I wrote ‘Drifting Through Life – Time to Change’ well over a week ago now. Not much has changed since. It’s like I know something has to change, something has to move, something has to develop… but that’s really hard to do. Especially when I seem to be stuck in the same loops that have
So…. I’m going to keep on updating my firsts here so one day I can look back at the beginnings 🙂 My Depression2LIFE Gmail account is now live!
I’m 36 and never really had a plan for my life. Like one of those 5 year plans. Or a clear direction of where I want to go and where I want to be. I’ve had small plans. Like get through this next year, get through this course, look forward to this trip etc. But
23rd of October 2018 Today marks the last of my 15 sessions with a local suicide counselling centre. As I was leaving the reception area I turned and thanked the lovely lady whom every time I entered, asked if I wanted a tea or a coffee. I thanked her for what she was doing and
It’s been 6 months since my last post. It’s been just under 5 months since the meds kicked in… and I stopped feeling suicidal. As much as I had been trying to pull myself together, make positive plans and calm my anxiety, the reality of my struggles hit home like a brutal blow. A couple
So after a couple of pretty hopeless days last week, I had the opportunity to go on a San Pedro (Huchuma) Healing Ceremony weekend in a large wooden house surrounded by the lush Wicklow Mountains. As I left Mum’s house on Friday, I pulled the sheets and covers off my bed, packed my blankets and
I’m just home from the gym and feeling good about my effort. Started back again about 3/4 weeks ago after getting over the initial cold that had struck me after my trip away (3+ months in Plum Village). I’ve been (roughly) twice a week since starting and even though it’s a real push to get
Last week I had the opportunity to go on a 4 day retreat very similar to the one I spent in Plum Village for just over 3 months. This retreat was entitled “Happy Teachers Change the World: Mindfulness Retreat for Educators”. It was led by 3 Monastics from Plum Village in Doneraile, Cork, Ireland. Although
Sometimes I wonder to myself, am I just putting added pressure to myself by having this blog? It’s ironic. I want it to help me in having a form of release, to help in expanding and building my writing abilities, to help in building confidence in myself… Yet, I keep putting writing off until ‘I’ve