Coercive control is a pattern of behaviours that enables someone to exert power over another person through fear and control. Coercive control is a form of domestic abuse or intimate partner violence. It describes a pattern of behaviours a perpetrator uses to gain control and power by eroding a...

We’ve all heard the voice of the Inner Critic-that part of us that judges us, shames us, and makes us feel inadequate. We can’t silence the Inner Critic by fighting it or giving in to its demands. But there is a way to transform it in to an invaluable...

I wonder if the modern interpretation of this is less about outer space and more about giving someone actual personal space. Could they change it to “boundaries, the final frontier”. I see boundaries as both a good and bad thing, they can sometimes be used as an excuse not...

We know so much about health these days but being healthy seems to be harder than ever. We have access to so much good food, there are busy gyms all over Cork city and the roads are full of cyclists and the footpaths full of people walking and running....

If we have been feeling unwell for a while, we often feel this is how we are going to stay, that from now on we will be like this and we forget how it felt to be fully well and healthy. This leaves us hopeless about our potential to...

We all know that certain levels of stress are normal and even good in some cases. If you are late with a work or college assignment or you are nervous about a business venture or get anxious before a big event it’s often just part of having a healthy...

My generation might have grown up in a time when being busy was a sign of success but is that still the case? Can we be less busy and successful? I think so and I believe it is the best kind of success. I wonder if it is a...

My name is Luis, I’m a Certified Life and Transformation Coach at The Natural Clinic in Cork and online, Strategic Interventionist, Speaker, Breathwork, Yin Yoga and Insight Meditation Instructor. I help people bridge the gap between trauma and lack of fulfilment, growth, and contribution. But it wasn’t always like...

When we have a problem, we tend to try to solve it ourselves, if we believe it is solvable at all. We take all of our past experience, knowledge and education and do our best to overcome the problem ourselves. Then if we have no luck with that, we...

When do we know when we are in need of a change? It often comes in the form of stress, bad mood or just feeling like you don’t have the motivation to enjoy life as much as you know you should be. There are a lot of potential reasons...