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From Victim to Survivor
The word 'victim' has taken on a negative meaning over the past few decades. Popular thinking is that you are either a victim or a survivor, however, Veritas Counseling in the US has now spoken out about 'Parts Work'. This acknowledges each of us not as a singular...
What is Spirituality in the modern age?
Spiritual awakening is not always gentle Busy people with busy lives often miss or ignore signs from the universe telling them to look up, slow down, breathe and just be. If you miss the signs, the universe does not simply give up on you, it speaks to you in a way...
One Journey Home
Originally published on www.IrishCentral.com I have never considered myself an emigrant. Yes, I have left Ireland at least three times in my life with the intention of working but I always left with the intention of returning to Ireland within a few years. On the...
A Personal ‘New Age’
Dr. Wayne Dyer in his movie ‘The Shift’ describes periods or events (that he calls “Quantum Moments”) in our lives that shake and redefine us. What is interesting is how our priorities change after these so-called quantum moments, as we move from a place of making...
The Nature of Trauma
THE original meaning of the word ‘survivor’ was ‘one who outlived another’. This evolved to refer to people who lived through events that might surely have killed them. In the modern age this now loosely means ‘one who copes well with adversities in life’. These three...
Doing Well While Doing Good
CSR is Dead; Long Live Industry-Specific Corporate Social Impact Resources being spent addressing social needs without the structure of a business model are unsustainable and therefore incapable of having any significant impact. The business world can seem overly...