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The Director's Blog Cognitive Distortions: Understanding Negative Thinking for Facilitators and Artists As facilitators and artists, our mental and emotional well-being deeply impacts how we lead sessions and interact with others. Cognitive distortions, or patterns of... The Director's Blog Time, Energy and Focus: A Practical Guide for Facilitators Time. It’s one of the most important tools you’ll have as a facilitator, whether you’re running a whole session or guiding younger students through... The Director's Blog Facilitator’s Fieldguide: Your body language speaks for you We’re pretty incredible as humans. We genuinely do (in my opinion) have a sixth sense, made up of a whole manner of things. We... The Director's Blog Which Hills are You willing to die on? In theatre direction, especially when working with ensembles or large casts, you often face moments where your creative ideas might not immediately resonate with... The Director's Blog Seven tips for when you’re running the room – delivering theatre sessions to young people I’ve had the privilege of working with a wide range of young people. In my experience, there’s some things that anyone stepping into a room to deliver a session should think about when it becomes to managing the behaviour of the room. Running the room isn't easy.