Category: Inspirational
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What’s in a Name – Julie Ruane
This month we introduce Julie Ruane. Julie has worked for over 30 years in the arena of teaching and training in Éire, (Ireland) Italy and Australia. She has qualifications in Primary Teaching, Mindfulness, Coaching and Management. She is a Reiki Master and Celtic Priestess and has a profound love for our Celtic land and its Ancient Spiritual traditions.For…
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Whats in a Name – Mary Dillon
Feature Image – Mary Dillon What’s in a Name I first had the pleasure of meeting Mary Dillon when I joined ‘The Writer’s Room’ in Arklow nearly three years ago. Since then, my wife, Eileen, and I have become good friends with her. Thankfully, Mary agreed to share her story with us, and it is…
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Whats in a Name – Frances Browner
Frances Browner Hello to all you wonderful readers. Because of the response to my own family heritage stories, published last month, I decided to invite anyone who would like parts of their family heritage stories or a genealogy article to be posted on this site. Please do so by completing the contact form here. Depending…
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What’s in a Name?
My birth name is Peter James Pienaar. A perfectly respectable name, I think. But if I had arrived a few centuries earlier, somewhere around 1555, and if history had been a little kinder with titles, trumpets, and velvet cloaks, I might have been introduced as Lord Peter James. There are records linking the old Pinard…
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Tot Facienda Parum Factum – So Little Done
Featured Image: Upsplash.com – Pablo Marchan Montes. As my belated end-of-May publication(please forgive me for being late – I have been ‘Man Down’ with a nasty bout of flu). My creative energy also seems to have taken a break over the last couple of weeks! So, I decided to republish an article that I originally…
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Before the Tower Fell
“When we lose our words, we lose our way — but when we listen, we find each other again.” – Danny Glover Featured Image: Upsplash.com unsplash free pictures the ruins of ancient stonework tower – Search Not all that long ago, I realized something simple but profound: communication skills have always been the most powerful…
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From Collapse to Renewal: How Zeke’s Turning Point Awakened His True Purpose”
From collapse to renewal, Zeke’s journey reveals how purpose finds us when we’re finally ready to change.
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Power of Now Journal – Doorway to Presence
How practicing presence through focus, gratitude, and sensory perception has transformed my daily life.
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Love Life Purpose – Grief and Family
Featured Image: Pexels Free Images Grief and Family Grief has visited my life more often than I’d ever wish. As a child, the nights were the hardest; fear seemed to wait for the dark before it crept in. As an adult, I’ve learned that fear doesn’t keep to a schedule—it can make its appearance at…
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Love Life Purpose – Competitiveness and Creativity
Featured Image: Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking : Bayles, David, Orland, Ted, Mann, Sally: Amazon.ie: Books Competitiveness vs. Creativity I want to share something that has shaped much of my life—something you may recognise in yourself as well: competitiveness. I was born in 1942, near the end of the…