Narcissistic Abuse: Unmasking the Covert Narcissist and Navigating the Healing Journey
Narcissistic abuse is a deeply insidious form of emotional manipulation and control that leaves invisible scars on its victims. While overt narcissists are often easy to spot with their grandiosity and blatant self-importance, covert narcissists operate under the radar, making their abuse more difficult to recognize. Their subtle manipulation tactics, combined with a façade of […]
Compassion or Being Nice?
Understanding Trauma and Burnout Through the Lens of Self-Compassion. When faced with life’s challenges, we often hear advice like, “Just be nice,” or, “Kill them with kindness.” Niceness is prized in our society, and for good reason—it promotes harmony, reduces conflict, and helps us navigate social dynamics. But when we delve deeper into the complexities […]
The power of authentic boundaries and the word “NO”
In a world that often rewards busyness and constant availability, the simple act of sayingno can feel like a radical rebellion. Yet, it is one of the most powerful tools we have toprotect our time, energy, and emotional well-being. Setting authentic boundaries isn’t justabout denying others; it’s about giving yourself the space to say "yes" […]
Understanding Dark Personalities in the Workplace and Their Impact
I have been having more and more conversations recently about the impact that one person’s approach to and behaviour within an organisation can have on a team or workplace so I thought I’d title my blog this month: “Understanding Dark Personalities in the Workplace and Their Impact” In every workplace, you’ll encounter a range of […]
How to become more connected to yourself and the world around you.
Habits are the things that we do automatically, once we are aware of these, we can take steps to change things that are ineffective within our lives. There are habits that can negatively impact our mental health or even be destructive to our personality. Therefore, it is worth being aware that we can improve our […]
Why It’s so Important for Organisations to Be Trauma-Informed
I have just returned from the ACTION TRAUMA Summit, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Belfast earlier this week. At the summit I was facilitating the Madrona Room and the many fabulous speakers in it. I had many insights over the 2 days from the speakers I sat with that I will include in my […]
General Facts about Floating and Hydro-Ease, Northern Ireland’s Premier Float Centre
It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog about floating. It’s usually floating for mental or physical health related, or something that has piqued my interest that month. We’ve had a few people in the last few months enquire about floating with a stoma (Colostomy bag) or during or after cancer treatment. These are […]
Shamanic Laws that deliver us to freedom.
I was recently introduced to the 4 fundamental laws of Shamanism, these four laws resonated very deeply with me as it’s been my philosophy in life for a while. In my studies over the last 20 years and in my deep search within myself I have found these to be true and communicated to me through many of my […]
When we take responsibility for our reactions.
What I’ve become aware of is that when we have an experience (usually in childhood- pre 7 and usually involving an adult) that we shut down from, and by that, I mean shying away from what we really want to say or do (suppressing emotion) in the moment to maintain human connection, we develop a […]
The magic really is within you … the healing magic that is.
Did you know inside us all is the ability to heal and grow, we slowly but surely over time shut ourselves down so we can suffer, yet we only suffer when we are not free. We lose our freedom when we give up our authenticity to be what other people want us to be, or […]
