Mícheál O'Rourke: Psychotherapist

 

Meet Mícheál O'Rourke…

Mícheál O'Rourke is a Psychotherapist from Newry who moved out to Canada with his partner Leah in 2014.

He currently works for the University Health Network in Toronto, serving on the leadership team for their mental health programs. In his free time he’s also heavily involved in the Irish Canadian Immigration Centre.

In today’s episode we cover:

  • What brought Mícheál out to Canada

  • The importance of “keystone habits” for good mental health

  • And the greatest challenges/successes he’s faced along the way

Check it out

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Mícheál O'Rourke Treasure Trove:

  • One thing most people don't know about you:
    Oh, tough one.

    I've been away from home quite a while now and you have to adjust to your new country.

    I've embraced exploring the Canadian wilderness and I've developed a real bug for climbing and hiking some of the peaks in the Canadian Rockies.

    Hopefully all things with COVID will improve soon, it will give me a window to get back out there again.

  • Favourite Book:

    Oh another hard one. How about themes?
    Best sports book would be Andre Agassi's Autobiography.
    I read a lot about explorers. 'Into thin air' is one.
    Adam Shoalts is a great Canadian explorer and writer, his two books 'A history of Canada in ten maps' and recent one 'Beyond the Trees' would be up there.
    In terms of Psychology books it would be 'Thinking fast and slow' and 'The power of habit'

  • Favourite Quote:
    I honestly don't have one...and thats not a quote.

Website - www.irishcanadianimmigrationcentre.org

Today's episode is part of our collaboration with NI Connections where we catch up with someone incredible from Northern Ireland doing interesting things overseas on the last Monday of every month.

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