Natural Mindset Ltd

Crafting for mental wellbeing 🌿

A small act of reclaiming calm.

This week’s project came from an old Halloween decoration I bought cheaply years ago. I always loved the meaning behind it, but the aesthetic never felt right for everyday life.

So I softened it.

All the decorations were leftovers from previous projects or old costume jewellery — materials with a history, gently repurposed.

There’s something regulating about working with your hands like this.

No urgency. No outcome to prove. Just creating a space where your nervous system can breathe for a moment.

Yesterday evening was very emotional 😥

I was invited by the local NHS Organ Transplant Team to accept the Order of St John Award on behalf of my Mum Dianne Young for her life saving gift of Organs.

My Mum passed away at just 61 years old. She was fit and healthy and minuets before she passed she had uttered a regret about not having gone for a 15 mile bike ride that day.

She had a brain bleed and despite being resuscitated by members of the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust her bleed had already done it's damage.

I told the transplant team that I had always know Mum wanted to donate her organs to save others. I can remember her asking us for our views when my sister and I were both still in primary school. We talked about it a few times over the years which meant I was confident in her wishes.

Organ donation bit we had to consent to other options if the organs could not be transplanted (there are multiple reasons why this doesn't happen). These included medical research and teaching medical students, we signed up for it all confident in that this is what she wanted.

If you are not sure of your loved ones wishes or have not told them yours recently please do have that talk today.