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Eoin Shanahan

🗣 Counsellor/ Psychotherapist based in Lucan

👦🏻 In-person

💻 Online

🚶🏻‍♂️ Walk & Talk

🏅 Pre-Accredited Member of the IACP

09/01/2026

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02/01/2026

Looking forward to working with you in 2026 🫶🏻

24/12/2025

Be gentle with yourselves, and look after each other 💚
wear 🫶🏻

23/12/2025

Wishing you all a peaceful end to 2025 🫶🏻

22/12/2025

Thinking of those experiencing any form of grief or loss 🙏🏻🫶🏻
wanderingpaddy 🫶🏻

21/12/2025

When we're in calm, regulated states, it's great to think about what we can do differently the next time we're struggling.

But the real work often comes when you're at the edge of your stretch zone...when you've fallen back into an old pattern and you can feel the burn of shame.

You're here again...and you've worked so hard not to be here.

But falling back into the old pattern is a big part of the process...this is the opportunity to take a breath.

To pause, insert space, and look around.

To even notice what's happening...to see the little things that bother you.

To notice how your body is responding to them.

And maybe you do fall back into the pattern.

But if you do anything different...if you attune to your own body, thoughts, or feelings for even just a few moments this time...if you didn't make the comment or waited a half hour longer before reaching for your old coping mechanism...that is progress!!!

That is disruption.
And it is something to be proud of.

Breaking old, deeply ingrained patterns takes time.
It takes repetition to create those new pathways in the brain. It takes practice to build that self-trust to know that you can do it differently.

And the more you do it, the more nuance you will see.
You'll get better at reading your own signals & pausing sooner.

At a certain point, it will become impossible not to take steps in the direction your body is guiding you toward...because you know, you know what happens when you don't listen to yourself.

And it often takes falling back into that old pattern quite a few times to really start to build the momentum to really change old patterns.

You're not failing because you fell into the pattern again.
Use it. Learn from it. Respond differently in the aftermath.
Meet yourself & the other people with compassion.

Keep going.

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15/12/2025

This is why healing is very uncomfortable at first, and why a lot of people avoid it.

It’s disorienting; it feels unsafe to expose tender parts of yourself that have been hidden away for very good reasons.

But you can’t breathe easily if parts of you are always hidden away...if self-protective armor hides the most vulnerable, human, and relatable parts of you.

To heal is to get to know the parts that exist deep beneath the armor, and to safely give them space to be felt, known, and seen.

To notice the moments when you shut down, go numb, pull back, attack, blame, or judge, and to get curious about what that reaction is trying to protect you from.

And those parts can only make their way to the surface when your body feels safe enough to be present to them.
Safe enough to be present to the pain without judgment or agenda. When it feels safe enough to just be known, witnessed, and held.

If you’ve never really known this level of safety, it can be hard at first to soften the armor. But it’s only in getting to know these tender parts of ourselves, allowing them to feel and exist, and in learning how to create safe spaces within ourselves to let our humanity breathe, that we really begin to heal.

And as you begin to heal, your relationship to the outside world changes. When you trust yourself, you become more trustworthy and the world opens to you, too.

It’s not that you need to change, but it’s learning to be a safe space for all of your humanity.

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14/12/2025

For decades, therapists were taught to be neutral, invisible, and emotionally blank.

But here’s the part we don’t talk about enough:

Being a blank slate isn’t natural....it isn’t normal...and it isn’t human.

The healing and growth process doesn't require a therapist who disappears into the background.

It requires a therapist who is present, attuned, and grounded...someone who brings warmth without crossing boundaries, humanity without overshadowing the client, and authenticity without making the space about themselves.

We need an environment full of connection, safety, awareness, and shared humanity

A therapist doesn’t need to be a mystery to be ethical.
They need to be real enough to help you feel real too.

Because you don’t heal and grow by talking to a blank slate.

You heal by being seen, heard, and met with humanity.
danine_dean 🫶🏻

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08/12/2025

Something that gets lost too often in this profession...the understanding that knowledge can guide us, but offering pure humanity is what connects us and helps us build genuine, thriving relationships...

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07/12/2025

Understand the emotional lens you're looking through...

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05/12/2025

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03/12/2025

Life reflects your inner state.

Attention decides what grows.

Meaning creates suffering or freedom.

Embodiment turns desire into form.

Every choice shapes who you are becoming.

Opposites reveal your hidden shadows.

And surrender connects you to the intelligence that moves your entire universe.

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