What are the reasons couples come to therapy? “He had imagined that in marriage he and Nancy would cleave to each other and become one – in some vague biblical sense of the word – whereas he was constantly aware of the difference between them and she frequently unbalanced him when he had expected – …
“Compatibility is an achievement of love, it isn’t its precondition. The person who is right isn’t the person who agrees with every aspect of our character. It’s someone who negotiates the differences between two people in a particular way, with a particular generosity and humour.” Alain de Botton I wanted to share with you some …
It is hard to escape the mindfulness revolution. It has been featured on the cover of Time magazine, included as a part of Harvard Business School’s leadership programmes, companies like Google, Apple and General Mills have developed their own in house Mindfulness programmes and it was announced recently that it is now being introduced as …
If you would like to hear the Mindfulness talk I gave for Cork Skeptics you can listen by pressing the play button below: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43279550/Mindfulness%20podcast%201.mp3
Are you curious about mindfulness? I am giving a free talk with Cork Skeptics on Friday 21st November at 8pm in Blackrock Castle. Mindfulness is growing in popularity as a way of improving mental health, coping with pain, reducing stress and now is even being introduced into the Junior Cert cycle. From the cover of Time …
“I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.” ~ C.S. Lewis Emotional pain hurts. It’s a dull ache, a tight knot, a throbbing that no pill can ease. It takes the joy out of life and makes it hard to believe there is …
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears” – Nelson Mandela Have you ever considered how much fear influences the decisions you make in your life? Fear gives us information that is intended to keep us safe. And it does a lot of the time, for example not putting our hand into the lions …
“I did it for me,I liked it, I was good at it and I was alive” This clip is from the final episode of Breaking Bad where Walt discloses what it meant for him to actually start to live after learning that he was dying. In Walt’s case he gave up being a struggling chemistry …
Do you live your life constantly striving for something that seems just out of reach? You might think that when you meet the right person, or get the right job or find a bigger house that you will then be happy? This clip from Alan Watts suggests that the journey is to be enjoyed, not …
Depression was famously described by Winston Churchill as his “Black Dog”. This video from the World Health Organisation gives an insight as to how depression can impact your life and how counselling can help.