Book Review, written by Dr Phil Noone, of ‘Miracles Appear when Loved Ones are Near’ by debut author, Ciara O’Malley. (Book Hub Publishing, 2020). “One minute you’re here Next minute you’re gone I thought I knew just who I was And what I’d do, but I was wrong” Bruce Springsteen 2020 Introduction Crackling timber fire burning….
Dr Phil Noone, Series Co-Editor, Lecturer in Nursing Studies, NUIGalway From Mental Health For Millennials Vol 4 On Wellbeing. (2020). Galway: Book Hub Publishing. Pages 3.-15. Introduction We are creatures of habit and tend to repeat the same behaviours in recurring contexts. I became interested in the yin and yang of practices as I negotiated…
The Millennial Appetite for Culinary Wellness “The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” – Thomas Edison WELL let me Begin… It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to my state of being comfortable, happy and healthy. When presented…
Toxic Inhibitions – The Impact on Societal Wellbeing, John Madden MA, BA, PG Dip, Guest Editor, Mental Health for Millennials Volume 1 Introduction Wellbeing, like so many things, is something that we take for granted and doesn’t it always seem to go, we don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone. We do, however, have…
‘Letting Go’ Susan McKenna, B.A., Dip., SocScience, Director, Book Hub Publishing & Co-author of ‘Between Two Lands’ Introduction This is a time of profound uncertainty with the global COVID- 19 pandemic. It is a time where we have all been forced to look into ourselves, to draw from our resiliency and where we have been allowed…
Introduction We are creatures of habit and tend to repeat the same behaviours in recurring contexts. I became interested in the yin and yang of practices as I negotiated to work at home during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. From March-June 2020, during government-imposed ‘lockdown’, I re-negotiated my ‘work-space-time’ routine in ways that were incredibly positive…
The Butterfly Effect. My daughter spotted it yesterday while we walked the dog in the hills. Can we take it home and look after it?, she begged, and a conversation began. I suggested that in the wild this ‘deformed’ creature would not survive, that we shouldn’t take it home but leave it to its fate,…
From Mental Health For Millennials Volume 3: On Happiness (pp. 4-16, Published by Book Hub Publishing, 2019). Introduction What is happiness? According to the Dalai Lama the purpose of our existence is to seek happiness (Dalai Lama & Cutter 1998, 5). His message is that, “We don’t need more money, we don’t need greater success…
‘Surviving and Thriving amidst COVID-19’ By Mairead Carroll “Allow yourself to sit with your deepest hidden emotions, become friends with the shadow part of you. Sit under the moon and stars and fall back in love with yourself again like you did when you were three, riding wild with a carefree ease. Write away your…
2019 Reflections on my Thesis on the Abortion Debate in Irish Print Media by Rachael Hussey I am Rachael, a journalism Masters Degree graduate from Dublin, now working with The Book Hub Publishing Group. I moved to Galway four years ago while finishing my Masters degree to start a new life, joining my husband in…
