Minding Me Psychologists

10/10/2026

World Mental Health Day 💜

I had another lovely day working Glen this week, spending time with nine wonderful young people.

One of the highlights was seeing this beautiful poster created by one of the pupils, full of lovely reminders about looking after our mental health.

Be yourself. Be kind. Be confident. Never give up. 🌈

A lovely reminder that sometimes our young people have just as much to teach us as we have to teach them.

Kindness, encouragement and understanding can make such a difference. 💜

07/10/2026

Professional standards matter 💜

I’ve been a member of the Association for Coaching for many years. When people come to me for coaching or psychological support, I think it’s really important that they know I take the responsibility that comes with this work seriously.

Continuing to learn, reflect on my practice and work within professional and ethical standards has always been really important to me.

I’m very grateful to all of the people who have trusted me to support them over the years. 💜

04/10/2026

This one really resonated with me today.

Mammy and Daddy have always told me to remember to enjoy the journey, that’s what it’s all about.

It’s so easy to focus on where we want to get to, or what we want to change, that we forget life is happening right now ❤️

28/09/2026

A psychological analysis of what happens when you try to be productive when you should have just gone to bed… 😂

I thought I’d be all organised last night and empty the dishwasher before bed.

I was exhausted, I’d had a glass of w**e, and couldn’t wait to get into bed, but thought, “You’ll be glad when it’s done.”

Boy, was I wrong.

This innocent-looking tumbler decided to tumble straight out of my hand.

(Is that why they’re called tumblers?! 😂)

It smashed EVERYWHERE. Tiny shards all over the kitchen.

Awwww, I was so annoyed. I just wanted to go to bed!

But I knew the kids would wander in barefoot in the morning, so out came the dustpan and brush.

Everyone else was in bed. Just me, hunting for microscopic pieces of glass.

FINALLY, I emptied the last dustpan into the bin…

And didn’t I feckin knock it over.

Glass EVERYWHERE.

AGAIN.

Across the OTHER side of the kitchen.

OH. MY. GOD.

RAGIN. 😂😂😂

Was I simply exhausted (with the w**e probably not helping!), or am I becoming more accident-prone because of MS?

I don’t know, but after several nasty burns and a broken fibula over the past year, maybe I need to be a wee bit more careful, especially when I’m exhausted.

Mammy has always said I’m dangerous in the kitchen 😂, so maybe MS can’t take all the blame.

Then I started thinking about positivity.

Does sitting in my kitchen absolutely RAGIN mean positive thinking doesn’t work?

Of course not.

Positive psychology isn’t about being positive all the time.

Sometimes things are just really bloody annoying.

We can be positive people and still feel angry, frustrated, sad or overwhelmed. Those emotions are part of being human.

We don’t have to respond perfectly when things go wrong.

I couldn’t un-smash the glass. All I could control was what I did next.

So I cleaned it up.

Then I cleaned it up AGAIN.

Definitely not without swearing. 😂

Sometimes we just have to deal with what’s in front of us, allow ourselves to be totally pi**ed off about it…

…and carry on. ❤️

Although, in hindsight, I should have left the bloody dishwasher until morning. 😂

26/09/2026

Our minds are very good at filling in the blanks — especially when we’re anxious. 💭

Sometimes it helps to stop and ask: what do I actually know to be true, and what am I assuming?

Thoughts can feel incredibly convincing. That doesn’t always make them facts. 💜

17/09/2026

16/09/2026

A client said something in a session this week that I really loved.

We were talking about a big life decision he has to make and, like so many of us do, he was thinking through all the different possibilities and worrying about making the wrong choice.

Then he said:

“Is the worst really all that bad?”

I thought it was such a great reflective question.

We can spend so much time worrying about the worst-case scenario.

Maybe it wouldn’t be what we wanted. Maybe it would be disappointing or difficult. But would it be a disaster?

And if it did happen, could we cope with it?

Very often, we probably could.

I loved that shift in his thinking. Sometimes we don’t need to convince ourselves that everything is going to work out perfectly. We just need to remind ourselves that we’ll handle it if it doesn’t.

10/09/2026

Today, on World Su***de Prevention Day, I’m thinking of everyone whose life has been touched by su***de.

Thinking of you all. ❤️

25/08/2026

Such a thoughtful surprise from one of my clients. Feeling very appreciated ❤️🥰

12/08/2026

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