Marie Duffy

Going to see Kae tempest tomorrow night and am so excited.

What a second half by Kerry. They'll be hard to beat!

Will Jimmy continue his winning streak tomorrow? #Donegal #JimmysWinningMatches

Emotional collapse in disagreements is proportional to a history of not being heard rather than unstable personality structure. #TraumaNotPD #AutismNotPD #ADHDNotPD

Landed back in rainy Belfast airport. Have to wait 2 hours for a bus to Derry. Then get a lift from Derry to Donegal. Flying to Liverpool was the easy bit. #TravelAdventures

Unfortunately I'm already on my way to the airport 😞

Happy to help in any way I can 😀

Thank you for having me 😀

Stigma is huge & I'm going to keep fighting for equal treatment and the importance of looking past a label. Thanks BIGSPD for the inspiration and I'll bring the revolution home with me. #BIGSPD25

This conference has been timely in that I needed to be empowered. My cup is filled and I'm going home tomorrow inspired but aware that we have a lot of work to do in Ireland and that we are miles behind the UK #BIGSPD25

remind me that there are people like me who are fighting to make the mental health services a nicer and safer place to navigate. There are people who are disrupting the status quo every day in their work.

It can be disempowering to be a mental health advocate. It can be a lonely place to share your personal experience of mental health. But conferences like #BIGSPD25

Really enjoying my time at the BIGSPD annual conference. I enjoyed a fascinating talk by @dr-kjgardner.bsky.social this morning on the significance of location of self harm on the body. Really interesting insight in the research from clinicians and those with lived experience. #bigspd25

@dr-kjgardner.bsky.social Really interesting presentation. Thanks for sharing your research. It's really important. #bigspd25

Looking forward to learning new ways I can use my lived experience when I return home to Ireland. Feeling inspired already and it's only day one of the conference! #bigspd25

I'm in Liverpool for the #bigspd25 mental health conference. Looking forward to being inspired over the next few days.

Girl receiving girl of the match award from her coach

Girl standing with trophy and medal

I am so proud of my niece and her Donegal team, who won their all Ireland shield final in Kilkenny on Sunday, beating Limerick 2-0. She even got joint player of the match. #Speirgorm

Photo of Old city of Dubrovnik taken from the fort

Photo of old city of Dubrovnik

Photo of Marie Duffy in front of the fort in Dubrovnik

Photo of church on one of the Elphalite Islands off Croatia

This week, I've been in beautiful Dubrovnik for a much needed break. If you're a Game of Thrones fan, you're in for a treat.

Group of people on stage in a panel discussion

Group of people alongside Minister Norma Foley.

Last week, I spoke at the Sharing the Vision mental health conference in Dublin Castle. It was a privilege to be part of the panel discussion on lived experience. #MentalHealth

Is the competition only for Fiction? Is Memoir accepted?

Just back from indoor football -15 women all aged 30+ kicking around a football on a Thursday night. Best way to blow off steam! Highly recommend it.

My heart is sore for the families who lost two young men in a car crash in West Donegal last night. I pray that those who are injured make a full recovery.

Today, I organised a wellbeing day for the U12s I coach at Dunfanaghy Youths. We had some icebreaker games, yoga, talks from the FAI on nutrition, recovery, and staying in sport and finished up the day with a few matches and a penalty shootout. Good for body, good for mind.

Picture of two puppies

The last two pups of the litter. The brown goes to a good home on Saturday. We're keeping the other one. Any name suggestions?

I had an amazing acupuncture treatment lastnight. I feel like I'm walking on clouds today.

Lovely walk on the beach today.

Really good summary

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

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