By Amanda Roe, Trauma Therapist & Mind Coach Have you ever reached for a bar of chocolate when you are having a stressful day at work? Or perhaps you have found yourself craving a large bag of crisps while cramming for an exam? Emotionally-led eating is a complex issue driven […]
Mental Health & Mindfulness
Although the gates to the Hairy Henry Care Farm in Ballylickey of course had to remain closed during the lockdown, most of the therapeutic and educational activities and services on the farm are up and running again since the beginning of July. For the first time this year, Sandra Schmid, […]
Are things feeling a little steadier this month or am I just picking up on a sense of things being so? The lifting of many lockdown measures has certainly created a lift in our collective spirits, even if it is presenting a new set of challenges for us to navigate […]
Traumatic experiences in childhood can have a profound and long-lasting effect on your health and habits through life. Causes of childhood trauma may include; neglect, abuse, divorce, illness, bullying, being forced to speak in public, witnessing an accident, death of a loved one, a dear friend moving away, misunderstanding something […]
The fact that we are interconnected as human beings has never been clearer than now. We rely on each other. We depend on each other. How we behave impacts on ourselves and others. We have undergone huge change in a relatively short time and, although not easy, have adapted accordingly. […]
Family Carers Ireland, Cork/Kerry Resource Centre is pleased to announce a new free online counselling service available to family carers funded through the Dormant Account Fund administered by Pobal. Launched today the service was set up in recognition that family carers often live with higher levels of anxiety, depression and stress than the general population. A […]