by Gill Kenny | May 13, 2024 | Abundance mindset, Acceptance, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcohol & cancer, Anger, Attitude of gratitude, Authentic self, Awakening, Being in the now, Benefits of sobriety, Blame, Change, Choosing to be strong, Compassion, Connection to others, counselling, Doing hard stuff, Drinking, Empathy, Forgiveness, Freedom, Growth, Healing, Inspiration, Intimacy, Isolation, Kindness, Listening to the heart, Lived Experience, Love, Meditation, Mental health, Mental health awareness, Mind, Open Heart, Pain & vulnerability, Parenting, Peace, Philosophy, Processing trauma, Recovery, Rejection, Shame, Sobriety, Spirituality, Staying sober, Stigma, Trauma, Trust in relationships, Truth, Unhealthy behaviours
Dear Readers, I can’t quite believe that this day has come. Not only am I publishing my 100th blog, but more importantly, I am celebrating five years since I stopped drinking. If you’d like to listen to this instead of reading (it is a long one today!), then...
by Gill Kenny | Feb 14, 2024 | Acknowledgement, Ageing, Alcohol, Anxiety, Authentic self, Avoidance, Balance, Compassion, counselling, Demons, Diet, Empathy, Happiness, Healing, Inspiration, Judging, Kindness, Lived Experience, Love, Mental health, Mind, Pain & vulnerability, Processing trauma, Recovery, Self-love, Sobriety, Staying sober, Sugar, Uncategorized
Happy St. Valentine’s Day to You. It’s been two months since my last blog because I had to contend with the ups and downs of a busy life hence why this is the first blog of 2024. I’m doing my best to get back on track. Before I share my latest insights with you,...
by Gill Kenny | Oct 5, 2023 | Compassion, Connection to others, Growth, Healing, Heart of the matter, Living in wonderment, Mental health, Pain & vulnerability, Philosophy, Spirituality, The essence of our being, Uncategorized
Dear Readers, As we leave behind the cold of winter and enter into the growth of spring here in the southern hemisphere, I am acutely aware of the absolute beauty of life. Everywhere around me, things are coming to life. My garden is bursting with colour, especially...
by Gill Kenny | Aug 1, 2023 | Pain & vulnerability, Alcohol, Authentic self, Being bold, Believing you're bad, Calling it out, Compassion, Control, Courage, Craving, Cruelty, Daring, Demons, Empathy, Labels, Lived Experience, Mental health, Parenting, Recovery, Self-love, Shame, Sinéad O'Connor, Stealing as a mechanism of control, The power wielded by Catholic priests in Ireland
Dear Readers, I hope this finds you well. Those of you who follow my fortnightly blog closely will have noticed that I didn’t send one out last week. I had been away for the weekend with himself, walking barefoot on a sandy beach, shrieking playfully every time the...
by Gill Kenny | Jul 11, 2023 | Transgender identity, Acceptance, Compassion, Core values, Empathy, Equal rights, Gender Dysphoria, Gender identity, Happiness, Heart of the matter, Intolerance, Judging, Kindness, Mental health awareness, Mind, Pain & vulnerability, Self-knowledge, Self-love, Supporting young people, The essence of our being, Vulnerable girls, Women's Rights, Young people
Hello friends and subscribers. Thanks for joining me here today to read my latest blog. I hope it gives you some food for thought. Follow this link for my video recording if you prefer to listen. This week I’m thinking out loud. I’m trying to pick apart the big...
by Gill Kenny | Jun 27, 2023 | Addiction, Alcohol, Anxiety, Benefits of sobriety, Change, Compassion, Connection to others, Craving, Drinking, Empathy, Happiness, Healing, Pain & vulnerability, Processing trauma, Recovery, Self-knowledge, Self-love, Sobriety, Staying sober, Trauma, Uncategorized, Unhealthy behaviours, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Hello and welcome to my latest blog. I trust, because you’re here reading or listening to my ponderings today, that you’re taking some time to care for yourself. That’s important. Like they say on airplanes, always fit your own oxygen mask first as, without it,...
