Hello and you're very welcome to the Compass Workshop.

My name's Christine. I've worked in the area of Adult Mental Health for over 25 years working with both individuals and groups. After training in Counselling and Drama Therapy I worked exclusively in the HSE, predominantly working in the area of rehabilitative training and support, for people affected by Mental Health illnesses and Mental Health difficulties. Although there's plenty of information available now on specific topics of Mental Health (eg. depression, anxiety), there seems to be a lack of discussion around the areas of personal values and personal boundaries -these are the foundation blocks towards building good Mental Health in life.

In this first episode we will be talking about personal boundaries. Personal boundaries are measures we are able to put in place when we have a firm belief of our rights in life and wish to protect them.

In this episode we will be talking about personal values. Our Personal Values act as a set of guidelines by which we choose to live our lives.

In this episode we will be talking about the area of Self Esteem. Self Esteem is essentially 'the relationship we have with ourselves'.

In this episode we will be talking about assertiveness and what it means to behave assertively in life.