WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN YOUR EARS, MATTERS!
WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN YOUR EARS, MATTERS! Your brain is an integral part of your body and nervous system. I think of that space between your ears as a theatre, where many dramas unfold. When you play emotional, fearful dramas in your …
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NAVIGATING NEGATIVE THOUGHTS and EXPERIENCES
As a psychologist who runs courses on Mindfulness which include positive psychology research and techniques, I often have questions from people who are afraid that I am going to ask them to deny their feelings, to force them into “positive thinking” …
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AUTUMN 2023 Newsletter
ANXIETY AND PRESSURE TO SUCCEED ARE ON THE INCREASE Over the summer, I was interviewed for a couple of newspaper articles, one by Olive Keogh in the Irish Times on Anxiety, and the second by Sharon Ní Chonchuir in …
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Irish times feature: Anxiety in the workplace
I was interviewed by Olive Keogh for her Irish Times article “Anxiety in the workplace: ‘Friday Jul 14 2023 Organisational psychologist and psychotherapist Margaret Forde says anxiety is one of the most common reasons people seek her help, so it …
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Margaret Forde featured in Irish Examiner aritcle on happiness
“Joy To The World: Having a happy and mindful Christmas”, published Friday 23rd December, 2022 in the Irish Examiner. From the article: …Margaret Forde suggests making time for a hobby that you enjoy. “Unhappiness can stem from overthinking things,” she says. …
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WHEREVER YOU GO, YOU BRING YOURSELF WITH YOU.
A friend of mind went for a Covid test out at the centre near the airport last week. As she described her experience, it was like a review of a first class hotel. The receptionist was very welcoming. She looked very …
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Boost Your Feel-Good Factor
Never has the symbolism of the lotus, with its roots in the muck, but its beautiful flower rising above it, been more apt.With the news that we are probably facing a few more months of lockdown, how can we rise …
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Thanksgiving Meditation
This, of course is Thanksgiving Day in the US, so I thought it might be opportune to write a few words about gratitude. In the year that we have had, it is more important than ever to make a list …
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World Meditation Day – the Path to Freedom
“All spirituality is about waking up” Anthony de Mello. De Mello was an Indian Jesuit, well versed in yoga and eastern philosophy which regards the “normal” person as being asleep, hypnotized by their past, running on automatic pilot, looking at …
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“Be like Teflon for bad stuff, and Velcro for good stuff”
This is the recommendation for mental health and wellbeing of author, Rick Hanson. He is basing his conclusion on the neuroscience of brain plasticity. It turns out that our brain changes, depending on what we focus on. A continual focus …
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