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From Victim to Survivor

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...

One Journey Home

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 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...

Explosive Spirit