By Dr Denis McBrinn: Narrated by Sara Dylan.

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear definition of what meditation is and what it is not, how to use meditation to enhance your daily life, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of effective meditation currently in your life.

Meditation is an ancient practice that helps to de-clutter our noisy minds.

Meditation is not about thinking. It isn't about controlling thoughts. It is simply about calming our minds and being still to prevent worrying thoughts from controlling us.

By Dr Denis McBrinn: Narrated by Sara Dylan.

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear definition of what emotion is, how to understand the range of emotions, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of emotional struggle currently in your life.

"Emotions make us human. Denying them makes us beasts." Victoria Klein Emotion is what we feel within. It is a mental state arising from our nervous system's response to thoughts and experience.

Emotions are intertwined with mood, temperament, personality, disposition and motivation.

Most of us struggle with our emotions, mainly because we were never really taught much about them. Yet emotions and how we use them have an enormous impact on our daily lives.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of what inner strength is, how to find it and muster it, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of inner strength currently in your life.

It is in uncertain and difficult times, like these, that we have to rely on and develop our inner strength. Inner strength is our “invisible” means of support that helps us get through the toughest times.

It isn't something we are born with. Inner strength is like a small seedling, emerging from stony ground to grow in harsh conditions.

It is a spiritual quality that develops from the practice of self-discipline, belief, endurance and optimism.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of how to find purpose in your life and to lead you gently into reflection on the presence of purpose currently in your life.

"To be what we are and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only purpose of life.” Robert Louis Stevenson

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of what your “inner child” is, how to use it to change your thinking, and to lead you gently into reflection on the level of “inner child” currently in your life.

"Become Like Little Children" Matthew 18:3

Learning to connect with the child within is one of the keys to happiness and contentment.

Our Inner Child is the emotional and spiritual essence of our being.

It is in little children where our spiritual nature, in human form, is most obvious.

As young children, growing up, we lived happily in the present moment.

Everything seemed magical.

We were open, trusting, curious, loving and wise.

We laughed, played and had more natural joy and fun than any other time.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Caroline Cole, is designed to bring a clear understanding of how to cope with uncertainty, and to lead you gently into reflection on dealing with the level of uncertainty currently in your life.

"Worry is like a rocking chair - it gives you something to do, but doesn't get you anywhere."

Events such as pandemics and other natural disasters remind us about the uncertainty in life.

All life is fragile and each day is a journey into the unknown, giving rise to fear and anxiety.

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear definition of what "being in the Zone" is, how to achieve it, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of “being in the Zone” currently in your life.

The concept of a "flow state" or" being in the Zone" was proposed by psychologist Mihaly Csilsentmihaliyi.

His research, at the University of Chicago explored many factors that contribute to a life worth living. The study concludes that people in a flow state experience an immense feeling of satisfaction.

The ego is minimised, time flies and temporal concerns appear to lose their importance. Every thought and movement flows inevitably from the previous one - like playing improvised jazz!

A flow state comes from the passion of doing your best at something you love. It is where you are totally absorbed and feel a deep sense of aliveness.

You are using your skills to the utmost and appear to lose track of space, time and sense of self. "Flow" or "being in the Zone" is a subconscious mental state of operation, with a feeling of energised focus and peak performance.

This audiobook will include a guided meditation to help you achieve flow or “being in the Zone”.

Shane Lowry interview courtesy of "The Open" 2019

Professor Aidan Moran - Mindcool Author - presentation courtesy of University College Dublin

SELF TALK by Dr Denis McBrinn: Narrated by Sara Dylan

This short audio presentation is designed to bring a clear definition of what self-talk is, how to achieve effective and positive self-talk, and to give you an opportunity to focus and reflect on the level of effective and positive self-talk currently in your life.

"There's someone in my head, but it's not me." Roger Waters

There is a voice inside everyone's head that is constantly talking. It never stops: Always chattering away, every minute of our waking hours. This is known as our "Self-Talk" or "Internal Monologue".

No one else ever hears this internal voice but us. We are the sole listeners to our self-talk.

What our self-talk repeatedly says to us and how we respond to it, has a big influence on our life.

This short audio presentation by Dr Denis McBrinn and narrated by Sara Dylan is designed to bring a clear understanding of how to use mindfulness at work and to give you the opportunity to focus and reflect on the mindfulness currently used in your working life.

"Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment and without judgement" Jon Kabat-Zinn

Acceptance and attention are the two keys for using Mindfulness at Work.

This audiobook includes a guided mindfulness meditation which can be used at work, focusing on positive self-talk.