by Gill Kenny | Aug 24, 2020 | Attitude of gratitude, Gratitude, Healing in nature, Justice, Mental health, Mental health awareness
I wonder how many of you are feeling as I am, jaded from the constant reminders about the impact of COVID-19 on individual lives, economies and populations across the world. I’m sure I’m not alone in my irritability at the sound of the news, with its endless stream of...
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 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 | May 11, 2020 | Addict, Addiction, Alcohol & cancer, Anxiety, Attitude of gratitude, Benefits of sobriety, Compassion, Connection to others, Drinking, Empathy, Mental health, Mental health awareness, Negative mindset, Recovery, Self-love, Sobriety, Staying sober, Support groups
For as long as I was drinking to excess, I wondered what it would feel like to be completely sober for a whole year. I had done many the stint of abstinence and completed a couple of one-hundred-day challenges over the years, but it never felt as though l was giving...
by Gill Kenny | Apr 6, 2020 | Diet, Mental health, Nutrition
Have you ever wondered what eating a plant-based diet might do for you? Have you toyed with the idea of eliminating meat, eggs, fish and dairy from your diet in order to find out? If you’ve answered yes to either of these questions, then I invite you to come on a...
by Gill Kenny | Mar 16, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental health, Mental health awareness
When I began writing this yesterday, I had just returned from my local supermarket with six loo rolls and a whole load of anxiety. I could sense the foreboding as I drove into the car-park and drove out again due to the lack of parking spaces. I parked in a nearby...
