Deirdre Martin Counselling / Psychotherapy

06/09/2025

01/09/2025

Can you imagine if every classroom could get to this point, I can only imagine…

31/08/2025

Read that again.

Stop settling for less than you deserve.

Drop a 💛 if you needed to hear this today.

01/07/2025

“Parenting has nothing to do with perfection. Perfection isn’t even the goal, not for us, not for our children. Learning together to live well in an imperfect world, loving each other despite or even because of our imperfections, and growing as humans while we grow our little humans, those are the goals of gentle parenting. So don’t ask yourself at the end of the day if you did everything right. Ask yourself what you learned and how well you loved, then grow from your answer. That is perfect parenting.”
L.R. Knost - The Gentle Parent: Positive, Practical, Effective Discipline.

Mykola Ivasyuk - Mother, 1908.

29/06/2025

Please send me an email at moussa.sarah@gmail.com for more information to book a session with me.

Thank you,
Sarah
Shamanic Healer
The Soul Journey with Sarah Moussa

08/06/2025

The paradox of attraction lies in our fascination with imperfections, not just virtues. We fall for someone's uniqueness - their peculiar wounds and beautiful flaws – because these reveal their humanity.

Perhaps true intimacy begins when we recognise that it's not perfection we seek, but authenticity.

07/06/2025

As therapists, we know the cost of chronic dysregulation.

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30/05/2025

I place on the altar of dawn:
The quiet loyalty of breath,
The tent of thought where I shelter,
Waves of desire I am shore to
And all beauty drawn to the eye.

May my mind come alive today
To the invisible geography
That invites me to new frontiers,
To break the dead shell of yesterdays,
To risk being disturbed and changed.

May I have the courage today
To live the life that I would love,
To postpone my dream no longer
But do at last what I came here for
And waste my heart on fear no more.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from 'A Morning Offering' found in his books,
To Bless the Space Between Us (US) / Benedictus (Europe)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

28/05/2025

What makes one's family toxic is usually aggressive denial or minimization of problems, abuse, and dysfunction.⁠
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The hills they will die on are actually choices they make between their relationship with their children and how they look to the outside when it comes to their part.⁠
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"I never said that."⁠
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"That never happened."⁠
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"We remember it differently, I guess."⁠
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"You were fine; we were a normal family,⁠
what is your problem?"⁠
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"You've always been the problem, and mom⁠
was right about you from the get-go."⁠
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"I'm happy to lose a sister who just wants⁠
to trash-talk her family and tell everyone⁠
the family business."⁠
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"So what if I hit you?...you were rotten."⁠
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And the damage comes from how easily and quickly they take their high ground.⁠
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In our healing journeys, we have to ask what is at stake for them and what are they choosing.⁠
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While it would be hard for anyone to hear and process abuse they are responsible for, no one is going to die if they acknowledge, ask about, or admit failings.⁠
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What would it mean to the survivor if they heard: ⁠
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"I've been hiding from that, and I'm proud of you for bringing it up."⁠
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"I wasn't in my right mind, and I know you suffered because of my choices."⁠
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"I want to hear more and not be defensive and make this about me."⁠
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Those would be coming from someone valuing a relationship with their children over the shame and reality of their parenting.⁠
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It's a choice, and while the healthy examples seem idealistic, they do happen in families that recognize they could lose us.