Graham Wright

The Wellbeing and Growth story continues.. life lessons and insight from watching seeds grow 🌱✨.

The gift of a Bonsai tree, 3 years ago, from Heather Egginton, gave me so many insights and sparked an idea to measure progress against a Wellbeing mission by visualising the action I was taking as leaves on a tree and remembering that change takes time and continued effort.

That led me then to focus on Wellbeing in my leadership role, join the Samaritans as a Listener, move into a People Transformation role, and launch and chair a Wellbeing network.

Since leaving my corporate career a year ago, a change that has been a tougher transition that I anticipated, aided with support from a wonderful network of people, I have continued to plant wellbeing seeds – Coaching others through desired change, taking on a Public Partner role in a Mental Health steering group, as well as taking on additional volunteering roles at the Samaritans.

I’m excited to see what deeper insights I can gain from growing a number of Bonsai trees from the beginning.. “What, I won’t even see a shoot for a few weeks?!” .. “What, some need to be in the fridge for 12 weeks before I can plant them?!” ..

Great reminders already about the value of patience through change, trusting that the seeds are working their magic, and of the power of hope – focussing on the desired outcome and what starts invisibly to the eye, rather than on what isn’t there yet.

Looking forward to sharing the continued insights.

What seed might you plant today? 🌱
What seeds have you planted recently? 🌱🌱
Where can you see the shoots starting to develop? 🌱🌲✨

If you’d welcome support through your own desired change journey, please do reach out to explore further.