Jen Murray
☁️10 things I’ve learned whilst running that aren’t about running…
The last six months of marathon training has been transformative in many ways. I feel encouraged to share a few things I’ve experienced...
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Jen Murray
Aug 24, 20232 min read
That’s a beam~how much does “cringe” culture in Scotland impact us pursuing creative ideas/passions?
I had this thought as I walked through Buchanan street on the way to Ardrossan/Arran on Saturday. I was watching all the street...
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Jen Murray
Aug 24, 20232 min read
How many of us experience full body awareness? ~exploring somatic therapy and mind-body connection
💭Documenting my ongoing journey of exploring somatic therapy and mind-body connection/connecting as it feels like the experience ebs and...
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Jen Murray
Aug 11, 20232 min read
💭How my cat taught me how to rest:
A few years ago, rituals and routines guided my life. I resisted slowing down, stillness and being fully in the present moment…
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Jen Murray
Jul 24, 20232 min read
ings: stuckness, fluidity and the ebbs and flows
I have of consistent curious mind partly my nature and partly, I’ve discovered, linked with neurodivergence. I am always uncovering, x-rayin
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Jen Murray
Jul 1, 20232 min read
Reflections on endings & transitions as we finish the intense, winding road to becoming therapists
ending’s can bring up/bring us to: 𖦹points of reflection: where have we been, where are we now, where are we going? 𖦹our past...
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Jen Murray
Jun 23, 20232 min read
love, emotional regulation and reflections of love on the journey to becoming a therapist 𖦹
love, emotional regulation and reflections of love on the journey to becoming a therapist 𖦹
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Jen Murray
Apr 2, 20233 min read
The delicate balance between self-awareness, healing, ‘pop’ psychology and insta-therapy
Themes: Medicalising language, pop psychology and in contrast, the liberation of finding and understanding ourselves and the world more....
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Jen Murray
Jul 14, 20225 min read
Drawing a circle around yourself (shame & leaning into who you truly are)
When we locked parts of our story away, (often the parts we feel shame or pain around) we lock parts of ourselves away.
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Jen Murray
May 19, 20222 min read
TRANSITIONING & the courage to heal 🌀
TRANSITIONING & the courage to heal 🌀 video form: Youtube or Instagram —————— Themes: giving ourselves the time and space to heal and...
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Jen Murray
Apr 19, 20224 min read
We do not need to “Suffer in Silence”… a story about the Isle of Arran & connection
A collection of my favourite places on Arran🌀 I have such an intense connection with Arran. The only thing I can compare it to is the...
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Jen Murray
Apr 10, 20223 min read
Old Photographs, memories, healing and tangents
lots of freckles and cheesy smiles. my aunty sent me the second picture last week and I’ve been reflecting sooo much on how photographs...
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Jen Murray
Mar 31, 20224 min read
“You are detraining”, “that session was unproductive”, “You are productive”-Why Garmin why?!
Stats & my relationship with running tracking technology… After sharing my recent thoughts about Garmin with Viliuso, he encouraged me to...
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Jen Murray
Jan 14, 20222 min read
My experience of Orthorexia & Body Neutrality, Shame, Recovery and gratitude for Gabor Maté
Yesterday I shared my orthorexia/disordered eating journey with my counselor... I was surprised that I ended by sharing that I am so...
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Jen Murray
Jan 14, 20223 min read
Thoughts on ED recovery & the beautiful memoir "The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting" by Evanna Lynch
TW: eating disorder (ED) discussed Does anyone else feel a sense of grief when finishing a book? This was one of the most significant &...
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Jen Murray
Sep 11, 20212 min read
“When I get that feeling, I want natural healing”
The dweebiest title to ever exist, yes… but it was the first thing that came to my mind when I was thinking about writing around nature,...
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Jen Murray
Sep 2, 20214 min read
What did you get for Christmas?
A random two chapters from the book I have been writing: a collection of short stories: What did you get for Christmas? In primary...
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Jen Murray
Aug 28, 20212 min read
four years of healing, recovery & finding balance
healing, recovery & trying to find balance within all things over the last four years, I have been on the journey of creating balance and...
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Jen Murray
Aug 19, 20212 min read
Why therapy training & therapy should be subsidised to support mental health recovery post-pandemic
Wee excerpt from a longer post I am working on... Another barrier to higher education I have felt the burden of most of my educational...
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Jen Murray
Aug 17, 20218 min read
Hebridean Way Experience, Hiking & Connection
Journey of the Hebridean Way 2021 In case anyone has not heard of the Hebridean Way it is a long-distance trek through the beautiful...
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