Helen Toal Browne
@helentoalbrowne.bsky.social
Therapist, slow runner, politics fiend.
The Christmas book pile is particularly good this year, but this from Oisín McKenna really hit home
January 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The Christmas book pile is particularly good this year, but this from Oisín McKenna really hit home
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How about this? Let’s ALL run for President.
September 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
How about this? Let’s ALL run for President.
None of the obits of the great Richard Chamberlain seem to mention his 1976 The Slipper and the Rose, with our own Gemma Craven. An outrage..it's one of the best musicals.
April 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
None of the obits of the great Richard Chamberlain seem to mention his 1976 The Slipper and the Rose, with our own Gemma Craven. An outrage..it's one of the best musicals.
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Great friend and brilliant colleague Claire Prior captured very nicely here by @lornasiggins.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
Obituary: Claire Prior, RTÉ radio producer and broadcaster known and loved for her wit, kindness and courage
Claire Prior, who has died aged 50 after an illness, was a highly talented radio producer known for her zest for life, quick and spirited wit, love of music and loyalty to family and friends.
www.independent.ie
February 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Great friend and brilliant colleague Claire Prior captured very nicely here by @lornasiggins.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
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This is such a good essay from Dublin Review of Books: a reflection on the truly disturbing presentation of history at @nationaltrust.bsky.social Mount Stewart - Nazi figurines and all. @celiarichardson.bsky.social - one for the Trust to attend to, I hope.
drb.ie/not-mentioni...
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Not Mentioning Appeasement - DRB
Catherine Toal writes: The beauty of an historic Irish house is shot through with horror. That castellated manor rising at the end of the grassy avenue was a barracks in Cromwell’s time. And don’t eve...
drb.ie
December 21, 2024 at 1:01 PM
This is such a good essay from Dublin Review of Books: a reflection on the truly disturbing presentation of history at @nationaltrust.bsky.social Mount Stewart - Nazi figurines and all. @celiarichardson.bsky.social - one for the Trust to attend to, I hope.
drb.ie/not-mentioni...
drb.ie/not-mentioni...
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Yup. This is excellent.
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November 24, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Yup. This is excellent.
November 21, 2024 at 12:39 PM
"The TikTok generation just would not accept a female character that was nothing but Wife. If you don’t believe that, you’ve clearly never tried to watch Hannah and Her Sisters with 14-year-olds. They don’t just decry everything about it, they blame you for the existence of Woody Allen".
‘At my signal, unleash hell!’ What the Gladiator films tell us about 21st-century men www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
November 19, 2024 at 11:06 PM
"The TikTok generation just would not accept a female character that was nothing but Wife. If you don’t believe that, you’ve clearly never tried to watch Hannah and Her Sisters with 14-year-olds. They don’t just decry everything about it, they blame you for the existence of Woody Allen".
‘At my signal, unleash hell!’ What the Gladiator films tell us about 21st-century men www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
November 19, 2024 at 11:05 PM
‘At my signal, unleash hell!’ What the Gladiator films tell us about 21st-century men www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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The top mentioned book so far:
November 19, 2024 at 10:07 PM
The top mentioned book so far:
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It's the client, more than the therapist, that drives therapeutic change. Our new infographic shows that approximately 30% of change is due to client factors (like motivation, hope, and attachment style), 15% the relationship (alliance, empathy, etc), and around 7% therapist factors.
November 18, 2024 at 7:37 PM
It's the client, more than the therapist, that drives therapeutic change. Our new infographic shows that approximately 30% of change is due to client factors (like motivation, hope, and attachment style), 15% the relationship (alliance, empathy, etc), and around 7% therapist factors.
So far I'm loving the bluesky.
November 18, 2024 at 10:36 PM
So far I'm loving the bluesky.