Noreen Coomey of Transition Coaching and Psychotherapy looks at why we may resist change and how we can navigate this challenge. According to Irish playwright, George Bernard Shaw “Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”. Change is inevitable and a constant force […]
Mental Health & Mindfulness
In January 2024, I will have been working with psychotherapy and counselling clients for three years. The majority of clients I have worked with have been challenged by suicide. From thoughts of suicide, known as suicidal ideation, to actively planning a suicide or to having been bereaved by suicide. Although […]
Words from poet Danna Faulds come to mind while reflecting on this new year. “As many times as I forget, catch myself charging forward without even knowing where I’m going, that many times I can make the choice to stop, to breathe, and be, and walk slowly into the mystery”. […]
Noreen Coomey of Transition Coaching and Psychotherapy looks at why men don’t ask for help. When a man does not ask for help with a problem (which he has tried to solve on his own without success) he may end up in one of three places – the hospital, the […]
There are times of year possibly more conducive to reflection than others, like these Winter months and mindful reflection can help us to notice precious moments or times in our lives when things seem to be in sync, knitting together, merging, and flowing. November is traditionally a month for remembering […]
I am just back from a most beautiful solo retreat on Cape Clear Island, where lots of time was spent walking, swimming, writing, recording, sitting, watching rabbits and other wildlife. I had some wonderful family members and friends coming and going, and of course, Pudsy, my tiny Jack Russell beside […]