by Gill Kenny | Jul 20, 2020 | Brain, Mental health, Mental health awareness, Mind
Do you ever feel as though you’re on a treadmill that’s programmed by a higher power to incline and decline, and all you’re required to do is go with the flow? You struggle on the inclines but enjoy the easier pace of the declines and give thanks for the fact that...
by Gill Kenny | Jul 13, 2020 | Accountability, Deadline, Dedication, Passion, Planning
Me at my best It’s funny how days become weeks and weeks become months that can fly by unnoticed if we’re not careful. This is why I do love a milestone to help me to see how far I’ve come and to focus my mind for a moment on where I am headed. When I embarked on my...
by Gill Kenny | Jul 6, 2020 | Addict, Addiction, Drinking, Mental health, Mental health awareness, Sobriety, Staying sober
What word links a pandemic and an alcoholic drink? Corona! And what do they have in common apart from a word? They can both do hardly any damage at all to us, or they can kill us. While the virus continues to wreak havoc on lives across the world, pubs are re-opening...
by Gill Kenny | Jun 22, 2020 | Acceptance, Isolation, Loneliness, Self-worth, Tribe
The hardest thing about quitting alcohol has been and continues to be the complex journey of self-discovery I embarked on when I put the bottle down. While the clarity of sobriety allows me to live a better life in many ways, it also shines a blinding light on a harsh...
by Gill Kenny | Jun 20, 2020 | Emotional intelligence
If ever there was a time when I have wholeheartedly questioned what makes us human, it is now. I don’t think I’ve previously been as alarmed by the conditions in which the human race finds itself living today. Just imagine that, despite all our knowledge and the...
