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Jacqui Taylor (she/her) Calm Courage Presence Writer 📖 Speaker Coach Meditation Teacher LGBTQ+ Ally 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Well what a time it’s been building up to this wee Well what a time it’s been building up to this week and performance of my monologue alongside all these super talented writers, directors and performers.

The show continues all next week if you are local to London. 

I am homeward bound in the morning. 

@caronkehoe1 @jessicamckenna93 @alicerochford_creative 

#comfortzone #transally🏳️‍⚧️ #showtime
Well it’s arrived!! I’m really not sure if I’m ne Well it’s arrived!!

I’m really not sure if I’m nervous or not - either way it’s happening!

Tomorrow evening I will be performing a monologue which I’ve also written - inspired by a Spoken Word piece I read in May @moorwords Spoken Word night. 

Isn’t it funny how things unfold 🤔 and the decisions we make along the way. 

Thanks to all@the lovely people who’ve encouraged me along the way @emilydevanewriter @harrietmasonwriter @oldhamjaz to name but a few. 

Please note no bones will be broken in the making of this production 🤣

#comfortzone #spokenword
Eek! 😱 When you start a new book and find out you Eek! 😱

When you start a new book and find out your friend and mentor is quoted on the second page 😲🤩🤯

Brita - I wasn’t expecting that and then I thought ‘but of course Brita should be in here ‘ 🧡

Excited to read on - on my way to the big city tomorrow to attend the Aspire conference with another wonderful woman Dr Sam Collins so lots of juicy reading time on the train.

Fun fact - I first met Brita at one of Sam’s conferences 🙌🏻

And I’m hoping to grab a ticket for the Woman of  the World event in March where I believe Natasha Walter is a speaker

@wowglobal 

 @drsamcollins 
@britafs 

#womensupportwomen #shinetheory
What a joy it was to hear and meet the gorgeous As What a joy it was to hear and meet the gorgeous Ashley James @ashleylouisejames on Saturday at the Leeds International Festival of Ideas @leedsintfest on the panel ‘We all belong here, don’t we? 

Ashley, along with James O’Brien, Ash Palmisciano and Afua Hirsch, talked about their experiences and how as a society can do better to be more inclusive and accepting towards each other. 

I learnt a lot from Afua and I am grateful for the opportunity because I know I have a lot to learn here. Another book to buy 📚😁

@mrjamesob @ash.p.x  @afuahirsch 

It was also so refreshing to be party to a discussion about trans people with an actual trans person involved, and a well informed and constructive panel. Despite what is happening in the UK, I felt uplifted by the fact that there are people who will speak up for this community - which are very close to my heart. 💜 

Thanks again Ashley - I look forward to reading your book 📖 Bimbo 💕 and maybe continuing the conversation 🙏

#inclusion #diversityandinclusion #transrightsarehumanrights🏳️‍⚧️
Meditation as a practice 🧘 is not always about s Meditation as a practice

 🧘 is not always about sitting alone in a room with our eyes closed.

Meditation as a practice is also 

👀 about bringing awareness to ourselves and the relationship to our surroundings and circumstances.

😊 about doing whatever is needed in order to be how you want to be.

🧡about who you want to become

AND

🙌🏻 doing it all on purpose

#meditationinmotion
Do you feel terrible for snapping at your kids, or Do you feel terrible for snapping at your kids, or your partner or a friend? 

You didn’t mean it but you’ve got a lot on your plate and you overreacted.

We all do it and we more often than not never really meant it. 

Let me ask you this though - what is it within you that is reacting to the situation?

How would it be if you could pause long enough to not react but consider whether you’re really bothered  about something else or that if you wait, you might approach the situation differently.

It’s not easy. But it is possible. 

Developing a deeper understanding of your own inner state, emotions and feelings is the starting place to building a different perspective. 

Then how you respond and behave can come from a place of deeper knowledge and choice. 

Working with a mentor - having someone in your corner - can really help in this process. 

Not everyone thinks that mentoring will à dor them Ai I’m offering 5 slots to have a complementary session to give it a go. 

Get in touch if you’d like to take up one of those places. 

#mentoringworks #respondnotreact
Lovely to chat with Vicky of @calmmenopause this m Lovely to chat with Vicky of @calmmenopause this morning @ilkleyladieswholatte. 

And a huge thanks to Jaz @oldhamjaz for hearing out my ideas about a possible community project I’m working on. 

There’s something special about women lifting up and supporting other women. 🙏

#womeninbusiness #womenempowerment #conversations
Does asking for what you need to feel really selfi Does asking for what you need to feel really selfish? 

If you’ve gone through life believing you need to put everybody else first and that what you need doesn’t matter, it can be really difficult to recognise when having better boundaries around the things that you do and the things that you need can actually make you a better person around the people you care about. 

Having greater awareness of 

💡 self, 
💡 being able to spot your tells, 
💡 those behaviours and patterns which mean you are disconnected from where you need to be and 
💡 having some clue of how to make the most appropriate changes are all possible. 

With practice. 

And being ok with needing to ask for what you need. 

Not necessarily always easy but when you’re clear why you need it and who else benefits (as well as yourself) you’re a step closer to making the changes to support yourself and those you love. 

Opening the door to this awareness is exactly what we’re going to be working on in my new course - starting this week in Bingley @feelgoodhub_emma called BURN BRIGHT. 

A month-long container with a great bunch of humans exploring
⭐ our awarensss, 
⭐ reactions, 
⭐ defences and 
⭐ how we can actively start to grow more of what we want in life. 

DM for details or find the link in the bio 🧡 

#dailypractice #beabetterhuman #boundaries
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