David Mc Evoy

Student of Psychotherapy and Counselling @ICHAS_College

[Kevin Tanaka @ItsKevinTanaka]

Dr. Gabor Maté on why isolating an angry child until they "calm down" backfires: It doesn't teach regulation. It teaches suppression. And that suppression becomes the blueprint for every relationship they'll ever have.

[Thea @TheaEuryphaessa]

James Hollis on the importance of relationships to the process of individuation.

[Thea @TheaEuryphaessa]

John O'Donohue with an eloquent passage on why "it is so futile to weary your life with the politics of fashioning a persona in order to meet the expectations of other people".

[Gerry🧠🌱 @gerrydiamond71]

Connection before correction!
Connection & Co-regulation can take time to rewire the brain & regulate the nervous system in young people impacted by developmental trauma.
Regulate -Repetition.
Relate - Repetition.
Connect-Repetition.
Reaaon-Repetition.
Reflect-Repetition🧠🌱

[Thea @TheaEuryphaessa]

John O'Donohue on the ego and soul. Such a beautiful writer.

[Thea @TheaEuryphaessa]

James Hollis invites us to reflect on our shadow by asking:

"Where do you repeatedly undermine yourself, shoot yourself in the foot, cause yourself familiar griefs? Where do you flee from your best, riskiest self?"

[Gerry🧠🌱 @gerrydiamond71]

Our schools are full of kids with learning difficulties & mental health issues that are trauma based.

We need trauma informed medical care and trauma informed education.
Gabor Maté 🧠🌱

[Dr. Linda Berman @LindaBerman4]

That of which we are not aware, owns us.

James Hollis

#awareness

[C.G. Jung Foundation @cgjungny]

"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves." - Carl Jung

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

Life is very difficult. One of the most ancient of religious ideas that emerges everywhere, I would say, is that life is essentially suffering.

[Alan Watts 📖 | Philosophy & Timeless Wisdom ✍️ @AlanWattsQuot]

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes.

Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

[Thea @TheaEuryphaessa]

All our social conditioning tends to foster conformity, for thereby one is most likely to have one's needs met, find security, even love. But with every adaptation there is a concomitant risk that the soul will be violated.

— James Hollis, On This Journey We Call Our Life

[Thea @TheaEuryphaessa]

Moshe Feldenkrais on how, as we age, self-imposed restrictive attitudes constrict and constrain our bodies.

[My Lovely Horse Rescue @MyLovelyHorseR]

Emanuel sticks with his mum no matter what. Poor Holly is approx 8 years of age & has been a puppy maker for so long. Her little body will never have to endure this again. Holly & baby will have a life worth living full of love and hope. 💖
https://t.co/n9qhgXLD8X

[books 📖 @bookpoets]

either way, you win

[Gerry🧠🌱 @gerrydiamond71]

When working with our most traumatised young people,firstly, we need connection before correction. Make time for relationships. Make space for big emotions. Understand and empathise with children that their behaviour is expressing a need. It's the language of an unmet need. 🧠🌱

[Thea @TheaEuryphaessa]

Gabor Maté on how no human being is 'useless'.

[Thea @TheaEuryphaessa]

Many people restrict their breathing because deep breathing energises the organism and leads to feeling. The most immediate way to block a feeling is to hold one's breath.

— Alexander Lowen

[TonightVMTV @TonightVMTV]

"Referring to people as 'scumbags' in the Dáil - that is unacceptable"

- John Lonergan reacts to comments made by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee

#TonightVMTV