Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Bates is an Irish Times contributor
Appreciation: Aaron T Beck
Tony Bates: Do not write off young people
Just as they have reached a point of being ready to be set free from home, many young people are being forced to go back home
‘We face a post Covid-19 tsunami of mental illness’
Recovery will require that we restore the socioeconomic drivers of good mental health
What can Ireland learn from the Columbine massacre?
Columbine High School became famous in 1999 for a horrific massacre. Its former principal, who’s visiting Ireland to talk about yo(...)
Tony Bates: We have the power to help those in a dark place
Suicide’s ripple effect touches us all, but a kind word can aid someone in need
There are many support services to help people who suffer from this very painful condition
Living with schizophrenia – why it should concern all of us
Opinion: ‘While their inner turmoil contributes to their alienation, the poverty and loneliness of their lives may reflect our fai(...)
A Year of Living Mindfully: Making friends with experience and trusting it
A Year of Living Mindfully: What does mindfulness do for you?
A Year of Living Mindfully: I’ve rounded the last lap but I find my tank is empty
A Year of Living Mindfully: Give yourself a sanity clause this Christmas
A Year of Living Mindfully: We come to our senses, when we’re aware of sensations
A Year of Living Mindfully: Mindfulness helps us savour our food, and eat guilt free
A Year of Living Mindfully: Is mindfulness keeping me on top of my game?
A Year of Living Mindfully: Step into the present by taking time to rest and unwind
A Year of Living Mindfully: Buying time for when life throws me a curve ball
A Year of Living Mindfully: Learning to let go of limited, rigid notions of identity
Mindfulness transforms our core relationship with ourselves and with each other
A Year of Living Mindfully: Three key ingredients to walking tall and feeling strong
A Year of Living Mindfully: When meditation is boring
A Year of Living Mindfully: Keep an open mind as life rarely sticks to our plans for it
A Year of Living Mindfully: 38 Compassion lets us see ourselves through the lens of kindness
A Year of Living Mindfully: A Zen teacher in my own back garden
A welcome break, but it’s good to be back in the now
A Year of Living Mindfully: 36
A Year of Living Mindfully: Mindfulness doesn’t protect any of us from grief
Time to pause for thought in a year spent living mindfully
A Year of Living Mindfully: Nature can release us from mental turmoil
Living Mindfully: Nurturing our innate capabilities so that we can really live the life we have been given
A Year of Living Mindfully: Every time is like the first time in the practice of making mental space
A Year of Living Mindfully: Patience pays off when escaping my mental circus
A Year of Living Mindfully: Next to parenting, teaching is the most important gift we give our children
A Year of Living Mindfully: Learning to live without a running commentary
A year of living mindfully: a silence that truly speaks volumes
A year of living mindfully: A daily ritual is the key to meditation
Calm and balanced mind is vital to survive the craziness
Meditation offers a way to live that doesn’t depend on diversion, distraction or escape
A Year of Living Mindfully: No Houdini acts for me and my band of 50 silent brothers in intense Vipassana course
My phone rings. I know that ringtone; it’s my 6am alarm. Showtime.
Kindess: love in plain clothing
Putting the messiness of life in perspective
Tony Bates: A Year of Living Mindfully 13
Concentrating on the basic levels of sensation brings deep awareness and insight
A Year of Living Mindfully: 5 I haven’t been very clear to date about what mindfulness is, so it might be helpful at this point…
My daily ritual of relaxation prepares me for the day ahead
A YEAR OF LIVING MINDFULLY: 4: My 6am alarm snatched me from the arms of Orpheus with a jolt. Another day
Shaking up routine to connect with life in a deeper way
A YEAR OF LIVING MINDFULLY: Our best efforts to change our lives inevitably meet with equal and opposite forces
There are times we should bow to the reality of our illness
One week into my year of living mindfully, I woke without a voice.
Finally it happened. I had been putting it off for years but I could no longer hold back the march of time