Prevail Counselling Therapy

22/03/2026

Reliving childhood fun does not mean you become a child again. It does not mean you abandon all adult responsibility and common sense.

Reliving childhood fun does mean you are allowing yourself to remember what was good in your youth. You are recharging your batteries to deal with your adult realities.

There can also be healing in remembering that your youth was not all bad.

To read more use this link;
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/the-positives-of-remembering-the-fun-you-had-as-a-child

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22/03/2026

Reliving childhood fun does not mean you become a child again. It does not mean you abandon all adult responsibility and common sense.

Reliving childhood fun does mean you are allowing yourself to remember what was good in your youth. You are recharging your batteries to deal with your adult realities.

There can also be healing in remembering that your youth was not all bad.

To read more use this link;
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/the-positives-of-remembering-the-fun-you-had-as-a-child

22/03/2026

Reliving childhood fun does not mean you become a child again. It does not mean you abandon all adult responsibility and common sense.

Reliving childhood fun does mean you are allowing yourself to remember what was good in your youth. You are recharging your batteries to deal with your adult realities.

There can also be healing in remembering that your youth was not all bad.

Relieving childhood fun does not mean you become a child again. It does not mean you abandon all adult responsibility and common sense. Reliving childhood fun does mean you are alowing yourself to remember what was good in your youth. You are recharging your batteries to deal with your adult realit

17/03/2026

What does it mean to be Irish in modern Ireland?

Yes, it is not as straightforward as it once was. For me, being Irish refers to what we share in common. Our sense of place and experience of living here, along with our cultural heritage, I believe, is what defines us.

The fact that there is so much contention about what it means to be Irish now is a typically Irish thing.
Is disagreeing perhaps what we do best?

To read the full blog use this link:
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/why-to-be-glad-to-be-irish

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16/03/2026

What does it mean to be Irish in modern Ireland?

Yes, it is not as straightforward as it once was. For me, being Irish refers to what we share in common. Our sense of place and experience of living here, along with our cultural heritage, I believe, is what defines us.

The fact that there is so much contention about what it means to be Irish now is a typically Irish thing.
Is disagreeing perhaps what we do best?

To read the full blog use this link:
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/why-to-be-glad-to-be-irish

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16/03/2026

What does it mean to be Irish in modern Ireland?

Yes, it is not as straightforward as it once was. For me, being Irish refers to what we share in common. Our sense of place and experience of living here, along with our cultural heritage, I believe, is what defines us.

The fact that there is so much contention about what it means to be Irish now is a typically Irish thing.
Is disagreeing perhaps what we do best?

To read the full blog use this link:
https://www.prevailcounsellingtherapy.ie/blog/why-to-be-glad-to-be-irish

15/03/2026

What does it mean to be Irish in modern Ireland?

Yes, it is not as straightforward as it once was. For me, being Irish refers to what we share in common. Our sense of place and experience of living here, along with our cultural heritage, I believe, is what defines us.

The fact that there is so much contention about what it means to be Irish now is a typically Irish thing.
Is disagreeing perhaps what we do best?

Ireland is not united in many ways. But still the simple reality of a shared location and history makes us united by just being Irish. Should we not then have pride in being Irish because we are Irish.

15/03/2026

It's the day to celebrate those who grew us in their womb, gave birth to us and stayed with us in their heart for all their earthly life.

If your mother is still with you in this world, celebrate her as best you can.

If you feel sad for your memories of her and how you failed her in whatever way, reconcile yourself to her.

If you are a Mammy, for the love of God:
TAKE THE DAY OFF!!!!
And if that is impossible be kind to yourself.

Happy Mothers Day

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15/03/2026

It's the day to celebrate those who grew us in their womb, gave birth to us and stayed with us in their heart for all their earthly life.

If your mother is still with you in this world, celebrate her as best you can.

If you feel sad for your memories of her and how you failed her in whatever way, reconcile yourself to her.

If you are a Mammy, for the love of God:
TAKE THE DAY OFF!!!!
And if that is impossible be kind to yourself.

Happy Mothers Day

14/03/2026

It's the day to celebrate those who grew us in their womb, gave birth to us and stayed with us in their heart for all their earthly life.

If your mother is still with you in this world, celebrate her as best you can.

If you feel sad for your memories of her and how you failed her in whatever way, reconcile yourself to her.

If you are a Mammy, for the love of God:
TAKE THE DAY OFF!!!!
And if that is impossible be kind to yourself.

Happy Mothers Day

02/03/2026

Let's be honest, there is a lot of anger in the world today.

Society is generally divided by social/political views.
Social media has given people a voice like never before to express their views and have their views supported by like-minded strangers.

Personally, I believe there is a lot of good in people feeling free to find their voice publicly on issues that they are passionate about.
Anger can be an appropriate way to forcefully make a message.

I ask, though, are people individually able to do that without losing reason? Do they end up being overcome with anger, and their message gets lost in the process?
Does society become caught up in the anger of others?
Angry with them or angry against them?

Anger can be intoxicating for individuals and society.

The video below is from the film Network.
It was made in 1975, USA, post-Vietnam, post-Watergate, at the start of a serious fuel crisis and when Cold War politics were a real threat. People had reason to be angry.
The male actor was a newsreader who was being fired because he had low television ratings. He ended up having a mental collapse, and let's just say he lost his head regularly on television.
He became an overnight sensation as his ratings went up. (Almost beating The Six Million Dollar Man :-) )

So I guess the message of this post is, yes do be angry if you are angry, but don't be overcome by it.
Don't just follow other people being angry to.

As a certain other character from the 1970's said:
"Don't make me angry.
You wouldn't like me if I'm angry"

To watch the relevant clip from the film Network use this link:
https://youtu.be/ZwMVMbmQBug?is=Sb2dxk7NfmBFd261

02/03/2026

Let's be honest, there is a lot of anger in the world today.

Society is generally divided by social/political views.
Social media has given people a voice like never before to express their views and have their views supported by like-minded strangers.

Personally, I believe there is a lot of good in people feeling free to find their voice publicly on issues that they are passionate about.
Anger can be an appropriate way to forcefully make a message.

I ask, though, are people individually able to do that without losing reason? Do they end up being overcome with anger, and their message gets lost in the process?
Does society become caught up in the anger of others?
Angry with them or angry against them?

Anger can be intoxicating for individuals and society.

The video below is from the film Network.
It was made in 1975, USA, post-Vietnam, post-Watergate, at the start of a serious fuel crisis and when Cold War politics were a real threat. People had reason to be angry.
The male actor was a newsreader who was being fired because he had low television ratings. He ended up having a mental collapse, and let's just say he lost his head regularly on television.
He became an overnight sensation as his ratings went up. (Almost beating The Six Million Dollar Man :-) )

So I guess the message of this post is, yes do be angry if you are angry, but don't be overcome by it.
Don't just follow other people being angry to.

As a certain other character from the 1970's said:
"Don't make me angry.
You wouldn't like me if I'm angry"

I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar...