Macneamh | Reflections

On these pages, I look forward to sharing reflections with you from the field of Psychology, Philosophy, Poetry, Art, and Mythology and the Ancient Gaelic world, ideas closest to my own heart, with the intention and the hope of inspiring and sparking your own creativity, curiosity and personal development work. 

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Living in Alignment with the Seasons

There is something wonderful about living in rhythm with the seasons. Each season feels different in our bodies. There is a distinct rhythm in the spring, summer, autumn, and winter seasons.

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Born In Light

When we begin a New Year, we often think about the changes we wish to make, resolutions we want to keep, promises we hope to make, and the symbolic page we wish to turn…

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Nollaig na mBan

Women today gather all around the country on this day to celebrate the women important to them in their lives, their female ancestors, their mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers, as well as each other and charitable causes. 

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What is the Mother Wound?

The very first relationship we had in this world was with our mother. The mother wound is a term that describes the emotional and psychological pain that arises from a disruption in the emotional bond with one’s parental figure, one’s mother…

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James Joyce

James Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He is considered the most prominent English-speaking literary figure of the first half of the twentieth century…

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Eavan Boland

Eavan Boland was an Irish poet, author, and professor at Stanford University, where she had taught since 1996. Her work deals with issues of Irish national identity and the role of women in Irish history…

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Edna O’Brien

Edna O'Brien was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer. Her writing often spoke to women's experiences and described the inner world of women and their challenges in society…

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Brendan Behan

Brendan Behan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish. At the age of 16, Behan joined the IRA, which led to his serving time in a borstal youth prison in the United Kingdom and imprisonment in Ireland…

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What is Somatic Therapy?

When we don't feel safe in our bodies, we live in our heads, disconnected from our physical experience. We need to return to the language of the body, to come to know what our bodies are communicating, to support ourselves in our bodies, and to feel our feelings…

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The Changing Season

This coming autumn and winter can be a beautiful opportunity for us to allow a different pace in our daily lives...

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Poetry and the Inner World

Our ancient Gaelic ancestors gathered at night around the hearth to share songs, music, poetry and stories. This provided escape from a harsh existence...

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The Irish Language - Speaking the Inner World

The native language of any country is a vessel for translating the soul of that country and its people. If a country lost its native language, it would lose an entirely unique way of thinking and feeling about the world…

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