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As we grow older there are numerous changes in our lives that may cause us to feel anxious or negatively impact our mood. Physical health is often a concern and the fear of losing independence due to the need for care leads to increased worry and anxiety as well as feelings of isolation.

When confronted with recession, and possibly an end to a career we have worked in all or our lives, we are faced with questions about our abilities, and uncertainty about what we can offer. What can we do? Where do our strengths lie? Have we been in the right career?

Positive Mental Health (PMH) deals with societal mental health issues for adolescents in Galway. It delivers one module per week over an eight week period through trained facilitators, and focuses on a number of topics including bullying, feelings, emotions, self-esteem, stress, lifestyles, media, peer pressure, loss, and grief. Its aim is to allow adolescents to express themselves and learn coping skills that will enable them to deal with inevitable challenges of life and mental health issues.

Starting your own business is definitely a leap of faith and takes a great deal of passion, determination and persistence to make it succeed. Proper preparation can mean the difference between success and failure.

“The world is passing through troublesome times. The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint: they talk as if they alone know everything.”

Better approaches to supporting mental health in the community may be achieved as a result of a series of six “open conversations” being held about the issue in the city over the coming months.

A series of mental health trialogue meetings, which are open conversations about mental health, will be held in Castlebar over the coming months. The trialogue meetings, which are aimed at people caring for someone with mental health difficulties, people working in mental health, people who have mental health difficulties, community and voluntary sector groups, and everyone who cares about positive mental health, will be held in the Ruby Room of the TF Royal Hotel, Castlebar. The inaugural meeting will be held on Tuesday March 15 from 7pm to 9pm.

Positive Mental Health will hold a conference dealing with issues of positive mental and emotional health on Tuesday March 1 in The Ardilaun hotel, Galway.

Kilkenny County Council’s Arts Office and the Butler Gallery is to launch the seventh in the series of Moot discussions, debates and seminars.

Bookings are now being taken for the Introduction to NLP for Self Esteem and Performance course commencing on Feb 7 and the new Advanced NLP for Self Esteem and Performance course commencing on Feb 8 in Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT).