Introduction This paper explores the issue of mental health. It will briefly explain the main theoretical approaches to the issue, before presenting a case study and a model that I have found useful in my work as a counsellor/psychotherapist supporting people to achieve and sustain positive mental health. Understanding Mental Health Life can be difficult.…
Introduction What is healing? For the past 5 years or so I’ve been on what I would call a ‘healing journey’. It’s a personal thing but it’s something I want to share with people as I feel it’s important and also it’s talked about very little and I don’t want to be afraid to talk about…
Introduction This is a time of profound uncertainty with the global COVID-19 pandemic. It is a time where we have all been forced to look into ourselves, to draw from our resiliency and where we have been allowed to reimagine how and why we engage as we do with the world and our communities. This…
“Let Us Always Meet Each Other With A Smile, For the Smile Is the Beginning of Love” Mother Teresa Whilst travelling by train from Schiphol airport to Hoorn in North Holland this September, something lovely happened. As is the case on most forms of public transport across the world in 2020, everyone was wearing a…
Bullying and the Virtual Space by Jocelyn Cunningham What is bullying? Bullying is the targeted, aggressive and unwanted persistent negative behaviour that is repeated against a person with the intention of causing fear, distress, or harm to another person’s body, emotions, self-esteem or reputation. Unfortunately, bullying can often go unnoticed and social media has a…
January, A month to Reflect “Hello, Silence My Old Friend. I’ve Come to Talk to You Again” Paul Simon 1964 Well by the time you read this, Christmas 2019 has well ended. It is a time to reflect on the previous year. Some will have lost loved ones, their health, their job, their relationship. For…
In Pursuit of Happ(y)ness: A Brief Introduction Dr. Rebecca Housel From Mental Health For Millennials: Vol 3 On Happiness, Published by Book Hub Publishing, Galway, Ireland (2019). Happiness. We all want it, regardless of age, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. No matter where you live or how you live, or even why you…
FINDING BALANCE TO ENHANCE YOUR WELLBEING Jocelyn Cunningham From: Mental Health For Millennials Vol 3: On Happiness. Published by Book Hub Publishing, Galway, Ireland (2019). “If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” – Abraham Maslow …
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…