by Gill Kenny | Aug 26, 2026 | Anticipating the future, Attitude of gratitude, Balance, Being in the now, Caring For Your Dog, Core values, Dog, Gratitude, Human-animal bond, Listening to the heart, Realising dreams, Recovery, Self-compassion, Sobriety, Thinking Lucky, Uncategorized, Unconditional love
Dear Readers, The excitement that has been building around the forthcoming launch of my debut novel was shaken out of me a little last week when I experienced a health scare. After being sent to the emergency department by my GP because of a concern about ongoing...
by Gill Kenny | Feb 7, 2023 | Acceptance, Acceptance & Commitment, Acknowledgement, Alcohol, Anger, Anxiety, Benefits of sobriety, Doing hard stuff, Drinking, Empathy, Growth, Healing in nature, Human-animal bond, Mental health, Peace, Recovery, Sobriety, Staying sober, Uncategorized
Hello, and welcome back to my blog – follow this link to the audio version if you prefer to listen. I hope you’re doing well. Keeping the past behind closed curtains I’ve been grappling with hard stuff. It’s been sneaking out from behind the heavy velvet...
by Gill Kenny | Jan 24, 2023 | Acceptance, Alcohol, Anxiety, Caring For Your Dog, Connection to others, Dog, Healing in nature, Human-animal bond, Isolation, Loneliness, Mental health, Pain & vulnerability, Recovery, Self-worth, Sobriety, Trust in relationships, Uncategorized, Unconditional love
Greetings, and welcome to my 75th blog! Follow this link if you’d prefer to listen to a recording. I hope you’re well and finding ways to feel good about you and your life. I am certainly trying, but these past few days have been weird. I’ve been feeling sluggish, my...
by Gill Kenny | Sep 20, 2022 | Acceptance, Acceptance & Commitment, Addiction, Alcohol, Caring For Your Dog, Compassion, Connection to others, Drinking, Empathy, Human-animal bond, Kindness
Greetings from a land down under where the season of spring is in full flow, and so am I! Welcome to my 66th blog. It’s been a while, I know. I hope you’ve all been keeping OK, whether forging ahead with achieving your goals or simply getting by – whatever the case...
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...
by Gill Kenny | Oct 14, 2019 | Human-animal bond, Integrity, Mental health, Mental health awareness, Pets
It is Mental Health Awareness month here in Australia and it’s got me thinking about the things that contribute to our mental health. One of the greatest discoveries I have made about my own mental health is the power of practicing gratitude. Every day I think about...
