mental health
A deeply peaceful Christmas
December 22, 2021
GAVIN THOMAS MURPHY :: Eight tips from a wellness course organised by Aware, that may help us live well this holiday season.
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Improving wellbeing
November 9, 2021
GAVIN THOMAS MURPHY :: Five healthy activities can improve our wellbeing and help us get through depression or burn-out.
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People who suffer from depression
November 4, 2021
In this month's Pope Video, Francis prays that people be close to those who suffer from stress and depression
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Taming our ox-mind
October 27, 2021
GAVIN THOMAS MURPHY :: In this video blog I share a personal experience of anxiety and present a contemplative story and psychological research.
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Flourishing in the face of anxiety
October 12, 2021
GAVIN THOMAS MURPHY :: Addressing worry and practising self-compassion are ways to 'tame our ox-mind'
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Doing the unthinkable: Facing phobias and anxieties
October 11, 2021
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: To cope with stress and overcome our demons in this anxiety-filled world, we need a strategy that works
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Facing anxiety of the ‘new normal’
September 28, 2021
GAVIN THOMAS MURPHY :: Psychological research and a contemplative story can illuminate our understanding of what it means to flourish in the face of anxiety.
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A time to heal
September 14, 2021
GAVIN THOMAS MURPHY :: Our job is to move away from the inner critic or inner condemner and move toward divine love and compassion.
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Open water swimming: an exercise in contemplation and discernment
June 9, 2021
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: It may seem like madness to swim in a lake or sea outside peak summer, but it does wonders for mental health
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A happy, free heart
March 10, 2021
GAVIN THOMAS MURPHY :: Learnings from an 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion course that enabled the author to freely give and receive compassion.
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Climate workshop in Milltown
March 22, 2023 - The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice ran a climate workshop in Milltown to explain the science behind climate change and to encourage people to address it in their lives.
The ‘beautiful’ shepherd
March 22, 2023 - Aidan Mathews' Lenten retreat focuses on the parable of the Good Shepherd, with an interesting commentary on the appropriateness of the translation of the word 'good'
Pope Francis: The ‘zig-zag Pope’
March 22, 2023 - Gerry Whelan SJ, Director of the Department of Fundamental Theology in the Gregorian University in Rome assesses the last ten years of Pope Francis' papacy.
‘Reimagining Religion’
March 22, 2023 - Jim Maher SJ's book @Reimagining Religion' addresses a fundamental spiritual malaise that expresses itself through injustice, wars, xenophobia, narcissism, exclusion, and other dehumanising behaviours.
Latest Podcasts
Pope Francis: The ‘zig-zag Pope’
March 22, 2023
‘A heart larger than the world’
March 20, 2023
Final thoughts
February 27, 2023
Words matter
February 7, 2023
Latest Videos
Pope Video: For victims of abuse
March 6, 2023
Pope Video: For parishes
February 7, 2023
Pope Video: For educators
January 11, 2023
Pope Video: For volunteer organisations
December 5, 2022
Latest Books
Rediscovering Saint Patrick
March 6, 2023
Living with Ignatius
February 28, 2023
‘Stations of the Cross’ book for Lent
February 21, 2023
Dancing with loneliness
February 14, 2023
