Smithsfield Clinic

01/01/2026

Happy New Year! Excited for this new chapter.

Happy New Year from The Psychological Society of Ireland🎉

We extend our sincere thanks to Dr Damien Lowry for his leadership and dedication throughout 2025 in advancing the work and values of the Society. As we begin 2026, we are delighted to welcome Dr Sarah Cassidy as PSI President and Dr Sharon Lambert as President-elect.

We are excited to build on the work done to date and continue advocating for psychology, mental health, and wellbeing across Ireland in 2026!

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!

31/12/2025

May the New Year Be Kind to You

May the new year be kind to you.
May it unfold gently,
with moments of warmth that find you when you least anticipate them
and with simple lasting joys that deepen with time.

May there be peace in the ordinary days,
light in the heavier ones,
and kindness, given and received, woven through it all.

May you feel supported when you are tired,
hopeful when the road feels uncertain,
and grateful for the quiet blessings that often go unnoticed.

May what you carry become lighter,
what you seek come closer,
and what you love continue to grow.

And may this new year meet you with grace,
offering space to heal,
room to dream,
and the reassurance that good things are still finding their way to you.

~ 'May the New Year Be Kind to You' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art Unknown via Pinterest

31/12/2025

I love wintering!

“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they don’t pretend it’s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer. They prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis to get them through. Winter is a time of withdrawing from the world, maximising scant resources, carrying out acts of brutal efficiency and vanishing from sight; but that’s where the transformation occurs. Winter is not the death of the life cycle, but its crucible.”
Katherine May - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, 2020.

Philip Vinton Clayton - Christmas in the Wood, 1917.

31/12/2025

The gift of an education. ❤️

31/12/2025

31/12/2025

~ This year, dear friends, may we all lose weight!

The weight of expectations. The weight of self-criticism. The weight of disconnect that fills us with a deeper hunger. The weight of not always loving. The weight of a worn and weary world. Of not always accepting, seeing and inhabiting this precious and sacred body, that we're in.

~ This year, dear friends, may we all exercise!
..our holy will! Our sacred sense of purpose. Our vision and hard-earned wisdom. Our discernment and our shining hearts. In ways that enrich connections, with our bodies, our souls and those we love. And even to the world. ❤

~ This year, ah yes... may we all start the work of quitting...
..that collective Kool-Aid. The negative self-talk. The small-a**ed living. That cacophony of cockatoo-voices that drown out our souls. And old habits: Those used to stop us hearing our pain, our disappointments, and all things much better loved, seen and accepted right down to the very bottom ~ and to find true freedom, through a connection with our deepest souls.

And...

~ This fine new year, (well, here's the best...) may we all be rich!

Yes, utterly and completely rich. Wildly and unapologetically. Rich in love. Life. Connection with one another and all that really matters. Filled to the brim and bubbling over; more again and spilling over that. Full of laughter, acceptance, joy, and less of worry. Less of sorrow ~

Rich in renewed experience, of a whole new year! ❤

Happy 2026, dear friends!

~Rachel Alana (R.A Falconer)
Midwives of the Soul

art | the wonderful Inge Look


https://amzn.to/46o5Nbo

31/12/2025

Parents or caregivers of autistic children needed for this important research. Details below.

🌟 Parents & Caregivers Needed for Research! 🌟
Are you a parent or caregiver of an autistic child aged 2–18? Your voice matters. 💙

Joeleen is conducting a study to better understand the stress experiences of parents of autistic children, and we’d love for you to take part.
✔️ 18+
✔️ Can read and understand English
✔️ Parent/caregiver of an autistic child
✔️ Live with or care for your child 3+ days per week
⏱️ The survey takes around 30 minutes.

Your participation can help shape better support for families in the future.
Scan the QR code in the image click the link: https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/4C036992-58D2-4DAF-B07C-047E5EA54B02

For questions, contact:
📧 Joeleen Lynch Cleary – STU228073@ardenuniversity.ac.uk
📧 Supervisor: Teresa Gomes Arrulo-Clarke –tgaclarke@arden.ac.uk
Thank you for helping make a difference. 💛

31/12/2025

When we rest in our true nature along the middle path, we discover a heart of greatness amidst it all. 💛

31/12/2025

"There's something stronger, something better, pushing right back." Albert Camus