Tag: life
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Take your time…
Last week was my final days of university before the summer break. We were scheduled to be on campus for three days; however, with the blockades and protests of the rising cost of fuel in Ireland, we were moved online. This meant that I was able to turn off my alarm and turn in for…
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Spring rituals…
It’s Easter Monday, as I write this, and I am just home from a wedding in the gorgeous countryside of Devon, England. This was the first time that I have been away from home at Easter time and I was curious as to how this would be. Easter is one of my favourite celebrations. My…
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Sadness upon me…
Sadness has been upon me. I am not going to lie, last week was a tough one. There were various moments, hours and even a few full days where there was a heavy and almost lethargic melancholy upon me. At times, when I got pulled into my mind, it felt too much. However, when I…
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In and around you…
This past weekend, I was in college learning various theoretical approaches to psychotherapy. More specifically, we were learning about the importance of embodiment and all about the benefits of slowing things down so that we might notice what is happening within our internal world. Now, I don’t want to skim over the worth of noticing…
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Rest come easy
I am just coming out of the most luxurious four days of rest. They were well deserved after what feels like 2026’s momentum of hit the ground running. I made sure to make no plans and to step back into a quality of ‘simply being’ in and around my home. The great Zen master, Thich…
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Lightly, my darling
Whenever things feels heavy in my life, like when I start to feel the walls caving in, I remember the words of Aldous Huxley: It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly…
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Slow down, you move too fast
As many of you know, and those who have been reading my blog will know, the last few years of my life have been difficult ones (to say the least). Life turned upside down with the illness and death of my beloved. And before that, I was working a lot. Too much, some might say.…
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Trust Emergence
There is a beautiful poem by John O’ Donohue called “Fluent”. It is not long. It’s simply: I would love to live Like a river flows, Carried by the surprise Of its own unfolding. I can still remember the first time I heard these lines. I was with a gang of fellow mindfulness practitioners on…
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One wild and precious life
As I sit down to my 2026 desk, it’s hard not to notice the sentimental feelings of new beginnings that come with the new year. I know that these feels will slowly melt away into the ordered schedule of the daily, monthly, yearly routine. However, even if it’s for these first few words that I…
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Quiet moments of presence
Last night, my son surprised me with coming home for Christmas. He has been living in Australia for the past year, and despite my many ‘are you sure you’re not going to come home?’ queries, he managed to truly catch me off guard! There were many tears and lots of hugs and plenty of ‘this…
My Silent Place 