by Gill Kenny | Dec 23, 2019 | Addict, Addiction, Alcohol, Healing in nature, Pain & vulnerability, Plant-based diet
It’s that time of the year again, when I have traditionally gorged myself on alcohol and food for about a fortnight. Come January, I berated myself for gaining unwanted and definitely unnecessary kilos of fat around my belly and backside. It’s not that I...
by Gill Kenny | Dec 16, 2019 | Addict, Addiction, Alcohol, Compassion, Connection to others, Freedom, Sobriety, Staying sober
When I was growing up in Ireland, we dreamed of a white Christmas and it came true every few years. If it didn’t snow, then we hoped it would be dry because the ice made for treacherous driving conditions. Bikinis and Santa hats It’s been a long time since...
by Gill Kenny | Dec 9, 2019 | Music, Peace, Singing, Soul
Ave Maria Yesterday I sang with my church choir for the first time in a long while and it felt good. I had forgotten how uplifting it is to sing beautiful songs in unison with others. I’ve sang with many choirs over the years, starting with a school choir in...
by Gill Kenny | Dec 2, 2019 | Man, Men's mental health, Mental health, Mental health awareness
Last week, I completed a Mental Health First Aid course here in Perth and it was a real eye opener. I had no idea that as many as 45% of Australians were found to have suffered a mental illness in their lifetime and one in five said they had experienced some form of...
by Gill Kenny | Nov 25, 2019 | Anger, Change, Peer acceptance, Teenagers
The other night my son went to get an ice cream from the freezer in the garage. I figured it was best to keep such treats as far from reach as possible. I only found out about this when my husband went to fetch a screwdriver the next morning. He found the freezer door...
