ONE BODY, NOW ONE SOUL: HOW I FOUND HAPPINESS AMIDST A MAZE OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY Meghann Scully From: Mental Health For Millennials Vol 3: On Happiness. Published by Book Hub Publishing, Galway, Ireland (2019). Turning Point What life says we have to live but one dream? What life says we must trek…
THE LIFELONG CRUSADE FOR (LASTING) HAPPINESS: A PERSONAL REFLECTION Giselle Marrinan From: Mental Health For Millennials Vol.3 On Happiness. Published by Book Hub Publishing. Galway, Ireland. (2019). “Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.” -C. S. Lewis The Wake-up Call My search for happiness, indeed lasting happiness, came from…
FINDING YOUR SIGNATURE STRENGTH Dr. Phil Noone *(Chapter reproduced with permission from the series editors from the book, ‘Mental Health For Millennials, Vol 3’, Published by Book Hub Publishing, 2019). Introduction What is happiness? According to the Dalai Lama the purpose of our existence is to seek happiness (Dalai Lama & Cutter 1998,…
Maybe I will Start Tomorrow by Giselle Marrinan “I don’t need time; I need a deadline” – Duke Ellington Procrastination, is it a good or bad habit? I know, just when most of you thought it had negative connotations. We know the issue has been around for a very long time and posed…
Pittsburgh and Ireland – The Connection Continues By Janice Lane Palko According to U.S. Census data, approximately one in six Pittsburghers is of Irish ancestry, making them the area’s second-largest nationality following only the Germans. With numerous politicians, clergy, business and sports figures of Irish descent in our history; one of the nation’s largest…
‘Patience’ “The secret of patience, is to do something else in the meantime” Croft M. Pentz When you set your sights on something and you have done everything you can to bring it into reality then, at some stage, you must let go all the planning and wait….and wait….and wait! My uncle told me years…
Mimosa by Giselle Marrinan “Your beauty is in your sensitivity. Don’t let anyone take it from you” Yasmin Mogahed One day whilst visiting my local garden centre with a friend, we noticed this very fragile looking plant and were drawn to it by its name ‘Sensitive Rigoloto’; a member of the mimosa genus. My friend…
‘Go Ahead Caller, You Are Through Now’ by Giselle Marrinan ` I am reading a book called ‘Making the Right Connections’ by Michael Larkin. It is basically about the discovery of the telephone and its introduction to the world and its influence on Ireland. This phone you see in the…
Is It My DNA? Can I Alter My Pattern of Thinking? Giselle Marrinan “Among other things, neuroplasticity means that emotions such as happiness and compassion can be cultivated in much the same way that a person can learn through repetition to play golf and basketball or master a musical instrument, and that such practice…
