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 | Feb 22, 2021 | Calling it out, Drinking, Justice, Pain & vulnerability, Rape, Recovery, Risk taking, Shame, Supporting young people, Vulnerable girls, Women's Rights, Youth Drugs & Alcohol
This is the face of my 19-year-old self, free and innocent, at a party in Italy with a heart full of hope and excitement about the future. Just a few weeks after that photo was taken, I was raped. I have chosen to write publicly about this for the first time in 35...
by Gill Kenny | Nov 2, 2020 | Addict, Addiction, Anxiety, Benefits of sobriety, Compassion, Connection to others, Mental health, Negative mindset, Supporting young people, Togetherness, Trust in relationships, Youth Drugs & Alcohol
Is there no end to the challenges of parenthood? All I can say is that I’m glad that I stopped drinking when I did, because now I am able to separate my own stuff from everyone else’s. So, last week my 15 year old son got caught smoking marijuana. To say my husband...
by Gill Kenny | Oct 6, 2020 | Abundance mindset, Activists for the future, Addict, Addiction, Attitude of gratitude, Benefits of sobriety, Compassion, Connection to others, Dictionary of lost words, Empathy, Equal rights, Gratitude, Imprisonment, Integrity, Mental health, Mental health awareness, Negative mindset, Pain & vulnerability, Relationship with money, Saving our planet, Scarcity mindset, Sobriety, Social media, Supporting young people, Togetherness, Women's Rights
I’ve just returned from a week by the sea where I got to recharge my almost-depleted battery and read a whole book all to myself. I’ll share the title with you as I do believe it is a good ‘un. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams is beautifully written and...
by Gill Kenny | Sep 28, 2020 | Activists for the future, Addict, Addiction, Anxiety, Attention extraction economy, Connection to others, Mental health, Mental health awareness, Sobriety, Social media, Staying sober, Supporting young people
It’s the end of yet another school term, and we’ve taken off to spend a week at a friend’s beach house. There is something very calming about walking barefoot along the sandy shores as the waves gently wash away the worries we brought from the city. We hadn’t had a...