by Katie McGreal | Self-care
I mentioned in the last blog that I was stressed. I amn’t as stressed now but it hasn’t gone completely. Even yesterday, I had a lovely day by the sea reading and walking and then suddenly I felt this tension and tightness in my jaw. This isn’t the first time my jaw...
by Katie McGreal | Self-care
I have been learning about my menstrual cycle for the past two years and one of the biggest things I have learnt is that if I listen to my body before and during my bleed time and rest, then I can be more productive for the rest of the month. I have spent the past ten...
by Katie McGreal | Stress/anxiety
My mentor and friend Jenny Grainger asked me a few months ago as we planned some Positive Living Network events ‘How does it feel to sit in the unknown?’ and I knew and the time and I still know now; it’s awful! I started writing this blog this morning but as things...
by Katie McGreal | Emotions/feelings
I lived in Galway seven years ago. I worked as a journalist for the newspaper Gaelscéal. I got the job straight after college and I had about a week to find somewhere to live, move to Galway and start the job. I knew that I would need a car for work so I also had to...
by Katie McGreal | What is normal
My friend told me last week that she doesn’t think she is a ‘real’ adult. She has a fulltime job, she lives on her own, she makes her own dinner and does her own washing, she pays tax, she can drive but yet she is still not a ‘real’ grown up. Although she is doing all...
