For any of you who have visited the Centre or have been following our blog for some time, it will come as no surprise to hear that Owen Connolly is a sought after conference speaker and workshop facilitator within the mental health field. For...
Read moreIn this #ThursdayThoughts post, we return to a common theme in our series of articles taken from Owen Connolly‘s book “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants”: Men – their roles in society and their importance in the lives of...
Read moreWe’re back to our regular #ThursdayThoughts blog post today with a short but thought-provoking excerpt from Owen Connolly’s book for fathers entitled “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants”. As always Owen’s advice to...
Read moreSometimes it seems that all parents do, is worry! We worry about our abilities as parents, and the effects our parenting may have on our children, we worry about our children’s health and well-being (now and in the future), we worry about...
Read moreToday’s #ThursdayThoughts post touches on a topic that has affected so many of us, perhaps too many. Have you been affected by divorce in your family, or know a family that has been? We hope that Owen’s thoughts from his book for...
Read moreScreaming toddlers. Out-of-control children. Disrespectful teenagers. Rude adults. Sometimes it seems that one thing inevitably leads to another. How can parents help their children live a better way, with a healthier emotional life? In...
Read moreFor today’s rather chilly #ThursdayThoughts blog post, we have a longer post to read while you are hopefully tucked away warmly at home. We consider the reluctance of Irish parents to compliment their children. Owen Connolly shares his...
Read moreSometimes a parent can feel taken for granted, or perhaps that their input isn’t required or necessary, but in today’s #ThursdayThoughts post Owen Connolly gives us some food for thought on the involvement of fathers in encouraging...
Read moreLove is in the air this week, as many people around the world have been celebrating Valentine’s Day. And, of course, various types of love are celebrated, whether it be parental love, sibling love, friendship love or loving your pet! But...
Read moreToday’s #ThursdayThoughts blog post considers a serious issue that affects many families, sometimes unbeknown to outsiders. The use and misuse of alcohol has been covered in great deal over the years by media in Ireland and much progress...
Read moreAs most of our readers would agree, the Ireland of today is quite different to that of 20 or 30 years ago. This is true in so many different aspects of life, and we cannot cover all of them adequately in these blog posts. However, in...
Read moreIn the last two blog posts we have been looking at the behaviour of children and how parents can best discipline their children. Owen Connolly‘s advice, from his book for fathers entitled “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants”...
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