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It hurts to let go, but sometimes it hurts more to hold on.

Links and Resources, Mindfulness, QuotesFebruary 2, 2022185Views 0Likes 0Comments

Knowing we need to let go is sometimes not enough. Sometimes, we are not fully ready to let go for many reasons (e.g., comfort in the familiar, fear of the unfamiliar). Sometimes, we do not know how to let go. We often need to acknowledge the struggle, feel all the feelings around the resistance of…

How is your nervous system doing?

Anxiety and Stress, Covid-19, Links and Resources, Mind Body ConnectionJanuary 24, 2022451Views 0Likes 0Comments

Our nervous systems (especially in Ireland) have been through quite the rollercoaster in the past couple of months. We have experienced restrictions tightening, Christmas, possibly isolating/quarantining, the collective trauma of a murder, and all restrictions lifting in the short space of just a couple of months. Never mind perhaps some personal difficulties and the collective…

Minding your mental health at Christmas

Christmas, Links and ResourcesDecember 1, 2021316Views 0Likes 0Comments

I spoke with Dr. Patricia Barber about taking care of our mental health at Christmas as part of her excellent "Thinking about Therapy" series (series available on Patricia's page).A lot of what we discussed is useful not only at Christmas but all year round to support our mental health. Some topics include: 📍Boundaries 📍Self care…

It is hard enough to change ourselves, never mind someone else.

About therapy, Links and Resources, QuotesNovember 17, 2021259Views 0Likes 0Comments

It can be difficult to witness our loved ones engaging in unhealthy behaviours and habits and not reaching out for help or having any desire/motivation to change. It is hard when we make many attempts to help, but they do not want to be helped. If change was so easy (for either ourselves or for…

Grounding technique: 3 step breathing space

Grounding techniques, Links and ResourcesNovember 10, 2021304Views 0Likes 0Comments

Any brief pause or check in through our day, no matter how long or short, can help us to ground and re-balance. The three-step breathing space is a quick meditation. Within a few minutes, it helps you to check in with your thoughts, emotions, breath and body. It helps to transition from…

Therapy is a journey

About therapy, Links and Resources, QuotesNovember 3, 2021303Views 0Likes 0Comments

Therapy is a journey. Like a journey through a forest, therapy sessions have many paths to explore. Some paths are comfortable, clear, safe, and bright. Other paths may feel dark, shadowy, foggy, unclear. We may walk the previously familiar paths less now as it no longer benefits or serves us. We then can explore new…