Tag Archive: mental health

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Are you ashamed to be ill?

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In our competitive society, chronic infirmity or illness is viewed as a personal failing rather than the random stroke of fate that it is ~  Angelika Byczkowski I recently spotted a post on… Continue reading →

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Weekly Round-Up

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Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blogs which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve… Continue reading →

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Grieving life’s losses and finding your new normal

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Grief is a natural response to loss and although  we normally associate grief with the death of a loved one, the fact is that any loss can cause grief, including serious illness.I have… Continue reading →

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Weekly Round-Up

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It’s back! Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blogs which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and… Continue reading →

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Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 17 #HAWMC

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Day 17 of the WEGO Health Activist Writer’s Month which I have signed up for – a month dedicated to the art of writing about health.  Today’s prompt: Learned the Hard Way. What’s a… Continue reading →

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Learning to be kind to ourselves

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Today’s post is inspired by a recent newsletter from life coach, Cheryl Richardson and also my own reflections on how hard I and many of you are on yourselves. Numerous scientific studies have… Continue reading →

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World Mental Health Week

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World Mental Health Week  is taking  place  Oct 3-10.  This year the theme is Building Resilience so I will be highlighting relevant blog posts all this week.  Please feel free to join in the discussion. Related Posts: The… Continue reading →

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Spiritual care conference

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I have just returned from a wonderful two days in Killarney, attending the first international conference Compassion and Presence: Spiritual Care for the Living and Dying. The conference  featured outstanding talks from some of the most… Continue reading →