Paddy
@murfowski.bsky.social
Writer & counselor.
Writing on Bluesky, Medium & Substack about #psychology, #mentalhealth, #spirituality, & more
Enquiries: https://paddymurphy.carrd.co/
Free Newsletter: https://paddymurphy.substack.com/
Writing on Bluesky, Medium & Substack about #psychology, #mentalhealth, #spirituality, & more
Enquiries: https://paddymurphy.carrd.co/
Free Newsletter: https://paddymurphy.substack.com/
My SG needed a bit of surgery recently, gonna put a tremolo on her soon, just waiting on a new bridge to arrive (2nd photo) and, aye, been playing around with loads of song ideas of late.
Updated my DAW, gonna start getting back into writing music me thinks.
Updated my DAW, gonna start getting back into writing music me thinks.
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My SG needed a bit of surgery recently, gonna put a tremolo on her soon, just waiting on a new bridge to arrive (2nd photo) and, aye, been playing around with loads of song ideas of late.
Updated my DAW, gonna start getting back into writing music me thinks.
Updated my DAW, gonna start getting back into writing music me thinks.
From tomorrow's post...
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
From tomorrow's post...
I see it it so often in counselling. People swear they have no motivation, but it's not that...
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I see it it so often in counselling. People swear they have no motivation, but it's not that...
Radical acceptance is something I've been writing a ton about lately...
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Radical acceptance is something I've been writing a ton about lately...
Most of the people I work with feel like they’ve done everything they were told to do: job, kids, house, car, dog/cat, annual foreign holiday or two, and somehow still feel stuck.
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Most of the people I work with feel like they’ve done everything they were told to do: job, kids, house, car, dog/cat, annual foreign holiday or two, and somehow still feel stuck.
Here's part of an article about one of my favourite writers, Samuel Beckett.
It seems to have hit a chord where I've published it, so here's the intro.
Link below
It seems to have hit a chord where I've published it, so here's the intro.
Link below
September 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Here's part of an article about one of my favourite writers, Samuel Beckett.
It seems to have hit a chord where I've published it, so here's the intro.
Link below
It seems to have hit a chord where I've published it, so here's the intro.
Link below
The age of derangement is upon us:
🕵️ ICE buys despots’ spyware
🍽️ Tech barons grovel at Trump’s table
💀 ChatGPT whispers murder & suicide
🔥 MAGA declares holy war on Big Tech
link below
🕵️ ICE buys despots’ spyware
🍽️ Tech barons grovel at Trump’s table
💀 ChatGPT whispers murder & suicide
🔥 MAGA declares holy war on Big Tech
link below
September 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The age of derangement is upon us:
🕵️ ICE buys despots’ spyware
🍽️ Tech barons grovel at Trump’s table
💀 ChatGPT whispers murder & suicide
🔥 MAGA declares holy war on Big Tech
link below
🕵️ ICE buys despots’ spyware
🍽️ Tech barons grovel at Trump’s table
💀 ChatGPT whispers murder & suicide
🔥 MAGA declares holy war on Big Tech
link below
Out later today:
China, Russia, Tesla, Kennedy; All Busy Pulling Tricks Behind The Curtain While America Counts Trump's Bruises
China, Russia, Tesla, Kennedy; All Busy Pulling Tricks Behind The Curtain While America Counts Trump's Bruises
September 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Out later today:
China, Russia, Tesla, Kennedy; All Busy Pulling Tricks Behind The Curtain While America Counts Trump's Bruises
China, Russia, Tesla, Kennedy; All Busy Pulling Tricks Behind The Curtain While America Counts Trump's Bruises
Not quite an official launch...
But since my tech/politics articles are bringing in new subs to Medium/Substack...and they're quite a different audience to my usual philosophy/spirituality audience, I've set up a parallel Substack.
Link below.
But since my tech/politics articles are bringing in new subs to Medium/Substack...and they're quite a different audience to my usual philosophy/spirituality audience, I've set up a parallel Substack.
Link below.
September 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Not quite an official launch...
But since my tech/politics articles are bringing in new subs to Medium/Substack...and they're quite a different audience to my usual philosophy/spirituality audience, I've set up a parallel Substack.
Link below.
But since my tech/politics articles are bringing in new subs to Medium/Substack...and they're quite a different audience to my usual philosophy/spirituality audience, I've set up a parallel Substack.
Link below.
Today, I've mostly been pondering why tourists post photos in FB groups of the towns they've visited to be seen only by the people who already live there.
Would they also go to a vegetable shop and show the shopkeeper their bad photos of feckin' cauliflower?
Would they also go to a vegetable shop and show the shopkeeper their bad photos of feckin' cauliflower?
August 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Today, I've mostly been pondering why tourists post photos in FB groups of the towns they've visited to be seen only by the people who already live there.
Would they also go to a vegetable shop and show the shopkeeper their bad photos of feckin' cauliflower?
Would they also go to a vegetable shop and show the shopkeeper their bad photos of feckin' cauliflower?
Today's newsletter will be making its way to you soon.
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Today's newsletter will be making its way to you soon.
A wee bit from today's newsletter:
August 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A wee bit from today's newsletter:
A short section of today's article about Philip K. Dick.
Links in bio
Links in bio
August 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A short section of today's article about Philip K. Dick.
Links in bio
Links in bio
I mean, you want to be empathetic and compassionate but Jaysus lads, people are fuckin stupid.
August 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I mean, you want to be empathetic and compassionate but Jaysus lads, people are fuckin stupid.
A man climbs a sacred mountain on a dying planet in search of truth.
What he finds is far stranger: enlightenment and the horrifying beauty of being fuel for a system that feeds on belief.
The Pilgrim of Gliese-27c is live. Myth meets machine. And the light is watching.
Link in next comment
What he finds is far stranger: enlightenment and the horrifying beauty of being fuel for a system that feeds on belief.
The Pilgrim of Gliese-27c is live. Myth meets machine. And the light is watching.
Link in next comment
August 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A man climbs a sacred mountain on a dying planet in search of truth.
What he finds is far stranger: enlightenment and the horrifying beauty of being fuel for a system that feeds on belief.
The Pilgrim of Gliese-27c is live. Myth meets machine. And the light is watching.
Link in next comment
What he finds is far stranger: enlightenment and the horrifying beauty of being fuel for a system that feeds on belief.
The Pilgrim of Gliese-27c is live. Myth meets machine. And the light is watching.
Link in next comment
July 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein aren’t just scandalous, they echo the ancient collapse of empires.
From Nero to Nixon to Mobutu, history warns us what happens when tyrants trust fixers with too many secrets, and someone starts pressing play.
Today's Newsletter is below
From Nero to Nixon to Mobutu, history warns us what happens when tyrants trust fixers with too many secrets, and someone starts pressing play.
Today's Newsletter is below
July 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein aren’t just scandalous, they echo the ancient collapse of empires.
From Nero to Nixon to Mobutu, history warns us what happens when tyrants trust fixers with too many secrets, and someone starts pressing play.
Today's Newsletter is below
From Nero to Nixon to Mobutu, history warns us what happens when tyrants trust fixers with too many secrets, and someone starts pressing play.
Today's Newsletter is below
July 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Friday means it’s time for my Good News Friday newsletter… and this week’s batch is a belter:
🦻 Deaf children hear for the first time
🐦 A magpie saves her human
🏴☠️ Lost pirate treasure found off Madagascar
🧠 Parkinson’s symptoms reversed in mice
🐢 Turtles might help us cure cancer
Link below ⬇️⬇️
🦻 Deaf children hear for the first time
🐦 A magpie saves her human
🏴☠️ Lost pirate treasure found off Madagascar
🧠 Parkinson’s symptoms reversed in mice
🐢 Turtles might help us cure cancer
Link below ⬇️⬇️
July 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Friday means it’s time for my Good News Friday newsletter… and this week’s batch is a belter:
🦻 Deaf children hear for the first time
🐦 A magpie saves her human
🏴☠️ Lost pirate treasure found off Madagascar
🧠 Parkinson’s symptoms reversed in mice
🐢 Turtles might help us cure cancer
Link below ⬇️⬇️
🦻 Deaf children hear for the first time
🐦 A magpie saves her human
🏴☠️ Lost pirate treasure found off Madagascar
🧠 Parkinson’s symptoms reversed in mice
🐢 Turtles might help us cure cancer
Link below ⬇️⬇️
I'll have something out today about the Washington ghouls trying to bury truth and justice
July 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I'll have something out today about the Washington ghouls trying to bury truth and justice