Beth Wallace
@DrBethWallace
🇮🇪 Psychosexual Therapist & Applied Psych. graduate | Interests here: Adult #Relationships, #Women, #FreeSpeech, #Irish #MotherAndBabyHomes & #Adoption.
ANCHOR is a 6 week online women's personal development programme designed to support you to anchor more securely & deeply to yourself. More information here ---> bethwallace.org/p/anchor.html #women #woman #personaldevelopment #resilience
Having been involved in NGOs & other forms of 'activism' for the best part of 30 years this is unsurprising, but it's always good to have evidence to support opinion.
“In some cases, activism attracts individuals with less than noble motives. According to one new study, this includes pathological narcissists, who use social-justice activism as a way to virtue signal and put themselves above other people.” [Link below.]
Last year I worked with a couple who were struggling to navigate some choppy waters in their relationship. I have permission from them both to share this part of their story. bethwallace.org/p/blog-page_4.… #relationship #relationships #dating #marriage
Interesting for those taking Metformin for #diabetes.
A new study suggests metformin may boost cognition in schizophrenia by reviving brain metabolism and connectivity. bit.ly/4mhVyKF
#neuroscience #trauma #childhoodtrauma #attachment #ACES
Childhood Trauma May Rewire Brain for Lifelong Aggression Aggression linked to childhood trauma is more than a behavioral issue—it’s rooted in lasting changes to brain circuitry. New research explores how early adversity rewires connections between brain regions responsible…
Sounds like my kind of #woman, defying convention & social expectations, “I please myself and care not else who loves me.”
This is not the Woman of The Day post but I thought you might like to know that pickpocket and fence Mary Frith of London died OTD in 1659 at the age of 73, famed for smoking a pipe, drinking, swearing, wearing breeches and generally outraging just about everyone. She cared so…
Good news for #Bessboro survivors, could it be the next excavation site after #Tuam? #MotherAndBabyHomes #Adoption #Ireland
Plans for 280 apartments on campus of former Bessborough mother and baby home refused irishexaminer.com/news/munster/a…
The framing of #adoption as a path to #parenthood completely negates it’s inherent & lifelong #trauma for the ‘child’. It should be a ‘worst case scenario’ when there is absolutely no option to remain with any biological family member. #AdopteeVoices
A gay man's road to parenthood: 'Three adoption agencies turned me down flat' irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/peop…
Watched #Unforgivable on #BBC - a powerful #drama centering around the sexual abuse of a 12 year old boy & looked at from his perspective, his mother, grandfather & the abuser who is his uncle. Excellent complex scriptwriting, direction & acting, also a challenging watch.
I’m far from alone with regard to my concerns re: #AI, here’s an interview on the topic with an academic mind I respect greatly. #psychology #evolutionarypsychology
New interview with the one & only @primalpoly 📺 “Rushing into AGI development is foolish, reckless, and frankly evil.” Prof. Geoffrey Miller, is an evolutionary psychologist, bestselling author, associate professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico, and one of the…
Heartbreaking harm to #girls in #SierraLeone with funding coming from the #USA, & at the same time amazing grassroots activism to #endFGM through the #BornPerfect Campaign. FGM = Female Genital Mutilation also sometimes known as FGC = FG Cutting. 230 MILLION survivors globally.
🚨 50 Girls Cut and Held Against Their Will in Sierra Leone 🚨 Right now, in Kanema District, Sierra Leone, 50 girls – some as young as 3 years old – have been subjected to FGM. Many are still being held in Bondo Houses against their will. This is the reality of the summer…
We can't afford couples therapy - help! bethwallace.org/p/we-cant-affo… #relationship #relationships #dating #marriage
“How an #AI can blackmail it’s human supervisor”
Anthropic has verified in an experiment that several generative artificial intelligences are capable of threatening a person to prevent them from disconnecting them How an AI can blackmail its human supervisor dozz.es/3b4dr1
Saw #GodsCreatures tonight w/ #PaulMescal & #EmilyWatson, a powerful depiction of the #Irish psyche, add to it The Field & The Banshees of Inishsherin & you'll understand our darkness. Then add The Commitments, Brooklyn & The Wind That Shakes The Barley & you'll see our strength.
Are you a frontline worker with #girls & #women in #Ireland? Can you identify signs of sex #trafficking?
Are you a frontline worker engaging with vulnerable women and girls? Do you know the signs of sex trafficking? ‘Know Sex Trafficking’ is one of @RuhamaAgency's core training courses. This free two-part course will help you identify the signs of sex trafficking and respond in a…
#Iran #HumanRights #DeathPenalty #FreedomofSpeech
🚨 We are deeply alarmed by the Iranian authorities’ escalating use of the death penalty against political prisoners in recent weeks to crush dissent and terrorize the population. Read more: iranhumanrights.org/2025/07/iran-p…
Oh, I’ll definitely take that!
DrBethWallace Based on your bio as an Irish psychosexual therapist focused on women's issues, relationships, free speech, and justice for Mother and Baby Homes survivors, plus tweets on trauma, boundaries, and reproductive rights, you're most similar to Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington.…
We are organizing a special Zoom session and have invited 10-12 Afghan women who are currently living inside Afghanistan to participate. If you are interested in hearing directly from them or have questions, you are welcome to join the session. For the safety and privacy of…