by Grainne O'Neill | Apr 10, 2020 | Anxiety, News
These are indeed strange times. Who could have thought that things would change so dramatically and so quickly. There is so much uncertainty around with Covid 19 and lockdown that there is an underlying anxiety there all the time. The underlying stress may be...
by Grainne O'Neill | Mar 20, 2020 | News
Release Stress Tapping Video Below We are certainly living in uncertain times. The coronavirus has brought up a lot of emotion for people, including myself. Feeling overwhelmed, fear, anxiety, stress, shock – I’ve felt all of them at different times. So,...
by Grainne O'Neill | Mar 11, 2020 | Anxiety
You would have to have had your head in the sand not to see what is going on with Harry and Meghan. Having watched them over the last few years since they have been together, and especially seeing how Harry has reacted since the birth of his son, I am guessing that...
by Grainne O'Neill | Mar 11, 2020 | News
Can I Overcome Negative Thinking? I recently watched a BBC Horizon programme with Dr Michael Moseley. Although you wouldn’t know it, by his own assessment, Dr Moseley said that he was a pessimist, and he was constantly fretting about the future. This affected all...
by Grainne O'Neill | Oct 18, 2019 | News
I had a complicated situation to deal with recently. It got sorted but in the aftermath, I had been thinking that of all the things that I ‘should’ do. And in doing this, I had created a lot of stress and anxiety for myself. My heart was really weighed...
by Grainne O'Neill | Sep 13, 2019 | News
Who you are and what you have is good enough I have been going through old photographs recently, one of which is my graduation photo (below). I posted the photo online and the comments have been lovely, especially in relation to both of my parents. It got me...
by Grainne O'Neill | Aug 1, 2019 | News
Carving Out Some Time For Headspace I had some great comments back from my last newsletter mostly about how people found that making some space or taking some quiet time has helped them. And how, even when we are on holidays, we put ourselves under pressure trying to...
by Grainne O'Neill | Jul 11, 2019 | News
As part of my own self-care regime, I regularly go for kinesiology, massage etc. During one of these visits, I saw a poster on 12 tips to self-care. Life is busy and we are all running around so it is good to take a step back and look at what you are doing to look...
by Grainne O'Neill | May 9, 2019 | News
The Imposter Syndrome is something that you do hear about from time to time. People sometimes think ‘what if people find out what I am really like?’ or ‘I’m a total fraud’. Valerie Young, the author of the book The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women, describes it as...
by Grainne O'Neill | Apr 14, 2019 | News
Heal Documentary Netflix are starting to show some interesting stuff now – moving away from the mainstream. Recently, I watched a documentary called Heal. It is about the power of the mind and our ability to heal. It focused on 2 individuals who were...