Workplace Wellbeing: How to find your footing when life changes

Work has inevitable ups and downs, so we need to be adaptable. The good news is that resilience is not a fixed trait but a skill that can be learned

Olivia O’Leary says people can learn to cope by reflecting on what has happened.

Karena Ryan (www.karenaryanartist.com) tackles difficult subjects in her art. The part-time secondary schoolteacher, from Tuam, uses textiles to explore the stories of women and children who spent time in Magdalene Laundries, mother-and-baby homes, and industrial schools.

“I work with repurposed Irish textiles, felting and beading to hand-embroider portraits that tell these women’s and children’s untold stories,” Ryan says.