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Are you stressed? Struggling with poor self-esteem? Losing sleep? If you would like to learn new ways of dealing with life's challenges you may be interested in Aware's Living Life to the Full programme.

It seems that Loughrea has a budding writer in its midst in the form of 12-year-old Dylan Daly who wrote the Dream Team Adventures/Space Dreams book to help raise money for the Share A Dream Foundation.

“At least five per cent of the population (of Europe) suffers from serious diagnosable mental illness; between 15 and 20 per cent of European adults are affected by more general mental health problems,” according to the World Health Organisation. Yet there can still be a significant taboo attached to mental health difficulties. However the simple presence of books relating to mental health issues in a public library, available and accessible to all, can help reduce this stigma, and raise awareness of such issues in the public mind. This is the aim of the Mayo Healthy Reading Scheme, a joint initiative between Mayo County Library and the HSE West.

A therapeutic writing workshop will take place in the Family Centre on Saturday March 3 from 10am to 4pm.

Have you ever wondered why some people achieve so much in life with what can seem like little effort while others seem to struggle and never quite get what they want? Evelyn Cormican of Blueprint Coaching and Training will be answering this question in her upcoming workshop ‘Think and Grow Rich’.

If you are at a career crossroads, either by choice or design, you may be struggling to plot your next move. Because of the difficult economic circumstances, many people feel they should grab whatever job comes their way, rather than continuing to plan their career in such a way as to suit themselves in terms of their skills, attributes and behavioural characteristics.

Rachel Sweetman, Hakomi psychotherapist, is running another of her very popular 10 week courses on mindfulness and loving presence, starting on Tuesday January 31. Before this there will be a free introductory talk on January 24 in The Downhill House Hotel, Ballina.

This one day workshop, which will take place in the Family Centre, Chapel Street, Castlebar, introduces participants to the practice of therapeutic writing.

Following a successful international tour during 2011 renowned business trainer and motivational speaker Pearce Flannery confirmed that the ‘Create Your Own Reality’ seminar has been confirmed for The TF Royal, Castlebar on December 15.