by Gill Kenny | Sep 28, 2020 | Activists for the future, Addict, Addiction, Anxiety, Attention extraction economy, Connection to others, Mental health, Mental health awareness, Sobriety, Social media, Staying sober, Supporting young people
It’s the end of yet another school term, and we’ve taken off to spend a week at a friend’s beach house. There is something very calming about walking barefoot along the sandy shores as the waves gently wash away the worries we brought from the city. We hadn’t had a...
by Gill Kenny | Sep 21, 2020 | Addict, Addiction, Compassion, Connection to others, Cynicism, Negative mindset, Pain & vulnerability, Trust in relationships
It’s been fifty years since Joni Mitchell’s song ‘The Last Time I Saw Richard’ was released. I became a fan of hers in the 80s and regularly listened to her album Blue as I stared into the depths of my wine glass. The words ‘cynical & drunk’ became stuck in my...
by Gill Kenny | Sep 14, 2020 | Abundance mindset, Attitude of gratitude, Mental health, Mental health awareness, Relationship with money, Scarcity mindset, Trust in relationships
I heard a tragic tale the other day of an expectant father whose business had gone under as a result of COVID-19. His wife was pregnant with triplets after years of assisted fertility treatment yet the father-to-be threw himself in front of a bus. On the surface, the...
by Gill Kenny | Sep 7, 2020 | Acceptance & Commitment, Attitude of gratitude
Kiss the joy as it flies When I was in my late twenties, I developed a fixation with the idea of owning my own piece of land somewhere. I was living in London at the time and had come across a book entitled ‘Forty Acres and a Mule’ which was about the plight of slaves...
by Gill Kenny | Aug 31, 2020 | Caring For Your Dog, Dog, Dog theft, Human-animal bond, Mental health, Pets
My favourite days have always been Sundays for all the obvious reasons that revolve around resting, relaxing and doing what feels good rather than what’s expected of me. On this particular Sunday, the sun was shining from a piercing blue sky as I lazily lounged in the...
