Social entrepreneur, innovator of change
SHAME ON OUR LEADERS 30/10/2020 There are not many people who still live and work in the 1960’s, yet sometimes I feel that I am one. I work in baby homes as well as older children’s homes and beyond, mostly still as they were many years ago. Myself and my team spend most of our …
AS PROF. LUKE O’NEILL SAYS “NEVER MIND THE B#LL*CKS HERE’S THE SCIENCE” 15/10/2020 In 1998 my breath was taken away by a documentary from China, showing little girls in orphanages chained to cots and potties for hours on end. Abuse on a grand scale, it triggered women in Ireland to act and many of us …
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Mark Zuckerberg or a little octopus… give me the octopus 23/09/2020 Dear friends, therapists and little octopus, Today I need you as my therapists, so forgive me for that. My head is fried with agitation, but once I’ve poured it out, I will be grand again. Once the agitation flows down my ‘pen’ and out …
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LOVE IS ALL WE NEED, FORGET THE REST 26/07/20 So, a man that I love dearly rang me this week to say “Great blog, well written, it evokes emotion, but captures a lot factually, however, it is repetitive and way too long”. Seemingly a journalist submitted a great article once and said, “Sorry it is …
SOLPADEINE AND A BANANA 19/07/20 WTF has happened to my energy? Is it just me? Is anyone else dragging themselves around? I try not to allow negativity to enter my mind. I listen to the radio and watch Channel 4 news, RTE news and CNN in small doses and I have now decided that …
My Enough Just Isn’t Enough 02/07/20 I think we need to talk now more than ever. More than ever we need each other. We need to know how others are feeling because it is all not ‘normal’. The sands have shifted under our feet. I am a Life Coach. I do not like the title …
I Swear it’s not a She-Shed! 30/05/20 So, Week One in Lockdown, I was feeling slightly panicky at the idea of being locked in. I travel a lot, not much luxury travel, but fascinating, adventurous, often heart-wrenching, travel. I am not complaining, I love it. I have a wheelie bag that sleeps near me. We …