Self support techniques for school staff The 2019/2020 school year is one that will go down in the annals of history. Little did we suspect in January that schools would abruptly close in March.  Certainly there was a growing sense of unease across the country by mid-February. However school staff contained their own anxieties […]

  Many thanks to Marneta Viegas, Founder of Relax Kids for the following post:   It is so important for children to have a safe place to retreat to, a place where they can relax and dream so they feel safe and calm. I remember making a den in the spare room with my little […]

Thanks to my lovely cousin Fiona in Milan for inspiring me to write this blog post! Fiona thanked me for sharing such great content at this time as she and her family are isolated in Milan trying to tune out of the sound of constant sirens. How utterly terrifying and how privileged am I, to […]

Back to School During the Covid 19 Pandemic This is a return to school unlike any other. You may be feeling ambivalent about what you are facing. It could be that you have concerns about your own health, or that you are caring for someone else with health challenges. Perhaps you are looking forward to […]

  We are delighted to share this guest blog from Anne Marie Tymlin.   Allow the Bereaved to Grieve I have been fascinated by the subject of death all my life. This may be in no small part because death accompanied me through my childhood and beyond. As a society, we Irish people tend to […]

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