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 […]
August 2021 Newsletter
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
Step 10 – 12 Steps of Recovery & Growth
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]