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…
Millennial Culture, Food and the Pursuit of Happiness A #CulinaryCurious Blog @theculinarycelt & @drniallmc June, 2019 Culinary Curious Celts Both of us are intensely interested in millennial culture here at the Book Hub Publishing Group and are contributing a range of chapters to the seven-volume ‘Mental Health for Millennials’ Series. In these,…
Not Yet by Giselle Marrinnan, Not Yet……….. “I can accept failure; everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying”- Michael Jordan. Our earliest memories of school have been about getting the dreaded’ fail’ in our exams or the much sought after’ pass’. We live in a society where everything we do is…
Can Neuroscience Add to our Understanding of Mindfulness? Dr. Phil Noone @dr_philnoone Introduction Mindfulness practice has existed for many centuries and has traditionally been associated with Eastern culture and spirituality (Siegel et al. 2008). From the mid-20th century onwards, mindfulness became incorporated into psychological based interventions as a means of reducing psychological distress and…
Who Wants To Get High? Giselle Marrinan @Giselle82287818 “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” -Greek Proverb. Years ago, I saw a movie called ‘Pay It Forward’ which left an indelible mark in my brain. It is about a young student who pays forward favours and starts an unprecedented wave…
A Brief Note on Awareness, Compassion and Happiness by @drniallmc Introduction 25 hundred years ago a man named Gautama experienced what he understood to be liberation and became known as Buddha – the awakened one. The Buddha’s teachings can be described in just one word – awareness. Through this experience, Buddhism has spread throughout…
Bo Derek: The Ironic Beauty Quite often what`s on the outside is not all as it seems. Dr Conor Hogan In this blog, I want to make the observation that all is not always as it seems. I’d like to take the example of the iconic, Bo Derek, who was a famous on-screen beauty synonymous…
Are we the Animal of our own Mental Health? Dr. Conor Hogan @drconorhogan When we wake in the morning there is a brief silence within us. C.S Lewis encapsulated this moment best when he wrote: “It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at…