@MindsetByDave

He/Him - Multi Award Winning Mental Health Educator and Content Creator - https://xitter.cf/t.co/IEASwe6py3

 United Kingdom
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Joined February 2010
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ALWAYS REMEMBER On the days you feel you can do NOTHING; And you do ANYTHING; THAT means EVERYTHING!
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A great day. 5 sessions on Stress and Coping Strategies for around 150 students.
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What a day this was yesterday! 💝
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Big event speaking at Lancashire Teaching Hospital for @change_talks alongside @SophieMassey28 We are teaching on Neurodiversity, stress, anxiety and depression. You might ask “how do you prepare for such a talk?” … well now you know!
Me, Dave, a man, sat in a barbershop chair, wearing an apron. I am having my nose, ears and face waxed. There is black wax all over my face and ears with various q-tips attached including one in each nostril. It’s a seriously good look.

ALT Me, Dave, a man, sat in a barbershop chair, wearing an apron. I am having my nose, ears and face waxed. There is black wax all over my face and ears with various q-tips attached including one in each nostril. It’s a seriously good look.

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The next 12 months has so much in store for Change Talks. Bigger team. More talks. And a super secret hush hush project that I can’t talk about until Bossman Sam gives the green light. 🤭
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Just watched @Kabadayichess ‘s video on taming knights in chess and have never felt more prepared for those endgames! How am I only just hearing about knight check shadow and Karpov distance??? Thank you Dr Can!!!
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I broke 1400 on chess dot com!!!! Been working at this for forever!!! #chess #chesspunks
A screenshot of the end of the game of chess that took my rating to 1400 Elo. I was playing white and it displays my new score of 1404

ALT A screenshot of the end of the game of chess that took my rating to 1400 Elo. I was playing white and it displays my new score of 1404

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If you’ve got someone down to just their king in chess and you have a rook and 6 pawns. Who’s the worst sportsperson… The person down material who doesn’t resign. Or the attacker promoting several queens when a rook and king would suffice? #chesspunks
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Another chess habit coming in strong. 100 day streak of tactics training on Chessable!
A streak notification from a chess site and app called Chessable. It shows an orange and red flame and congratulates me on studying chess for 100 days in a row.

ALT A streak notification from a chess site and app called Chessable. It shows an orange and red flame and congratulates me on studying chess for 100 days in a row.

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I finished it!!!! How many chess books do I own? Probably around 20… How many have I finished? Including this one… errr… one!
A copy of the book Logical Chess Move By Move being held up in front of a wooden chess board.

ALT A copy of the book Logical Chess Move By Move being held up in front of a wooden chess board.

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I’m really good at starting things. Not so good at finishing them! Over the past 2 years I’ve bought a ton of chess books and gone cover to cover on zero… Now I’m only a few pages away from finishing Logical Chess Move By Move by Chernev. Changing the habit!
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Binging Chess Journeys and Perpetual Chess podcasts over the past few months has given me the courage to finally start chatting in the chess community here! So hi! I’m Dave, I’m an adult improver stuck between 1300 and 1395 and I’d love to meet some other players. #chesspunks
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The story of you making it through today could be the reason someone else gets through tomorrow. Keep fighting. 💝
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Losing today’s battle. Winning tomorrow’s war. #parenting #parenthood #lifelesson Sorry no captions as I have my hands full! Auto captions on insta version.
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Your mind is only like a sponge for a small amount of time. Be careful what you absorb with it!
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Anyone ever wanted to work with me or the Change Talks team? We are finally expanding!!!
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Congratulations fam! We made it out of January!!!
The “October 3rd” meme from mean girls. Only it says “on February 1st he asked me what day it was” on the top image and “it’s January 32nd” on the bottom.

ALT The “October 3rd” meme from mean girls. Only it says “on February 1st he asked me what day it was” on the top image and “it’s January 32nd” on the bottom.

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I woke up like this… (This = looking like Tim Curry!)
A moody low exposure photo of me holding my daughter. She is asleep in blue onesie because colours don’t have genders 😂 and I am looking cozy in a dressing gown. I also happen to look like Tim Curry.

ALT A moody low exposure photo of me holding my daughter. She is asleep in blue onesie because colours don’t have genders 😂 and I am looking cozy in a dressing gown. I also happen to look like Tim Curry.

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Welcome to the world Isabella Sofija Cottrell. Born today at 7:13 am. Weighing in at 6lb 8oz. Mother and baby doing fantastic. Father already truly in love. 🥰🥰🥰
Me holding my new daughter Isabella Sofija in skin to skin contact. She is sleeping soundly on my chest and I am in awe!

ALT Me holding my new daughter Isabella Sofija in skin to skin contact. She is sleeping soundly on my chest and I am in awe!

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A big thank you to @pauljebb1 for capturing this moment. This is where the three of us all thought the award was coming our way but weren’t quite ready to prematurely celebrate. Such a tense few seconds that seemed to drag on forever!
Myself, Sam Tyrer and Naomi Hardman all looking very nervous and tense moments before we were announced winners of the Chair’s Award at LSCFT time To shine awards.

ALT Myself, Sam Tyrer and Naomi Hardman all looking very nervous and tense moments before we were announced winners of the Chair’s Award at LSCFT time To shine awards.

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