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CALLING ALL MEN NAVIGATING MENOPAUSE WITH THEIR PARTNERS! Your voice matters. Your experience counts. Your journey deserves to be heard. Take the survey now: https://menopausewingman.com 6 questions. 5 minutes. Countless men who will benefit from your wisdom. Our “Menopause Wingman” book is being shaped BY men, FOR men – but we can’t do it without[...]
I recently had the opportunity to discuss the concept behind my upcoming book ‘Menopause Wingman’ on Leaders & Their Stories. While the conversation covered some challenging perspectives on menopause that exist in our society, it highlighted exactly why this book is so necessary. My goal remains steadfast: to transform the menopause experience into one of[...]
I’m delighted to share this podcast I did with the lovely Claire in March 2025: Releasing Trapped Emotions: A Path to Healing and Emotional Freedom Mar 13 2025 Written By Honest and Goodness by Claire Many of the emotions we carry are not just our own. Subconscious beliefs, trauma, and patterns passed down through generations shape[...]
Self-Love as Authentic Expression: Finding Your Voice and Truth Join Our Next Freedom & Self-Love Circle Our journey into self-love continues with an exploration of authentic expression – where we discover the freedom and power of living in alignment with our deepest truth. What You’ll Experience: In this 90-minute transformative circle, we’ll explore how true[...]
New! Embracing Love in All Its Forms – Online Monthly Classes Amplifying Love Here are some gentle ways to amplify love in your life this month: 1. Start each morning with a moment of self-appreciation. Place your hand on your heart, say “thank you” and acknowledge one thing you’re happy/content/proud of about yourself. 2. Reach out to someone you care about –[...]
Exciting News: Menopause Wingman Menopause Wingman: New Book As of May 2025, Michelle is half-way through writing a practical, emotionally intelligent guide for husbands/partners navigating the menopause journey together called Menopause Wingman. Michelle’s Mission Michelle’s Mission for her book ‘Menopause Wingman‘ is to share together with men’s voices – a practical resource for navigating this[...]
Self-care tools like Mindfulness and Meditation are incredibly helpful when used daily, but now more than ever, are absolutely vital during this Covid-19 pandemic. Recently, as part of the May 1st 2020 National Workplace Wellbeing Day here in Ireland, I hosted a number of online presentations sharing a few techniques to integrate peace and calm[...]
My Top Ten Tips When Feeling Low Change is not easy and can leave many of us challenged: mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Covid-19 has turned all of our habits upside down and has been such a magnifier in our lives. It has magnified our resourcefulness, resilience and our strengths but it has also put[...]
Mindfulness and Anger Anger is not always a bad emotion: it is one of a range of many feelings that we might experience in our lives. Viewed mindfully, anger serves a purpose and can be helpful. It enables us to become more aware, to see or uncover the feeling or feelings that lie within us.[...]
Giving Your Power Away What Does ‘Giving Power Away’ mean? When we give our power away – we find it difficult to say no to others. To avoid conflict (and keep the peace) we find ourselves saying yes to other peoples’ demands – when we mean no. We end up in a double bind: ‘we[...]
What is Insomnia? Insomnia typically is difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. Insomnia occurs due to a wide range of reasons. Sometimes our lifestyles are so hectic that our body clock and rhythms are totally out of sync. Often at night instead of relaxing our minds – we stimulate them with being on the phone/tablet,[...]
What does it mean to have Self-Value? Self-value can also be described as self-worth. When we have a high level of self-value, we have a favorable opinion of ourselves (not in an egotistical way but in a way that is grounded and present). When we have unshakable faith in ourselves and our abilities, we easily follow[...]
What is Mindfulness? The Oxford Dictionary definition of Mindfulness is: “A mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique“. So mindfulness means paying attention to the experiences that are occurring to us. Noticing what is within[...]
Join me on a Retreat? Retreats can be enjoyed by everyone at different stages in their life. When I mention the idea though of attending a retreat, I’m often told: “I’d love to go on a retreat but….I’m busy/I’ve no time/no money/I can’t be away for that long….” etc.etc. So many put up barriers and[...]
Walking Meditation – What is it? During one of my meditation classes recently, a participant asked ‘What is a Walking Meditation?’ A walking meditation consists of begin mindful as we walk, sometimes slowing down each step we take and breathing deeply (or counting silently) while we walk. A walking meditation is a wonderful way to[...]
Managing Stress – creating calm in your career Levels of stress are again peaking in the current business and economic climates. We all have personal experience of the cost of stress to our lives yet knowing how to deal with it, is ultimately the challenge. Stress: Plus and Minus Some stress is positive – we[...]
The Five Love Languages The five Love Languages is a very insightful book written by Gary Chapman. It had a profound impact on me when I read it many years ago. Relationships (and more importantly the challenges I’d had in them up until that point), really started to make sense. Love Languages and Love Tank[...]
Loving Others Since previously writing a blog about Loving Ourselves, it seemed only fitting to write about Loving Others. Over the years since I began this work in 1998, I’ve helped many clients overcome challenges in their relationships through private consultations. Our Childhood I believe that in order for us to grow, heal and move forward, we need[...]
Loving Ourselves Loving our self is an essential and very important part of our healing and evolution. When we love ourselves we offer the gift of love to everyone around us as well. Self-love is the most compassionate, gentle, loving and kind thing we offer our Self. Not Loving Ourselves Most of us on the journey[...]
Emotional Freedom Depending on what our clients share with us during their consultations, we could typically utilize a technique called EFT (or the Emotional Freedom Techniques). EFT helps to obtain emotional freedom from the pain of negative emotion & injuries, often caused by traumatic events. It is one of the fastest tools we’ve ever worked with[...]