by Justin Claxton | Nov 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our last day together was spent with 2 families who had kindly agreed to share their story. I felt this was an incredibly brave thing to do. Think about it: sit in front of a 40+ people you don’t know and answer intimate questions about your family in a...
by Justin Claxton | Nov 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today, Dan shared a story he’d been told by one of the fathers he’d recently worked with. It went something like this: ‘The golden eagles of Colorado mate for life and build a nest together. First they start by gathering up long sharp thorns which...
by Justin Claxton | Nov 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Wow, what a day. Where to begin? Well, firstly I really appreciated the personal welcome extended to all of us by the workshop organiser, Jan Olthof, and later our facilitators, Michaela Fried and Dan Dolberger. Introductions over coffee followed in the striking...
by Justin Claxton | Nov 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Fortunately, everyone here speaks English and is willing to help out a lost looking middle-aged English man wandering the back streets of Maastricht. My name is Justin Claxton and I work for Ormiston Families, one of East Anglia’s leading children’s...