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by Dil Wickremasinghe

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Welcome to our Insight Matters - Inspiring Change in Self and Society podcast! Dil and Anne Marie are the Co-Founders of Insight Matters and with a team of 55 therapists they support the mental health of over 400 clients per week through their two city centre practices in Dublin. The support services are affordable, inclusive and accessible. Since its inception, it has been Dil's and Anne Marie's vision to make Insight Matters a national service. Dil and Anne Marie have been through their own mental health journey and grappled with depression, anxiety, eating distress, sexual abuse, sexual identity, homophobia and discrimination. Coincidentally in 2006, before they met, they both reached out for help, Anne Marie became an in-patient in a psychiatric hospital and Dil started attending counselling in a centre for sexual abuse survivors. Both Dil and Anne Marie discovered their passion for mental health and 4 years later they met at a mental health retreat. Since then they have become passionate mental health advocates and they hope to raise awareness, break down stigma and inspire change in self and soceity. For more information please visit www.insightmatters.ie or email info@insightmatters.ie

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#10 | Launch of the Participating People Report

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To help with this, we have a phenomenal panel of guests who are going to share their story with you and no doubt by the end of this podcast you will be ready to start your own revolution!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Fr. Peter McVerry<br></b>Fr. McVerry is the founder of the <a href="https://pmvtrust.ie/">Peter McVerry Trust</a>, which has progressed from a three-bedroom flat in Ballymun to becoming one of the country’s largest organisations responding to the issue of homelessness. In 2018, the charity worked with over 5,800 people and was active in 14 local authorities across Ireland.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"> Peter and Dil discuss how Peter started the Peter McVerry Trust, how it all started from taking in and helping a nine year-old, who was sleeping on the streets. Then, as one thing led to another—as more problems arose, and the trust began to help with them as they could—it grew into what it is now.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Salome Mbugua</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Salome Mbugua is Head of Operations and Strategy with <a href="https://akidwa.ie/">AkiDwA</a> . In June 2018 Salome was appointed by the Tánaiste to chair the working group on Ireland’s Third National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security. Salome was also recently appointed to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission by President Michael D. Higgins.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Salome and Dil discuss how Salome’s curiosity and feeling of isolation in Ireland, led her to seek out migrant women to learn what their experience living in Ireland was like, which then led to AkiDwA – a network for migrant women. Salome also discusses some of the challenges surrounding migrants in Ireland including racism, and inequality.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Molly Mercier Redmond<br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Molly is just 16 and is already involved with two organisations, which she discusses with Dil: <a href="https://www.schoolsclimateaction.ie/">Schools Climate Action Network</a> – a network of teachers and students who are fighting for climate justice. SCAN has helped to organise protests and strikes for climate justice. Molly is also involved with <a href="https://www.fridaysforfuture.ie/">Fridays For Future</a>, for which she was recently at a conference in Switzerland, where representatives from all over Europe met to come up with European climate change demands. Molly is also a delegate for the Youth Assembly, started by RTE. The Youth Assembly will discuss proposals for Climate Change and present these to the Dáil. Delegates from the Assembly will also be on the Late Late Show.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Stephen Teap</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Stephen Teap is a leading Cervical Check campaigner and the husband of the late Irene Teap. Stephen was instrumental in the launch of the <a href="https://221plus.ie/">221 Plus Patient Support Group</a>, which help victims directly affected by the Cervical Check screening failure, as well as their families. He is one of three patient representatives on the Cervical Check Steering Committee.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"> Stephen and Dil discuss Stephen’s experience with his wife’s death from cervical cancer. He explains how tests were read incorrectly, and important information was withheld from his wife. He also discusses the lack of support for women with cervical cancer and the need he felt to do something about it.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Dil and the panel discuss role models that have inspired them to be kind and proactive in their community, be it teachers, parents or other members of their community. Dil also asks each member of the panel how they can keep going in the face of the negativity we see today on the news and in everyday life; Molly explains why she doesn’t think Ireland will be able to successfully combat the climate crisis; Dil asks each member of the panel why they think more people don’t get actively involved with causes important to them; Dil also asks each member what advice they would have for people who want to be more proactive citizens but don’t know where to start. Dil also discusses the stage of our life where we begin to think about legacy, and what we will think of ourselves in relation to what we did for issues that were important to us – did we do anything about it?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Finally, there is a Q &amp; A between the panel, joined by Ivan Cooper – Director of Public Policy at The Wheel, and members of the audience, which includes questions about changing the system that is causing problems, as well as the issue of succession in organisations to keep the goal of these organisations on track. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">If you need to talk to someone, call us now on 01-891 0703 or email </span><a href="mailto:info@insightmatters.ie" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">info@insightmatters.ie</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> for a confidential discussion and initial assessment with one of our senior therapists. Alternatively please fill in the online booking form (</span><a href="https://exit.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insightmatters.ie%2Fbook-online%2F" target="_blank" title="http://www.insightmatters.ie/book-online/"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">www.insightmatters.ie/book-online/</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">) and we will contact you within 24 hours.</span></p><p> <br></p>

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What is Insight Matters?

Welcome to our Insight Matters - Inspiring Change in Self and Society podcast!

Dil and Anne Marie are the Co-Founders of Insight Matters and with a team of 55 therapists they support the mental health of over 400 clients per week through their two city centre practices in Dublin. The support services are affordable, inclusive and accessible. Since its inception, it has been Dil's and Anne Marie's vision to make Insight Matters a national service.

Dil and Anne Marie have been through their own mental health journey and grappled with depression, anxiety, eating distress, sexual abuse, sexual identity, homophobia and discrimination. Coincidentally in 2006, before they met, they both reached out for help, Anne Marie became an in-patient in a psychiatric hospital and Dil started attending counselling in a centre for sexual abuse survivors. Both Dil and Anne Marie discovered their passion for mental health and 4 years later they met at a mental health retreat. Since then they have become passionate mental health advocates and they hope to raise awareness, break down stigma and inspire change in self and soceity.

For more information please visit www.insightmatters.ie or email info@insightmatters.ie

How often does this podcast release new episodes?

This podcast updates daily.

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