past week has caused me to reflect quite a lot on the state we as parents find ourselves in from time to time. I happened to come across this article – it’s amazing what one stumbles upon at the right time – and thought I would share it as this week’s piece. I hope you will enjoy it.

I remember when the first season of Survivor was aired on television, and the excitement that surrounded those early broadcasts.

As the academic year winds down, one begins to reflect on all that has been. It can be very sobering to look back and see all that was planned and perhaps did not come to fruition; or perhaps one can be pleasantly surprised at how much was achieved. Taking time to reflect on one’s achievements is an important part of knowing oneself, and allowing oneself to learn from success and failure alike.