IN 2002, HSE staff in Mayo came up with an initiative to ensure that less privileged children in the county and their families would have a fair chance to enjoy the Christmas festive season. The plan was to organise the giving of presents anonymously to...
It’s no secret that we all want happiness. After all, we only get life once and we want to make the most of it. But most of us find that happiness is fleeting. Why? Because we believe that happiness means being joyful, or excited. Yet these are...
Feeling Shattered? You Need ‘A Day of Letting Go’ ‘I’m super busy...
Mayo Social Inclusion Week 2017 Website is now live http://www.mayosocialinclusionweek.com/...
Ireland’s suicide rate has stabilised since the recession and provisional data suggests a decreasing trend, according to the latest report by the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP). The HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report for 2016 and the National Suicide Research Foundation’s...
Are you supporting someone with depression and live in #Mayo? This is the programme for you http://bit.ly/2vvffWh...
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How to stop your child being bullied – or being a bully Make your child’s school life a little easier with some lessons in emotional intelligence Many kids mindlessly fall into being a bully and if they are re-directed towards more satisfying behaviour to fill their need...
We all want to be happier and feel a greater sense of fulfillment. That's why I often write about what happy people do more often, about some of the habits of remarkably happy people, about things to stop doing so you can be happier at...
The Irish Men’s Sheds Association (IMSA) today marked the official launch of a new dedicated men’s health website, malehealth.ie. Malehealth.ie aims to set men of all ages on the road to better health by signposting them to a wide range of health information and resources from...
How to Overcome Stress by Seeing Other People’s Joy If you’re feeling stressed or overwhelmed, don’t cut yourself off from other people, says Kelly McGonigal. Instead, double down on your capacity for connection. One evening when I walked into a classroom to teach my Science of...
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In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds out how they did it, and why other countries won’t follow suit.It’s a little before three on a sunny Friday afternoon and Laugardalur Park, near...