One of the live discussions I am very excited about is being held on 31st August at The Master Series. Bessel van der Kolk, Peter Levine and Stephen Porges are three thought-leaders of 21st-century trauma treatment. It will be the first time they publicly discuss the intersections of their impressive bodies of work, together. Clinical […]
Benjamin Fry is a psychotherapist, author, entrepreneur and founder of Televagal, Khiron House and Get Stable. He is also presenting one of the many fascinating talks at the Mental Health and Trauma Summit in Oxford. Keynote: Can You Have Trauma and a Great Relationship? For individuals who have experienced trauma (and have dysregulated nervous systems) […]
The Trauma & Mental Health Master Series is fast approaching and preparations are well under way. This four day event has something for everyone. From international speakers to networking with some of the best thought leaders, not to mention morning yoga. Truly an event for the diary. What’s on in the Master Series, Oxford? I […]
I always feel grateful remembering how far we’ve come from the Covid-19 lockdowns! We all know how social interaction can help improve mental health and the importance of gathering with likeminded people. That’s why I was delighted to hear The Master Series will be hosting their first ever in-person event. It will be held in […]
Every now and then I get the opportunity to spread my creative writing wings, but this event is an absolute first for me. The National Trust is celebrating what would have been Hugh Armytage Moore’s 150th birthday and have asked me to write four bespoke poems for the occasion. At these two events I will […]
“If we all hid behind the door no one would know that Recovery is alive, well and living amongst us.” I am delighted to be taking part in “Turlough”, a psychodrama style event based on the life of the 17th century Irish Composer and Harper, Turlough O’Carolan. It was written by Eileen Beamish, Founder and […]
A new study from UCC and Alcohol Action Ireland has found that the majority of mental health professionals receive no training on problem alcohol use in the home. This is despite an estimated 200,000 children and 400,000 adults who live with the serious phycological impact of PPAU in Ireland today. Toolkit The study also found […]
The idea of Tarbert hosting Darkness into Light walk in 2022 was born on the Island Road, Tarbert over a year ago. Three regular walkers decided to do the walk at 4am on Saturday May 8th 2021, word got out and in the midst of Covid-19 our socially-distanced numbers swelled. Afterwards, we made contact with […]
Many of us making plans this Christmas are doing so cautiously, as we come to the end of another year living with Covid-19. I plan to harvest disappointment of cancelled plans into resilience. Easier said than done! But if I give myself time to reflect on the beautiful things, I feel like this can be […]
For World Mental Health Day 2021 As we head towards our Freedom Day with confidence that Covid-19 is behind us and economic normality is just around the corner heading into 2022, a report published last week by the Health Research Board came in well under the radar. But when we talk about alcohol use disorder […]
Celtic Kindness in Castle Ward
On Saturday, 25th May I had the absolute pleasure to perform with Celtic Grace at National Trust’s b...
Respect
December is a lovely time of the year for me. I love the build up to Christmas Day, exchanging gifts...
Developing business plans from startups to large corporations, Paddy Creedon brings a personable and creative approach to business management.
Grounded in over 40 years experiences, along with his academic qualifications Paddy has the innate ability to get to the nub of the business challenges, quickly and is very solution focused.
Paddy also enjoys public speaking, poetry and creative writing...