Health, Beauty and Lifestyle with Denise McNamara

We have come through dark days and could be forgiven for feeling that the world is going through a global ‘Dark Night of the Soul’. But Easter time can be the beacon of light we might all be yearning for.

Psychotherapist Bernadette Finn says Easter has always been a symbol of hope and as it coincides with spring, a time we see symbols of new life sprouting up all around us.

“Easter can be a great reminder of the hope for possibilities, as it can inspire and connect us at a deeply personal and spiritual level. It is a time of coming out of darkness into the light with brighter days and the longer evenings to look forward to.”

An accredited member of the Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, with a practice both in Galway City and the town of Ballinasloe, Bernadette has been studying for a Masters in Applied Spirituality.

Here she shares some of the fruits of her studies.

“A second century mystic once said that ‘the glory of God is the human person fully alive’, yet how many can say they feel truly alive?” she asks.

“The number of people today who feel unable to cope due to mental and emotional difficulties is increasing as they suffer in isolation having lost touch with their spirit of aliveness, sense of belonging and meaning in the world.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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