Malahide Counselling and Holistic Therapy

13/09/2025

When the mind is festering with trouble or the heart torn, we can find healing among the silence of mountains or fields, or listen to the simple, steadying rhythm of waves. The slowness and stillness gradually takes us over. Our breathing deepens and our hearts calm and our hungers relent. When serenity is restored, new perspectives open to us and difficulty can begin to seem like an invitation to new growth.

This invitation to friendship with nature does of course entail a willingness to be alone out there. Yet this aloneness is anything but lonely. Solitude gradually clarifies the heart until a true tranquility is reached. The irony is that at the heart of that aloneness you feel intimately connected with the world. Indeed, the beauty of nature is often the wisest balm for it gently relieves and releases the caged mind.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his books, Divine Beauty (Europe) / Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (US)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

Lough Inagh, County Galway, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

12/09/2025

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09/09/2025

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28/08/2025

Stop Abandoning Yourself: 10 Habits to Break Now

19/08/2025

Recent review from a client who experienced the benefits of bio energy therapy

17/08/2025

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17/08/2025

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15/08/2025

Your child who does no chores is not ‘carefree.’
They are a future adult who is completely disconnected from the reality of the work it takes to have a comfortable life.

You want them to have a magical childhood.
Free from the boring reality of scrubbing floors or washing dishes.
You believe you are giving them the gift of freedom.

The hard reality is this:
You are not giving them freedom. You are giving them a profound and crippling ignorance.

They live in a world where clean clothes just appear in their drawers.
Where meals magically arrive on the table.
They never learn the effort, the time, and the love that goes into maintaining a life.
They are a tourist in their own home.

This creates an adult who lacks basic gratitude, because they have no concept of the work they should be grateful for.
An adult who is unprepared for the sheer effort of existence.

Chores are not about a clean house.
They are about connecting your child to the fundamental reality of effort and reward.
Don’t raise a tourist. Raise a citizen of the household.

Author: Arsalan Moin

15/08/2025

15/08/2025

FAST is a free service for anyone over the age of 18 who would like to discuss their alcohol or drug use.

We hold an information session every Monday from 3pm - 4pm.
To register please call 01 8110595 or email reception@fastltd.ie

At this information session you will get to meet some of the team and discover the supports we have on offer for you.

10/08/2025

How our emotions are met by others in significant relationships shapes how we see ourselves. There are three common patterns that show up in the other person:
1. Emotionally Attuned: this person is interested, listens, validates, and respects your feelings. Your emotions become something to explore rather than hide. This is the fertile soil where trust, connection and self-worth grow. You feel SAFE.
2. Emotionally Neglectful: If a person neglects their own emotions, they’re going to neglect yours too. You might feel invisible, overlooked, or like you’re too much. You may find yourself longing for warmth from someone whose emotional doors feel closed. They don't do feelings and you feel LONELY.
3. Emotionally Abusive: Your emotions are used as weapons. Your feelings are belittled, twisted and ridiculed. The goal is to silence you so that you start to doubt your own reality. You feel AFRAID.
If you’ve experienced emotional neglect or abuse in relationships these can leave deep imprints on your sense of self. From the time we’re small, we learn about our worth and how to feel about our feelings through relationships. If our parents weren’t emotionally attuned, by the time we’re adults we have often come to take for granted that we are too sensitive or that we can’t say how we really feel because it’s not safe or we won’t be understood, or our feelings are stupid. It becomes normal....but being used to something and it being ok are wildly different things. Healing often begins with finding safe spaces and relationships where your emotions are met with compassion. 🥰🥰🥰

29/07/2025