When people are finding things tough in their life we often look at the event that is happening – perhaps bereavement, a difficulty in work, worries about children etc. etc. What I have noticed is that a real struggle is the way our minds respond to these difficulties. Having human emotions such as anxiety, guilt, anger, shame and self-criticism are the real struggles of…
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The word tolerance keeps coming up when talking with parents. Tolerance for the whole thing. Tolerance for the trying to get pregnant, being pregnant, tolerance for the grief of miscarriage, the lack of sleep, unwell children, the repetitiveness, the word no and tolerance for those difficult moments and days. Tolerance for the mind boggling and often unhelpful systems when fighting…
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I am delighted to announce that I will be running a summer course for Primary School Teachers exploring and developing teacher and student resilience. The motivation for the course is to recognise how important teachers are in students lives and how important it is that students learn how to understand their emotions and know what to do with them. Details are…
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Parenting is a mixed bag. At any one time in can be exciting, tiring, frustrating, over-whelming, thrilling and just flipping hard work. With this role comes a huge amount of responsibility. Depending on how this responsibility is related to has a huge impact on our thoughts, feelings and actions. Yes, it’s possible to relate to the most difficult parts of…
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It seems that now more than ever we must remind people that emotional resilience is an option. Especially with our young people. I recently heard that Ireland has one of the best Education Systems in Europe. This is wonderful. But we also have alarmingly high rates of suicide, suicidal ideation, self harm and use of prescription medication. Something’s not working….
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