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A few reflections about inner balance – The Good Vibes Revolution

We are constant wanderers. Both on the inside and outside. We find hard to concentrate on a task for more than a few minutes and we feel the need to escape our routine when it becomes too much.

We are connected with and deeply influenced by the environment that surrounds us.

Everything that happens around us has the power of lifting us up or pulling us down and influencing our mood. We may feel nervous, anxious, happy, joyful, stressed, according to the people that surround us and the events we come across during the day.

As a consequence, we can deduct that what happens on the outside changes our inner world, in that limitless spiral of bonds and connection we all are involved in.

What if we start believing that our inner world may actually change our surroundings? If we try to look…

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We’ve Passed 15,000 Views!!!

November 14, 2020March 22, 2021James Sweeney

On Wednesday 11th November 2020, Sweeney’s Blogs passed over 15,000 total views!! This was a massive milestone for the page to hit and was actually the year-end goal that I set for the page at the end of 2019. The page has been growing faster than I could have ever anticipated, which is down to all of you, the readers, and I could not be happier with the direction that we are currently going in!

Let’s take a couple of minutes to celebrate passing such a momentous milestone!

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Joe Biden – An Icon to the Stuttering Community

November 9, 2020March 22, 2021James Sweeney

On Saturday 7th November 2020, it was announced that Joe Biden has won the 2020 US Election and will be the next President of the United States, starting on the 20th January 2021. In today’s blog, we are going to be exploring the effect that Joe’s Victory will have on the Stuttering Community, and if it will give the awareness that surrounds Stuttering that very much needed boost.

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Different Ways to Counter Social-Anxiety – Patrick Bailey

November 7, 2020March 22, 2021James Sweeney

Social-Anxiety is an overwhelming and long-term fear of different social situations. It an have a truly enormous impact on how you live your day to day life, on your relationships with others, on your self-confidence, in both your work & social life and more. For something that can have have such a large effect on your life, can you safely say that you know any ways to help counter it? That’s what we’ll be looking at in today’s blog!

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I Guest-Starred in a New Podcast

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020James Sweeney

On Saturday 31st October, I was asked to be a special guest on a brand new podcast, called “26 minutes with”, which has been created by Respect Mental Health and the amazing Benjamin Seal. It was an honour to be asked to e the first guest for the show and we are going to be taking a bit of a closer look at the podcast in today’s blog!

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Sweeney’s Blogs: October 2020 Update

October 31, 2020James Sweeney

I love writing update posts from time to time here on Sweeney’s Blogs. They not only help all of you amazing readers see how the page is going, but they also allow me the chance to reflect over the last few weeks, what went well and things that can be improved, stuff like that. I try and make sure that I do an update post every now and again on the page, but there has been loads going on recently, so there has not been an update since August time.

So here is Sweeney’s Blogs October 2020 Update!

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A few things I’ll tell myself the next time I feel down — The Good Vibes Revolution

October 26, 2020James Sweeney

If at one point all your achievements seem to be purposeless, remember that everything you have lived, went through, and learned, makes you a stronger person. Those experiences are part of your growing process.
A few things I’ll tell myself the next time I feel down — The Good Vibes Revolution

My 2-Year Skydive for Alzheimer’s Anniversary

October 24, 2020October 18, 2022James Sweeney

Tuesday the 20th October 2020 marked the 2-year anniversary since I jumped out of a plane at 12,000 feet to raise money for The Alzheimer’s Society! It was one of the craziest and most memorable things that I have ever done in my life and looking back on the experience, I am so glad that I seized the opportunity and took the jump! I can’t wait until I can do another jump, but for the time being, let’s take a look at my Skydiving story!

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5 Steps To Overcoming Uncertainty — The Student Nurse Guide

October 19, 2020James Sweeney

I thought all this would be over by now. Autumn is my favourite time of year. It’s a new season & a new term, a fresh start for everyone just beginning their degree. I’m sure you were all looking forward to “getting back to normal” after this year. But of course 2020 still has other […]
5 Steps To Overcoming Uncertainty — The Student Nurse Guide

Sweeney’s Peutz-Jeghers Story – My Dance with Death

October 17, 2020October 13, 2024James Sweeney

On the 16th of October 2014, I came three hours from death in an experience that changed my life. After being rushed to the hospital, tested all night and eventually operated on, it is a sheer miracle that I managed to survive and push through to where I am today. I’m James Sweeney, and this is my Peutz-Jeghers Story, what I refer to as “My Dance with Death”:

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What are your top three skills? — Henley Careers Blog

October 12, 2020James Sweeney

How would you answer the question “What are your top three skills” in interview? Not sure? That’s because we’re often unaware of the skills we have, or value them less than the skills we don’t have. So how can you be more aware of your skills?
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World Mental Health Day 2020

October 10, 2020James Sweeney

Mental Health is something that affects each and every one of us as people. Our Mental Health makes up who we are, who we want to be, and so much more. It is a phenomenally large field, that continues to grow each and every day. Over the last couple of years the spotlight and mainstream media have started to focus in more on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of people and international events, such as World Mental Health Day, which is happening today on the 10th October and so important for our future.

So let’s take a closer look into Mental Health and World Mental Health Day 2020!

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What do we mean by Success – Series Update

October 5, 2020September 16, 2023James Sweeney

The “What do we mean by Success?” series has been the longest-running series that I have had on Sweeney’s Blogs, starting on March 16th 2020, and is going to be coming to a close for the time being. Today’s blog is going to look over some of the different topics that we have covered in the series, why it is coming to a close and whether I will be bringing the series back in the near future or not.

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4 Advantages Of Taking A Blogging Break — Olivia Lucie Blake

October 3, 2020James Sweeney

Even the most successful people in the world need a break sometimes, and I’m here to tell you it’s okay to take a break. When I first started blogging again at the beginning of July 2020 I didn’t really give myself any break. I was publishing a new blog post every single day. Thats 7 […]
4 Advantages Of Taking A Blogging Break — Olivia Lucie Blake

What do we mean by Success – Blog 21: Your Role Models?

September 28, 2020James Sweeney

A Role Model is someone who we look up to in our life. They are someone who we aspire to be, someone whose behaviour we hope to copy, someone we aim to emulate in our lives. Everybody has had, or still has, a Role Model in their life, right? So if this is the case, then can we use our Role Models as a determining factor to base our success in life on?

This is what we will be exploring in today’s “What do we mean by Success?” blog!

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