Life coach Tara Rafter and GAA pundit Joe brolly
Further to a column on the Sunday Independent by by GAA pundit Joe Brolly, where he called life coaching a ‘con job’ and singled out several practitioners, including award-winning coach Tara Rafter.
Mr Brolly claimed life coaches fooled people into “striving for a life of dumb positivity, self-promotion, narcissism and individuality”.
Via The Western People”
Ms Rafter remarked that she recognised the characteristics of a person in pain in Mr Brolly:
“I am sending him compassion, healing and love which is why I visited Knock today and purchased a Mass for him.”
Resolving to communicate her thoughts on the column in a letter to the editor of the Sunday Independent, she concluded:
“You cannot meet negativity with negativity. If Joe Brolly ever needs a cup of tea and a chat, my door is open,” she concluded.
In fairness.
FIGHT!
Joe Brolly Is A Person IN Pain (Western People)
oooh sanctimonious
I must admit I laughed my hole off at this
:)
”purchased a mass” what a weird religion.
Brolly’s right though, complete makey-up job with zero substance behind it.
and she proved him so.
@Broadbag it’s what brought the likes of Luther to prominence.
He has a point.
It’s unregulated nonsense a lot of the time. The poor regulation around counselling is bad enough, but the ‘Life Coach’ busineess is often snake oil claptrap.
One tip if you are looking in that area… Pick someone with actual life experience, someone who is older than 40 but not so old you think they are out of touch.
Aged between 45 to 60 I think is ideal. Someone who had a career, and real world experience, and changed career to ‘life coaching’ or does it as a nixer.
But some young wan or fella fresh out of college with a psychology degree, if even that, knows sweet fa about nothing.
+1
Except for Forward Solutions by Alan Partridge of course.
Im 46 in September Clampers. I think i might have the credentials you speak of.
As my gig economy is finished for now im open to ideas to make a few bob.
How much money does the knock lady make. If we find out how much it is to purchase a mass we might get closer to the cost of buying the ole stairway to heaven.
While soul selling along the highway to hell.
Have a van and will drive. Might need clamp.
“Purchase a mass”
Is that why so many Uber rich people think they’re above the law? They just buy lots of masses when they mess up?
This is all new to me. Is it one of those rich people secrets we’re not supposed to know about?
Someone’s in trouble for letting the cat out of the bag
They’ll be fine though, they can just purchase a mass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgence
I thought those had died out with the reformation ?
Ah come on Tara girl
Tis Joe Brolly being Joe Brolly
He’d lick himself if he could
And he’s gasping for spotlight
This is a lad who’s still struggling to live with the fact that there’s fellas his own age in Meath with more AI medals
Joe would be better served calling out one of his near neighbours there who says prayers to inspire and motivate players
i love how she counters claims of dumb positivity and con-job by purchasing a mass for Brolly
Many people complete so-called Life Coaching courses and find there is precious little reward for them at the end of their expensive journey. The real money is earned by those who provide the courses.
I know nothing about life coaching but, of course, Brolly has ensured that Ms Rafter (and presumably anybody else he named) will get a big chunk of free advertising. There are probably more pressing issues in Irish society that could have been explored if Brolly wanted to let rip.
For only €499 you too can become an accredited life coach… https://www.careeracademy.ie/product/life-coaching/
Seriously… If Joe Brollys piece gives you “repeated panic attacks” you’re not really in a position to be dolling out advise, nor ‘coaching’ people on how to get on and cope with the real world.
If anything, that article only proves Brolly’s point… :/
(which is some what an annoyance, as Brollys a mouthy gobdaw at the best of times :) lol )
ok don’t shoot me but has anyone noticed a huge rise in people who suffer from anxiety in the younger generation, I know mental health issues are more readily talked about and I think that’s great but are there more of them or is it just more accepted socially ?
Should we be looking at what’s changed, social media, economic insecurities etc, is this anxiety not a warning signal that our ways of life are fundamentally unhealthy and nothing to do with bleedin positivity and prayers
+1 Janet.
Yes, some anxieties are on the rise. But also, spoilt kids raised by helicopter parenting doesn’t help either. They have no coping skills when life doesn’t go there way. – I am aware this is a broad comment. Not all kids, etc.
Add on top of that an unregulated industry of individuals selling ‘life coaching’ / counselling who need to earn their living from convincing people everything is difficult and they have the ‘cure all’… Plus there’s a raft other variables…
It’s complex. But a broad ‘yes’ to your original comment.
This is a recognised pattern and is currently being studied by Psychologists worldwide. Jonathan Haidt is a fantastic writer and explores this subject in his book:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coddling_of_the_American_Mind
He also talks about this topic in many podcasts including Rogan. Really interesting guy.
thanks !
I second that recommendation for Haidt!
“maybe our way of life is fundamentally uneven and unhealthy to a growing amount of people worldwide”
“no, it’s because they’re all special snowflake SJWs who need safe spaces”
lol
Joe is a hero, articulate, generous and extremely clever –
what’s not to love about him?
his tedious anti-Dublin bias
culchies, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
I think he’s fair with Dublin, he doesn’t seem to have the genuine hate for Dublin that some of the others struggle to conceal.
the slight change in tone when he says “the dubs” makes me really dislike him
can’t help it
why cant he be more like frillzer and just acknowledge, respect and indeed revere Dublin’s greatness ?
Cork, the county that slept in on Easter Sunday.
Ah he’s just one bitter former player who thinks there should be statues of him at the various County Grounds, and Cups named after himself
If he could get his ego to move out of the way he wouldn’t be a bad commentator
And tooty to you Bertie
Tis your crowd that are called Jacks
Not Rebels
ah now, frillz – and you well know, up to late 1990s/early 2000s, everyone in Cork referred to Dublin as ‘the real rebel county’
Brother we all know the real rebels. The ones thst sat on the sacred sod. Dare to speak of 98.
We won the battle that day, but the war continues.
#PowerToThePeatful
Ah Ref
tooty
Don’t know what Langers you do be talking ta’ Bruddar
Are they the Munster Rugby crowd by any chance?
He’s great :)
Plus he is noted barrister who defended Eamon McCann and others in a criminal case brought by an arms company, and he gave some kid one of his kidneys.
Just visited her website. I think Joe is on the money on this.
I like Joe. If he didn’t exist, we’d have to invent him.
full name- Joseph Umbrella
apparently (according to twitter)
Another umbrella statement from Brolly. Such an edgy personality. “Sunday Independent” says it all.
I’m with Brolly with this one.
i knew a guy who had a terrible lifestyle and wasnt happy. he went to a life coach who told him to go to the gym and do a part time IT course. this put him on a path of confidence and success. he now is fit, has a nice wife and makes loads of money. and is very happy. im sceptical and pessimistic about these life coaches. but it worked for him.
sounds like someone gave him some common sense advice, did that really need to come from a life coach, maybe it did for him
Exactly, but maybe paying for it makes it much better than what your friends have probably been suggesting for years.
who would have thought getting some exercise and learning something new would make things better ?
At worst confidence tricksters exploiting people’s frailties and cash. At best broken people themselves trying to convince themselves that its worth it by helping other people and good luck to them. My own experience is that staying in a bubble of positively is not real or sustainable and facing reality face on warts and all prepares you better to deal with situations as they arise as you have experience of issue and problem solving.
+1 the human experience includes suffering, no one is exempt,it’s a fact of life, it makes the good days sweeter
+1 Buaman and Janet
If you can afford a life coach, you’re not doing too bad.
Paying someone to tell you what to do?
just head home to the folks for a weekend. They’ll sort you out for nothing.
+V