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 […]
Step 11 – Growing daily closer to maturity
By Maria As a child of the sixties. large classrooms were commonplace. There were fifty-four pupils in my class and one teacher. It was easy to feel invisible, and as a quiet child voiceless and unimportant. The louder children drowned out my attempts to speak, and I lost confidence in who I was. I came […]
Procrastination
By Maria Each week a part of our Grow meeting is a report on how well we did the previous week on our chosen task. We will also choose a task for the following week. The Grow Literature advises that it would be better if each member chooses their own task, as they are more […]
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 […]
July 2021 Newsletter
How I learned to connect during lockdown
By Maeve My name is Maeve. I joined Grow after seeing a poster in our local village hall in Trim in 2018. When I joined Grow I felt very welcomed and at home straight away. I was 80 years old at the time, I felt very isolated and wanted to connect with others to help my […]
Building Trust
Extract from ‘Faith, Hope, and Fantasy’ by Anne Waters If we are always anxious, we have a basic problem with trust. We worry too much about security. Instead of assuming things are going too well unless we hear otherwise, we always try to anticipate every conceivable and inconceivable problem that could happen. Though no […]
Mid-West Region Newsletter
Take a sneak peek at the Mid-west Region’s wonderful Spring Newsletter. If you would like to order a quality printed version of the full 28 page newsletter simply make a €5 donation to https://www.idonate.ie/GrowMidWest and send details of your postal address to Joan Diffley at [email protected]
My Covid Experience
Getting the dreaded Covid-19 can be a frightening experience, but for Mary it was a great lesson on what is important in life and a time to be grateful for all she had,
Eastern Region – Spring Newsletter
Get all the updates and wisdom shared by the Eastern Region in this hopeful and inspiring Spring Newsletter.
April 2021 Newsletter
Grow’s Easter Walk Calling on everyone to Walk the Walk this Easter Sunday wearing YELLOW! Grow Mental Health’s first national fundraising activity of 2021 will take place on Easter Sunday and all are invited to join in and proudly support the vital work of Grow Mental Health. Supported by our friends in Expressway, we are […]
March 2021 Newsletter
See what wonderful stories, art and news took place in the month of March- from National Thank You Day to The Growing Limericks!