“No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination”
-James Joyce
I am a psychologist from Dublin who dabbles in art and writing. These are my thoughts about psychology, research, parenting and life. I’ve got ink, a table, a room (complete with thinking chair, pictured), some stolen time, relative quiet, and I have something Joyce didn’t have- the internet.
Most Recent Blog Posts:
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Baby
When it comes to parenting the hard way is hard but the easy way is even harder Young women carrying firewood from what was Sackville (Now O’Connell Street) in Dublin, 1916, Press Association Archives. Like most parents I came to experiment with “babywearing” by necessity. An email from my landlord delivered the news that our…
It’s Freaky Friday All Week (Final)
For five days in July 2022 I swapped lives with my children. This is the record of our experience. LIFE SWAP DIARYPart six Last Day: Friday The food has been delicious, but the housekeeping has been somewhere between minimal and non-existent. We are under pressure because we have a friend, Brian, coming over for dinner…
It’s Freaky Friday All Week (5)
For five days in July 2022 I swapped lives with my children. This is the record of our experience. LIFE SWAP DIARYPart Five Day Four: Thursday I am practically begging to leave the house. My usual strategy in summer is to spend as much time as possible outdoors, for several reasons. It’s healthy and wholesome.…
It’s Freaky Friday All Week (4)
For five days in July 2022 I swapped lives with my children. This is the record of our experience. LIFE SWAP DIARYPart Four Day Three: Wednesday Although I only had a few beers last night and got to bed fairly early, I somehow wake up bitterly hungover. There is a patch of sand at the…
It’s Freaky Friday All Week (3)
For five days in July 2022 I swapped lives with my children. This is the record of our experience. LIFE SWAP DIARYPart Three Day Two: Tuesday John is working all day. I’m home alone with three unusually self-sufficient children and no housework to do. I’m pervaded by a subtle but encompassing malaise. A sort of…
It’s Freaky Friday All Week (2)
For five days in July 2022 I swapped lives with my children. This is the record of our experience. LIFE SWAP DIARYPart Two The Challenge Begins Day One: Monday I open my eyes and grope for my phone to check the time- 9AM! I can’t believe how long I’ve slept. My generalised diffuse compulsion to…
It’s Freaky Friday All Week
For five days in July 2022 I swapped lives with my children. This is the record of our experience. LIFE SWAP DIARYPart One April 2022: The Proposal I call the troops (Mary, 12, Michael, 9 and Seamus, 4) around the table for a family conference. I have been banging on relentlessly for years about the…
A Dependable But Fun Wife
I had a bit of a scare last summer. An uncomfortably close call. It started with an occasional pain in my right shoulder when I was running. Soon it was painful every time I ran. And then one morning in the shower I found a lump. I wasn’t too concerned at this point, but since…
Leaving Do
This story is dedicated to the memory of my late mother in law Teresa Frazer. It is a work of fiction, but it is nevertheless still all true. The news was handed down from branch to branch on the family tree from eldest sibling to youngest. We were to come on Friday for a Chinese…
I am also creating some artwork as “Wondermuman”- https://exchange.art/collections/Technostalgia
About Me
I have a PhD in Behavioural Analysis and have lectured in psychology for over ten years. I live in Dublin with my husband, three kids and a dog. I co-run TheResearchLadies.com
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