As part of our 20 Year Anniversary Celebrations, we have organised of our second Free Public Lecture. This one is to take place in THe Gresham in Cork on Wednesday 8th February from 7-8:30pm. This year to add to the event, we will be having a drinks reception afterwards to give us all a chance to socialise and catch up.
Relationship, Relationship, Relationship the Heart of a Mature Society
with Dr. Tony Humphreys
Wednesday 8th February in The Gresham Metropole, Mac Curtain Street, Cork between 7-8.30pm. This includes a Q&A session.
This is a FREE lecture,however due to the popularity of these events, it is now necessary to book your place.
Relationship lies at the heart of wellbeing – in homes, school, communities, workplaces and churches. The most important relationship is the one that each adult has with self; when this is of the nature where the person takes responsibility for self and for one’s own attitudes, values and actions everybody else benefits. However, when an individual’s relationship with self is of a dark nature whereby one hates self or feels deeply insecure, dependent on others, then everybody else is under threat. The reality that needs to be faced – and, particularly, by those in leadership roles – parents, teachers, politicians, clergy, bankers, workplace managers – is that one’s inferiority totally determines how one operates in the external world.
This seminar will explore:
• the nature of the relationship with self and with others,
• the importance of boundaries,
• the seven best kept secrets about relationships,
• how communication is the life-blood of well-being
• the path to individual maturity
Our second Public Lecture this year is with Dr. Tony Humphreys who is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Author and National and International Speaker. He began his career as a Clinical Psychologist in State Psychiatric and Psychological Services in England and Ireland and since 1990 has been working in private practice in Ireland. He has become Ireland’s most influential psychologist, working with individuals, couples, families, schools, local communities and the business community. He is the Director of three National University of Ireland courses which are run in University College Cork and All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin (details on www.tonyhumphreys.ie).
He is regularly sought for his expertise and views on radio and television shows and writes a weekly column for one of Ireland’s primary newspapers, the Irish Examiner. He has had his own radio programmes on RTE national radio and topics have included The Family Meeting (listen on www.rte.ie/radio1/thefamilymeeting/1050835.html) and Relationship, Relationship, Relationship (listen on www.rte.ie/radio1/relationship/1091315.html. )
He is the author of many best-selling books. His best known books are The Power of ‘Negative’Thinking; Self-Esteem, the Key to Your Child’s Future; Work and Worth, take back your life; Myself, My Partner; Leaving The Nest ; Whose Life Are You Living; All About Children; The Mature Manager. The Compassionate Intentions of Illness has recently been published. His books are currently available in 15 languages and are available in 28 countries. He has recorded CD’s on Adult Self-Esteem, Raising Children’s Self-Esteem and Self and Work.
His varied earlier careers encompassing theology, education and business adds breadth and depth to his unique understanding of human behaviour. His ideas are challenging, sometimes controversial, yet they are always presented in the safety of understanding and compassion. It is indicative of the ethos he creates that he is in constant demand for lectures, workshops, seminars, conferences from a very wide range of audiences that cross different social strata, different age groups and different social sectors. He is amusing and entertaining in his presentations without diluting the meaning and depth of the messages he wishes to convey. He writes and speaks in a language that is easy and accessible.
