DR GABOR MATE IN CONVERSATION WITH VIVAN MCKINNON: PART FIVE
In our second guest blog, Dr Charlie Orton, Chief Executive of UK SMART Recovery; a UK based addiction recovery charity talks about her top three take-aways from the In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts conversation between trauma therapist Vivian McKinnon and Dr Gabor Mate. Mate is a world leading expert on childhood trauma and addiction. […]
DR GABOR MATE IN CONVERSATION WITH VIVAN MCKINNON: PART FOUR
Gary Rutherford is our guest writer for the fourth blog in our special series celebrating the work of international childhood trauma and addiction expert Gabor Mate. He was one of 60 participants attending the In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts event in conversation with trauma therapist and floatation expert, Vivian McKinnon and one of five […]
DR GABOR MATE IN CONVERSATION WITH VIVAN MCKINNON: PART THREE
In this our third blog, the internationally acclaimed author and expert in childhood trauma and addiction, talks about ‘universal addiction processes that employ the same brain systems, the same emotional dynamics, the same emptiness, the same desperation to escape from pain.” He also looks at the origins of addiction in family trauma. This forms part […]
DR GABOR MATE IN CONVERSATION WITH VIVAN MCKINNON: PART TWO
Welcome to the second blog on last week’s in-conversation session with world leading expert, Dr Gabor Mate on childhood trauma and addiction. For those who don’t know me, I’m Vivian McKinnon, a mum of three, owner and founder of Hydro-ease; Northern Ireland’s only dedicated floatation centre and a trauma and addiction therapist. In my work, […]
DR GABOR MATE IN CONVERSATION WITH VIVAN MCKINNON: PART ONE
To those of you who know me. Hello my lovelies. To those of you who don’t. My name is Vivian McKinnon. I was once an addict. I have no shame in saying this because my past has become my educator, my mentor, my reason for being and doing better and for helping other people do […]
Are You Aware of Your Hungry Ghosts?
Around 2013 I came across Dr Gabor Mate. I was instantly drawn into his fascinating and accurate understanding of human experience. His calm, measured way of presenting information was like eating a galaxy chocolate bar while floating along the laziest river, I was instantly hooked and became captivated by his work. Gabor Maté’s experience includes […]
The Law of Attraction
Ask anyone you know, and he or she has probably heard of the book and the movie, “The Secret,” and the term “Law of attraction.” In 2006 I was gifted a copy of “The Secret“ from a dear friend and inside she had written. Giving you this because I think you will enjoy it, not […]
Blue Monday!.. Keep it real
Watching someone pretending to be someone else for everyone else’s sake. Just think about that… have you ever done this? I remember years ago hearing my mum putting on a posh voice when we were at the doctors or the optician. Almost as a bleak attempt to have the doctor or optician hear her as […]
Are you locked in patterns that no longer serve you?
There’s been a lot of talk about stress and anxiety this year, and it’s hardly surprising given what we are all going through. When we are stressed and anxious, we start up a part of the body/mind called the sympathetic nervous system, this system is to keep us safe and is a really good thing, […]
General Catch Up
It’s been a busy ole time in Hydro-ease. With the ever-increasing uncertainty around COVID people are reaching out more and more due to compromised Mental Health. From worrying about catching the disease to worrying about losing their job we have supported so many at this time and will continue to do so. Our new staff […]