Niall Breslin

Bressie: How to teach kids to process life’s negative emotions

The key is to enable them to express it and not repress it, writes Niall Breslin

Bressie: ‘I’d say, “Don’t cry,” but then I’d go upstairs and be upset’

Bressie has written a book for children with the message that it’s okay to feel sad

Probe: The scientific equivalent of Culture Night comes to TCD

Analyse your digital footprint, visit the Long Room and eat a crowdsourced meal

Irish people cooking just five meals a week at home

Child portions are too big, breakfast is in, and we still love a Sunday roast, report reveals

The fitness fallacy: You can’t outrun a mental-health problem

Some people use extreme exercise to mask mental health issues, says campaigner Niall Breslin

‘The cancer is not my enemy’: A mindful healing

‘I have managed to remain optimistic and simply focus on one day at a time’

Zeminar: a forum focused on wellbeing of 15-20 year olds

‘Forget about gyms and diets if you’re not starting with your brain,’ says Bressie

Bressie: ‘Sobbing uncontrollably is liberating ... and so is admitting you are vulnerable’

How to be a Man: Patrick Freyne talked to Niall Breslin (Bressie) about masculinity, crying and the pressure

How the music industry came out of the closet on mental health

Music stars are helping move the conversation forward by publicly dealing with their demons and coming clean about depression, anxiety and addiction

Have you lost yourself in your phone?

In Augsburg there are traffic lights in the pavement for people who are absorbed in their phones

Take two with Roz Purcell ...for bite-sized exercise, eating and mindful moments

Recipes from Purcell, exercises from Karl Henry and mindfullness from Suzanne Donohue

Niall ‘Bressie’ Breslin on anxiety and depression in college

Musician and mental health campaigner urges students to take off their masks and "be who you want to be"

Fit for work in mind and body

Companies looking after staff mental heath reap rewards

Niall Breslin tells of great epidemic unhinging mental health

Oireachtas group hears of mounting expectations and pressure on young generation

Body image: ‘It’s all a trap to keep us in our place and to slow us down’

Attacking a woman’s appearance is part of violence against women, FemFest hears

Anne Enright’s The Green Road wins top prize at Irish Book Awards

Joe Duffy, Sara Baume, Jim McGuinness, Louise O’Neill, Donal Ryan, Sinéad Gleeson and Niall Breslin among winners at Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2015

Homeless choir series hits top note for RTÉ Global

‘The High Hopes Choir’ and ‘Rachel Allen’s Coastal Cooking’ sold to UKTV

Róisín Meets . . . Niall ‘Bressie’ Breslin

Musician and former rugby player speaks about new book on living with depression

Bressie: ‘I cultivated a deeply negative pit of existence’

In an extract from his memoir about living with depression and anxiety, Niall Breslin recounts an incident of self-harm that was the beginning of the end of his rugby career

Don’t forget the real athletes as ‘reality athletics’ takes over

With the race for fitness ever-dominant real athletes are being overlooked

Alright ‘not to feel okay’, Cycle Against Suicide student told

Secondary school event at RDS hears from Bressie, Sonia O’Sullivan and Alan Quinlan

A business that has the wellbeing of its staff in mind

Vodafone knows a healthy workforce will help its results and performance

It’s ok not to feel ok, sports stars tell students

Sport stars and personalities turn out for mental health awareness event

Donal Walsh documentary to be aired on New Year’s Day

The Kerry teenager made a huge impact before he died from cancer this year

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...

The Irish Times ePaper

Stardust

Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people

Common Ground

How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands