Mindlab is going online!

 Today is our last contact session. It has been a long 16 week process but I have learnt so much that I need to go back over it. I hope to be able to embody what we have been taught and utilise the tools that we were shown.

 From here onwards I will be completing blog posts that are under a specific theme. I will be discussing my experience around the topic before digging deeper. My posts will reflect on my practice and include theories and frameworks. I will also be attempting to answer the following questions:

 How will I implement what I have learnt?

 How is my practice going to change?

 Here we go, blog, blog blog...


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