Step 12 – We Carried Grow’s Message to Others in Need
by Maria When we come to Grow Mental Health we are initially receivers. We may be broken, lost in the wilderness of mental suffering, with no clear direction of a pathway out. Our Grow group facilitates our journey in so many ways. We have found a safe place, where we are free to express […]
Self Care
By Caroline Crotty I’m not sure how many times I said ‘mind yourself’ or ‘take care’ and recently, someone replied ‘Caroline, I don’t know how’. I suggested that I’d write an article to outline some of the ways in which we can look after ourselves. I’ve been thinking about how I ‘mind’ myself. There are a few things […]
Eastern Region Newsletter
Take a sneak peek at the Eastern Region’s wonderful Autumn 2021 Newsletter. ‘Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see” – Mark Twain Click here to read more: Autumn2021 Eastern Region News
You Must Pass
By Seamus Sharkey Kelly Ireland: You must pass your leaving cert, you must get the Points, you must, you must. Oh and sorry there’s no place for you in college?? But here’s another reality: it’s not the end of the world if you don’t pass, I know only too well. I don’t have a group cert I […]
October 2021 Newsletter
September 2021 Newsletter
Positive Living
By James Corcoran, Claremorris Group When I came to live in Limerick in August 1979, I found it hard to settle in, Up to that time I did things on impulse and this was not a good way to solve problems. Then I began to go to Grow meetings and people there helped me […]
Step 11 – 12 Steps of Recovery & Growth
Relationship Breakups
By Caroline Crotty We enter romantic relationships giving our trust and our hearts to another with the hope that neither will be broken. The reality is that most of us know how it feels to have our hearts broken or at least scarred or dented! People of every age attend counselling or psychotherapy following the […]
Summer
By Bridget Oh gushy green lushishness of this early summer’s day, sap-filled shoots pulsating forth intricate blooms of May. No snow nor hail or fleeting sleet Will keep a hold on Earth’s unfolding heat. Un-burdened now from winter sleep butterflies raise their wings in solar flight, while into June mid-summer looms stretching out the day […]
‘We are more durable than vulnerable’ – Coping During Covid-19
By George I hope as you read this, you are safe and well. The Covid-19 virus has certainly shook us up. I’ve learned that life doesn’t come with instructions‼️ Learning to live with the virus has been challenging. I recognise that this is a difficult time for all of us and we might be out […]
Healthy choices in a pandemic
By Caroline Crotty Confession: I am tired of Covid-19! I am looking forward to life without masks and recognising people from their whole face, not just eyes and eyebrows! I am also looking forward to hugging, kissing and handshakes – each of which, I also confess, I took for granted! Covid-19, referred to as a “novel coronavirus […]