Hearts+Minds

Maire with Helen Hughes discuss how sometimes we are so task focused we don’t  think of our  purpose. We all have a unique purpose, individual to us only, we inhabit a particular part of the world at a particular time in history. We all have different personalities, identities, talents, temperaments, and cultural backgrounds.

Discovering your authentic self means devoting yourself to a lifetime of growth in self -awareness, realising your potential within the reality of your personal circumstances. This work session helps us to develop our own personal statement of strategy focusing on our Purpose, Values, and Action plan. Living an authentic life means being genuine, and true to our purpose.

Resources:
Starting with Values Resource from a Hearts+Minds event with Helen Hughes
The Way, Chapter 1 - Character, Josemaría Escriva de Balaguer
Virtuous Leadership, Alexandre Havard
 Discovering Authentic Leadership. ‘ Be Who You Are’ - Harvard Business Review
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again, Johann Hari

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Hearts+Minds in person events are held in Ireland

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What if instead of having to live your one life one day at a time, you could sample every life you could possibly have? Would you be happier? Would you find “the one?” The life in which everything fits?  We don’t have a problem owning our smaller decisions, because the consequences are limited.   

But bigger decisions can be harder to own, to find peace with them. Hard decisions are hard not because of our ignorance but because the best choice is not always obvious. Our values, our commitments, and our beliefs in large part are what determine the best decision in a hard decision.  

In this session, we explore: 

• Misconceptions about decisions
• The importance of self-awareness and acceptance
• The virtue of decision-making prudence
• The art of decision-making; the right outlook; space to reflect; owning your reality; aligning with your core values; taking advice
• The pitfalls in decision-making; control v let go; the difference between goals and outcomes; embrace the suffering; no such thing as perfect; Facing the consequences of a decision; God doesn’t ask for success but love

Resources

The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
Decisive: How to Make Better Decisions, Chip and Dan Heath
How to Make Hard Choices, Ruth Chang
The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz
Very Human, Very Divine (VI): Prudence in Action, José Brage

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Many of us will remember some of our first books as a child. But how can we give that same joy of reading to our children? In this podcast episode, Ciara Mannion shares with us titles of great books that your child will find hard to put down. No one book fits all. We explore different books for different children and how knowing your child's temperament is key. 

We explore the power of books to free your child's creativity and how they can also counter children's fears and anxieties. We discuss why reading to your child is important. She shares how values and virtue and characters of a book become real for a child.

Resources
Recommendations
Postman Pat at Work, Woodland's Animations
All By Myself, Mercer Mayer
Pip and Posy The Bedtime Frog, Axel Scheffler
Nosy Crow, 2013
Paddington Minds the House, Michael Bond
Paddington and the Grand Tour, Michael Bond Tom Crean’s Rabbit A True Story from Scott’s Last Voyage, Meridith Hooper & Bert Kitchen 
Superworm, Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
A Squash and a Squeeze, Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
The Detective Dog, Julia Donaldson & Sara Ogilvie
Gaeilge and Nature Amuigh Faoin Speir,  Sadhbh Devlin & Brian Fitzgerald
 All You Need to Know About our World by Age 7, Alice James
The Magnificant Book of Ocean Creatures, Tom Jackson
Nursery Rhymes,  Sally Emerson

Spiritual
Tiny Bears Bible, Sally Lloyd-Jones
Jesus Feeds a Huge Crowd, Lion Hudson
My Day With Jesus, Rev. Thomas J. Donaghy

Classics
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
The Secret Seven Good Work, Secret Seven by Enid Blyton

By Theme
Saints - Beautiful Bedtime Stories with Mary, Charlotte Grossetête
Easter - The Easter Story, Juliet David
Christmas - A Special Place for Santa: a Legend for Our Time, Jeanne Pieper 

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Mary is Jesus' mum. Mary was with Jesus his whole life.  What does that tell us about Mary's role in His life? 

In this episode, we explore the reality that Jesus needed his mother throughout his life from the cradle to his death on the cross.   We need Mary. But maybe we don't realise it, yet? Jesus' dying words were to give us his mother. There is something significant about that. We don't take the dying words of anyone lightly, and especially those of God.

We discuss how Mary's presence can change our life. We discuss how she can give us the same peace, security and love as she gave her Son. We explore how much as women we can relate to Mary. We reflect on her favourite prayer, the rosary, as a journey where we walk with Mary through her life and learn the lessons for our life. 

Resources:
Living Spiritual Motherhood, Siobhan Scullion

“Am I Not Your Mother?” Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Vocation of Women, Rev. John Henry Hansen

New Mediterraneans (V): "To Jesus, Through Mary"

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Do you feel as if your relationships are as good as they could be, or are they sometimes a little stuck? In this podcast episode, Katrina Alvir joins us via Zoom from Sydney,  Australia. Katrina is the Director of REAL, the Science of Character Program at Tangara School, Sydney Australia, as well as a mentor and speaker.

She talks about the 3 mindsets that block us from feeling free in our relationship with others and God.

• We explore what it means to be invested in a relationship
• The 3 mindsets that can block us in our relationships and how to know which one is yours
• Reflection as the key to unlocking our relationships
• How our culture of results can hold us back in our relationships
• Crisis can be the moment for growth in a relationship
• We can rewire our brains to change our habits in our relationships

Resources:

Self-esteem without selfishness, increasing our capacity for love - Michel Esparza
Bring Your Strengths to Life & Live More Fully 

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Our guest on this episode feels she has done a good day's work when her clients look in the mirror and fall in love with themselves! Mercy of Miss Mercy Make-up Artistry has had a long and successful career as a make-up artist. Her passion is making people good about themselves.  

We discuss the importance of identifying your personal beauty. We explore authentic advice for women as they get older and the importance of discovering real beauty which is in the reach of every woman. Mercy tells us about the influence of older women on women and why her grandmother has been a great influence on her life. We discuss what her grandmother would say to women who feel irrelevant, or even invisible because they are not successful or making a big impact on the world stage.

Resources

"Dear Little One" - Father Writes Powerful Letter To Daughter About What 'Beauty' Is
Style Revolution, Be Kind to Yourself - Janet Sahm Easter   
Website - Miss Mercy Makeup Artistry
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When we think of Easter at this time of time of year, with spring in the air and the end of winter we can be joyful. But it is also a feast that speaks of who God is and who we are. God who has died for us and we, his children who are so loved. 

In today's podcast Siobhan and Máire discuss the credibility of Easter as seen in the early accounts of Easter in the Gospels and the disbelief of the early followers of Christ. 

We explore the craziness of our Catholic faith whose crowning feast is man putting God to death and God's coming back to life. We discuss how that very central message requires unpacking among our peers. We explore the transformative power Easter can have on each one of us and the magnificence of the Easter liturgy which we can reflect and pray about in the 50 days of the Easter celebration. 

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It happens all of the time. We try not to let it bother us. We blame ourselves for not being where or who we think we should be in life by now. We feel left behind. On this episode, our guest  Gobnait O'Grady reminds us that the “University of Life is our best qualification”.

We explore the importance of lived experience as opposed to theory and expectations and where our core values act as our compass. We discuss the powerful feelings of helplessness and loss or even guilt that we experience when we don't fulfil certain expectations we had of ourselves. We explore the choices we need to make between competing needs; family, career, and personal needs. We ask the all-important question: can you have it all? We discuss the great personal fulfilment that comes from living your life with courage. 

Resources

• How to manage expectations in life
• Athena Leadership

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We often think we are time-poor because we can be bad at time management or disorganised at times. Our guest speaker on this podcast episode, Maria Kilcommins, speaks with us about why this may not be the case and how oftentimes, it is technology that is at the root cause of our time deficits. 

We discuss the value of time and the deeply spiritual and religious sense it holds. How can we value our time better? Maria shares with us how a serious cancer diagnosis 11 years ago reminded her of the sobering fact that time is not limitless. Maria talks about how if we want to live an intentional life, we need to be aware of what is strengthening and competing with our relationships. We discuss how technology can help but can also hinder these relationships. 

In addition, Maria explores the core values or cardinal virtues of the will and the heart which can ensure our time choices align with what we value most.

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The earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010 was the most devastating natural
disaster ever experienced in the country. In this episode, Denise O’Mahony describes her experience at the centre of a logistics operation to bring relief to a devastated people. Amongst other things we explore:

- The source of resilience in moments of crisis
- The mindset needed to endure the sufferings of others
- The acts of kindness by so many worldwide that made the difference
- Why the Haitian moto “eternity is long” became a source of personal inspiration for Denise.

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