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…
From Mental Health For Millennials Vol 4 ‘On Wellbeing’ (2020). Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are. How deeply rooted in being. Allow nature to teach you stillness’ (Tolle, 2003: 5). This chapter looks at wellbeing in the context of resilience, which is the…
Being Kind to Your Inner Childby Giselle Marrinan, Author of ‘Another Zero’. “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing”George Bernard Shaw No matter what age we are, there is a child in all of us. I liken us to the Russian Matryoshka doll. These are the wooden…
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 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,…
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…
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…